Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: private amenities vs common resources

[Lynn Nadeau (welcome]

A writer asked whether units should have reduced cooking facilities, due 
to the availability of common house ovens. This may sound weird, but I 
when I'm a cook for a group meal, I often end up doing a bunch of the 
cooking in my own home. Days ahead, I start chopping and frying, or 
whatever, and find it more convenient than going down to the CH alone, 
where I can't simultaneously work on my computer, housework, etc. In 
theory, preparing meals together is one more wonderful community 
activity, but the reality of our schedules often means that the cook team 
is together only for the last hour or two prior to the meal.

 On the other hand, I have used the CH convection oven from time to time, 
for its virtues relative to my ordinary home oven. 

Certainly for our group Thanksgiving type meals, we end up with parts of 
the meal cooked all over the project, enlisting more ovens than are 
available at the CH. 

Lynn at RoseWind


Lynn Nadeau, RoseWind Cohousing
Port Townsend Washington (Victorian seaport, music, art, nature)
http://www.rosewind.org
http://www.ptguide.com
http://www.ptforpeace.info (very active peace movement here- see our 
photo)

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