2--Seeking Meeting Foods sggstns (for Standard American Diet)

[Guest guest]

Marjorie, your plight is all the more ironic, as your meetings involve a

group of health care policy people!

 

Judy

 

In a message dated 2/17/2005 10:48:35 AM Eastern Standard Time,

mroswell writes:

 

Hi,

 

I occasionally attend meetings of health care policy people

 

I persuaded my workplace (I think) to stop purchasing Krispee Kremes for

the staff meetings (duh.)

 

The last meeting, probably as a result of my conversation with the

director, had no coca-cola, either (the official campus soda company). I'm

sure our next _luncheon_ will have coke and diet coke, per usual, but

nevertheless, the director was proud of the fruit plate (with all

non-organic fruits, including strawberries, and grapes, which

according to foodnews.org are the most pesticide-conatminated...), and the

bagels and cream cheese, and some little processed-flour/sugar muffins.

 

So, anyhow, that's where we're at.

 

I'd love to suggest more healthful solutions. They might be open to it if

the solution feels manageable. Of course, the campus has a rule that you

have to purchase food from the official campus vendor, so that's already

going to be a challenge to get around (they offer NOTHING organic.)

 

Okay, anyhow: Can you (everyone on this list!?) offer suggestions for good

meeting foods, for say, a meeting of 40 people, or a meeting of 8 people.

(I think you can do things for the latter that wouldn't work for a larger

group.)

 

 

 

One idea: order 160 oranges, clementines and tangerines, 4 automatic

juicers, 4 cutting boards, 4 knives, 4 strainers, 4 bowls with lips, 40

cups, some hulled walnuts, and 4 bowls for them.

 

Set out four stations, for people to cut oranges, and juice them.

 

 

Arrange with the campus to have all the dishes washed --we don't have a

kitchen in our office. (Also, arrange with the campus to bypass the

vendor-only requirement, unless they can offer organic oranges......)

 

I wonder how much this solution would cost? And how it would compare with

the cost of the bagels / cream cheese / muffin /fruit platter solution...

 

 

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Marjorie Roswell

3443 Guilford Terrace

Baltimore, MD 21218

mroswell

410-467-3727

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