Re: Food choices, restrictions and participation? | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: whitney beers (whitneybeersearthlink.net) | |
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 10:12:09 -0600 (MDT) |
We cook pretty regularly here for 15 - 30 people. We have an eggplant allergy, 2 vegetarians, a couple of children, and a lactose intolerant. The regular makeup of any dinner-party type meal usually means that there are some veggie dishes and only the occasional eggplant... And if whatever we're making doesn't work for someone...well, a good natured bunch of eaters can generally find SOMETHING they like, and those on quite restrictive diets are very generous about providing for themselves in the event their diets are quite restrictive. We would have to be not only cooks, but also scientists and politicians to please everyone all of the time. And about the kids - we have never prepared special foods for them unless they are eating-with-their-fingers young. The result is a group of 8-14 year olds with quite sophisticated palates! It's such a pleasure to have a young girl ask if there will be plantains in the crepes (she loves them), or what kind of cheese should she use in the salad! Whitney Beers Brindledorf Silver Spring, MD www.brindledorf.com -----Original Message----- From: Elizabeth Stevenson <tamgoddess [at] comcast.net> Sent: Sep 23, 2003 11:43 AM To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org Subject: Re: [C-L]_Food choices, restrictions and participation? our response to that was to make no restrictions and leave it up to the cooks whether they accommodate everyone or not. Most do, a few don't, and we have all the meals we want, for the most part. Just not having the pressure to satisfy everyone makes it more of a pleasure to actually do so. On my cook team, we're disappointed if we don't get at least 40 people for dinner, which is a lot compared to other teams. People know we cook good food for everyone. -- Liz Stevenson Southside Park Cohousing Sacramento, California tamgoddess [at] comcast.net > From: Fred H Olson <fholson [at] cohousing.org> > Reply-To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org > Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 07:59:56 -0500 (CDT) > To: -cohousing-L mailing list <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org> > Subject: [C-L]_Food choices, restrictions and participation? > > > Rob Sandelin <floriferous [at] msn.com> > is the author of the message below. > It was posted by Fred the Cohousing-L list manager <fholson [at] > cohousing.org> > because the message included HTML ; PLEASE do not post HTML, see > http://csf.colorado.edu/cohousing/2001/msg01672.html and > http://www.harley.com/turn-off-html/ > -------------------- FORWARDED MESSAGE FOLLOWS -------------------- > > Our community system is at the lowest level in the many years I have live > here. I am hearing from cooks that there are simply too many restrictions > on what they can cook, thus it means making 2-3 custom meals, and even > then.... I am wondering what others have experienced about losing cooks > over too many restrictions? > > Rob Sandelin > Sharingwood Cohousing > Snohomish, WA 98296 > > _______________________________________________ > Cohousing-L mailing list > Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: > http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L Whitney Beers Mabey Bridge & Shore, Inc. 443-790-3532 whitneybeers [at] mabey.com _______________________________________________ Cohousing-L mailing list Cohousing-L [at] cohousing.org Unsubscribe and other info: http://www.cohousing.org/cohousing-L
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Food choices, restrictions and participation? Fred H Olson, September 23 2003
- Re: Food choices, restrictions and participation? Elizabeth Stevenson, September 23 2003
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- Re: Food choices, restrictions and participation? Fred H Olson, September 25 2003
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