Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Question about Common Meals - Cooking for Celiacs

[Matt Lawrence (matt]

On Tue, 14 Jul 2009, Tim Mensch wrote:

> Not always possible, if you take into account dietary preferences. I've
> lived in a community that both had vegans who wouldn't eat at a meal
> where meat was served, and meat-and-potatoes types who would hate eating
> all-vegan, all the time.

Do other people see the political bent to this.  Choosing to not eat 
something, for whatever reason, seems to be quite different than refusing 
to attend a dinner.

> From a dietary restriction standpont, I don't see a reason for all dishes 
to be edible by all attendees as long as a good meal can be had by all 
attendees.  I suspect this may take some education.

Before someone jumps on me, this does not mean that serious life 
threatening allergies should be ignored.  Those sorts of issues are a good 
reason to ban certain foods from the kitchen.

-- Matt
It's not what I know that counts.
It's what I can remember in time to use.