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Cleaning our food spaces:
The process for ensuring things run smoothly in the kitchen is very simple: The preparation for the communal dinners starts right on dusk. This is for everyone to assemble in the eating area to help with cooking/preparing/cleaning that is needed and for the cooks to know numbers. · Refill the servery with plates · Help with food preparation · When a utensil, cutting board etc, has been used take it to the washing up area. · Wash up all utensils, pots & pans, etc as you cook the meal · Put any of the cutlery, plates etc away which are already in the drying rack before washing any more dishes · Serve up the food onto the server with cutlery · Hit the gong and people will magically appear from all directions! · If you didn’t get the chance to help with food prep or the cooking, collect the plates at the end of the meal and start washing up (prepare the dishwashing area) and make sure the kitchen is clean . This includes: sinks, floors, all surfaces, stoves, pans & pot (no rests, so that they don’t burn when pots get reused) THIS IS A COCKROACH, ANTS AND RAT PREVENTATIVE!!!! · After eating: Pack leftovers away and clean those dishes, as well. To contribute a recipe or meal for our cookbook is always welcome.
Washing Up:
First person finished eating to set up washing area. This includes putting away any dishes on the rack. If you didn't cook, prepare of clean up the whole of 346 communal area, it is expected that you step into cleaning up the dishes when you finish your food. Lots of soapy water and steel wool to really get that food off the plate, pots and pans so they are clean for the next person to use.
The following is a good flow for making the washing quick, thorough and easy.
WASHING UP – the easy and efficient way!
Make Space in the dryer racks– Put the already clean dishes away Coffee Grinds & Teabags in compost bin (not Chook food bin) Scrape left overs from plates into compost Rinse dishes briefly to remove food waste (small bucket & brush) Hot soapy water in right sink Hot rinse water in left sink Washing glasses & cups 1st helps to keep these clean of oils and food flavours - dry on racks in front of you Washing Bowls 2nd & stacking these to your left from smallest to largest uses less space Washing Plates next allows these to be stacked next to bowls and or separately again using less space Washing sharp knives with out dropping them / leaving them sink and the stacking them blade down is more safe. Washing cutlery next & separating theses into knives, spoons & forks & cooking utensils then stacking these handle down makes putting away faster & easier. Pots after washing get hung on hooks in front of you to the right
