Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Common House Kitchen cleaning Protocols

[Muriel Kranowski (murielk]

Over the years I have lowered my expectations regarding kitchen
organization. So many different people use the CH kitchen and clean it and
put things away that it's a perpetual (and losing) battle to keep things
well organized and to follow agreed-on best practices. Sigh. I suppose the
same goes for food safety but I try not to think too much about that when I
am enjoying a common meal. Maybe others have been more successful in
imposing standards.

About the only practical advice I have is, LABEL EVERYTHING - what goes
where, what goes with what, what is CH Kitchen property.

I should add that we do one thing reasonably well: We have an on-going
Workshare task (done by one or two people) of coordinating CH cleaning
(including the kitchen), which is divided into individual tasks that people
sign up to do every week, such as "wash kitchen floor", "clean and clear
out refrigerator," "kitchen laundry," etc. Some people sign up for a bunch
of jobs when the 3-month signup sheet goes up, others sign up the week they
want to do a task if there are openings. That way we can accommodate people
who like a routine and people who hate it or have irregular availability.

These cleaning tasks need to be manageable - ie, don't load too much work
into  any given  task or eventually no-one will want to do it, or will do
it resentfully, neither of which is good.

On Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 10:01 PM, MARION BROWN <merryoneb [at] me.com> wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>   As our common house nears completion we are preparing to coordinate the
> set up of our kitchen and wanted to know how other Cohousing communities
> handle their kitchen cleaning protocol. What procedures do you have in
> place to insure food safety and to manage keeping the kitchen clean and
> organized.
>
> Thanks,
> Marion
>
> Marion Brown
> PO Box 303
> Belfast, ME 04915
> 207-522-5348
> merryoneb [at] me.com
>
>
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