Food and kids

[fabrisse]

I'd like to thank everyone who commented on my last post. I'm going to go ahead and submit my questions and suggestions to them, but I think I'm going to look at one of the other available positions here instead. There's just too much chance of physical or mental harm to me if I go for that one.

I have found out that we may be founding a cooking club starting next month. One of the kids here is very interested in becoming a chef (he's hoping to go to Johnson and Wales), and loves to cook already. Right now, I'm lending him some cookbooks for other regions (his primary culture is Caribbean).

Now, the cooking club is a good idea. However, as is so often the case, the execution will be poor. Money is the cause. The most the club will put toward it is $50.00 per month. There will be five or six kids involved, plus me and a staff member. It is not impossible to feed 8 people on $12.50, but we'll have no staples to call on. The staff person is talking about grilled cheese and tomato soup again.

Admittedly, I'm planning on meals that can be done cheaply. Macaroni and cheese that doesn't come out of a blue box, for example. But I also want to serve a salad with it, if at all possible. Suggestions are welcome.

Comments

[eanja]

It certainly wouldn't hurt to ask if friends have extra staples. It might not be what you need, but I, for example, still have at least 10 pounds of sugar, 5 pounds of pinto (I think) beans, a gallon of canola oil, various individual cans of stuff and assorted duplicate spices that the temporary roommate left me and that I would be delighted to get rid of. You never know what people might be able to contribute. Plus it's for a good cause and staples aren't usually that expensive as long as it isn't one person needing to buy all of them.

If you don't mind my asking, where do you find goat meat? I've never seen it outside Indian restaurants, but perhaps that's just because I'm in the suburbs and the supermarkets out here are pretty generic.

On another note, I do hope the other job you are considering works out.

[fabrisse.livejournal.com]

Goat I get from Hal al markets. There's one in Quincy near Wollaston that I've used. The kid says he can get it in his neighborhood, but I don't have more specifics.

You may find me begging you for staples donation. ;-) The oil especially.

When's Gilbert and Sullivan?

[eanja]

Gilbert and Sullivan is December 6, at 2pm. I'm going to head downtown and get tickets tomorrow - hopefully there will still be decent seats left.

Just let me know on staples. Is it OK if some of the stuff has been opened? This is why I couldn't donate it to a food pantry or anything, but hopefully since you know me this won't be an issue.