Cooking collective-winter

[Tina Neogi]

Hi everyone,


So, we are in a bit of a pickle... almost everyone has filled out the Doodle, and as it stands, there are no days in January and February that everyone can meet.   What should we do? Postpone until spring?  Pick a date that most people can go?  Is this the end of the cooking group?!? (I might have had too much coffee this morning....)

Thoughts?

Tina

[Melissa Knox]

Is there an obvious time when most people can make it?  I would be fine with going ahead with that, even if it's me who can't attend.  It seems better for the group to not let too long of a time elapse between meetings.  What do others think?

Melissa

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[Michelle Farris]

I agree with Melissa – let’s just schedule when the most people can make it. As far as I know, I’m open any weekend in Jan/Feb (sorry for not getting to the doodle!)

Mickie

[Bethany Sjoberg]

I also think we should meet when most people can, probably with preference to people who can host the group.

Bethany

[Margaret Pai]

I'm willing to volunteer to bow out this time, if there's a day everyone else can meet.

I do have a proposal--I am finding that's it's really hard for me to devote a whole weekend afternoon to the cooking group, not to mention the time that must be put in beforehand.  I also find that I'm so fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants, that I can rarely remember to defrost something ahead of time, so I find myself with half an hour before dinner with a freezer full of stuff that can't be defrosted in time.  So, to solve both these problems, maybe we might try the following instead:

Every week, one of us makes a meal, at home, for all of us.  Then she delivers it to all the others in the group.  I think picking a recipe I know and like, shopping for it when I do my regular shopping, and cooking it when I am cooking dinner anyway, would be more manageable for me.  Each of us would only have to do it once per six weeks, and each of us would get one meal per week that we don't have to cook, and that is not frozen.  We can then put it in the fridge for use the following day, or freeze it if we're that organized.

We can set some parameters to make it fairly even in terms of cost (and to accommodate dietary needs), such as no meat and limited dairy, has to be a main course, each person gets a full recipe that serves 8, etc.  I think for it to be manageable, too, we wouldn't have it delivered before dinner for the same night's meal, but rather after dinner (and presumably when kids are either in bed or can be watched by spouses) for use the next day or to freeze.  I'd also say that having the delivery day be a weekday (Monday-Thursday) would be best.

This would also solve the problem of trying to find a date that will work for all of us.

What do you think? 

--Margaret

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[Tina Neogi]

I think that this is a great idea.  I think it might take care of the extra work that is involved in preparing for the cooking day together.  Having said that, I think it would still be fun to get together every few months, perhaps as a book club/eating club/what have you, as it is always fun to see all of you.

What do others think? 

[Melissa Knox]

It's a good idea, but not really my style.  I enjoy the get togethers!  

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[Bethany Sjoberg]

I agree with Melissa. I really enjoy cooking together.  I also like filling up the freezer so I don't have to think about cooking for several weeks :)