Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Staples in the Kitchen

[Jean V Reese (jeanreese]

My first message to the group, but I've been reading a while.

We keep a minimum of staples in the kitchen.  We have oil, salt, pepper
and a few miscellaneous other things, and coffee supplies.  Every now and
then we ask diners to contribute $3 for staples, or $5 if they are coffee
drinkers.  Our dining system works such that the we sign up in groups of
three, do the shopping, cooking, cleaning and pay for the meal, then eat
all the rest of the meals in the cycle for free.  We used to try to
charge per meal, but the cooks kept going over budget and this way is
much simpler.  So we provide everything we need for the meal, and the
staples we keep (other than coffee supplies) are for (I forgot to bring
the oil!) emergencies.

Jean Reese
Westwood Cohousing
Asheville, NC
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