We were back at Winnipeg Harvest today. We were honoured to cook for their round table symposium for National Hunger Awareness Day. Many different community leaders were there, from the media to non-profit agencies, to business leaders. It was nice to hear people talking about working together and finding common ground from which to move forward.
We really want to move away from disposable dishes and so this was the first time we used real dishes even though we didn't have an on-site kitchen. It struck me as we carried in 12 boxes of china that it's quite a bit more work to use the real stuff. Had we used paper, we could have carried all the dishes we needed for 40 people in one trip. We could have thrown them out at the end of the meeting and not had to worry about washing them.
But why bother with good food if you're going to eat it off of styrofoam? I hate that shivery feeling I get when my spoon scrapes the bottom of a styrofoam bowl--it makes it hard to enjoy that last bite. Anyway, now we have our own dishes for up to 100, and we will use them whenever we can. Now we're on the hunt for good silverware and our own cloth serviettes.
We really like setting a nice table and serving food to people that tastes good and is good for them. We like being able to offer something that is fresh and affordable and just a little bit different. It's a great way to be involved in National Hunger Awareness Day.
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It would be interesting to see what the trade off is with using disposable doshes as compared to china. You have to wash the real china using hot water (uses energy & water). The plates could be recycled.
Having said that, I do prefer eating from real china though.
Maybe I should say "disposable dishes next time.
you do have a point about that... (the recycling thing) but it is so true that food tastes better on china.
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