[foodhacking] Food Hacking & Collaboration at OHM 2013?

Mon Jul 22 12:37:48 CEST 2013

Just shortly, for the other group members please check the email so we can take care about this workshop/activity soon I will hit the camp ground with Christian tomorrow so .... 

I think that it should be fine for you to prepare/food hack at fhb during the event that is what we are planning for - being a food hacking base. We are always grateful for any donations so try to think about your workshop in a way that you end up in a "plus numbers", however if the things do go bad we always try to make sure that the person in charge of the activity walks away at least with 0 and not minus, it worked so far (not all the workshop are "money makers" some really cool staff has to be supported but we have to plan for that). All the workshop are donation based no one turned away for lack of funds, workshop leader decides how many people can join and he/she should make clear what is the amount of cash needed to cover at least the ingredients and related stuff costs.

Concerning the list of ingredients, I'm working on it, I got bit behind ... I have copied you so you can edit, in this case most likely add what you desire and include your nick so we know as a group who needs that plus if you can the project name/link. The list is still in doing but it is time to make it as complete as possible

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoI1FSp-qkEWdF92VXg1UXpVMF9KbHEtdy1wSzdZOWc&usp=sharing

Please keep in mind that since tomorrow I will be mostly off line. Please check our workshop page

https://ohm2013.org/wiki/Village:Food_Hacking_Base/Workshops

there are several spots open and we can create more in the morning or late evening (well the later I would prefer to avoid but ...). Day 3 dinner workshop is still open, that means that during the workshop we would be preparing food for 15-20 people more or less and the ingredients will be covered partly by our budget and partly by participants. Check our idea for the dinner workshop on the page but they are hands on and participants eat with the crowd later on the dinner. This may be a  good option, I really on your self esteem that people will be impressed by your and your team creations :-) You can also take another time slot where you do not have to prepare so much food just to play with participants, it is up to you but whichever way book sooner than later :-) I hope the group is OK with that, give it day or two and if no responses claim the slot (or better claim it now and possibly change it later)

I'm looking forward to meet you soon!

Sincerely,

Frantisek Algoldor Apfelbeck

biotechnologist&kvasir and hacker

http://www.frantisekapfelbeck.org

"There is no way to peace, peace is the way." Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

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 From: Raja Oueis <raja at lambalabs.org>
To: Frantisek Apfelbeck <algoldor at yahoo.com> 
Cc: Raja Oueis <raja at lambalabs.org>; Food Hacking Hackerspaces org Food Hacking Hackerspaces org <foodhacking at lists.hackerspaces.org>; "mwfc at foodhackingbase.org" <mwfc at foodhackingbase.org>; Lurwah <lurwah at gmail.com>; Sara Sibai <sara.sibai at gmail.com> 
Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: Food Hacking & Collaboration at OHM 2013?

Hi Frantisek,

Wow, thanks for the prompt reply! I'll be heading to OHM only a day before it starts (July 30) because I'm taking off from work so I barely have time to prepare when I get there! I'm actually not part of any dedicated tent, but I'm hailing from Lamba Labs Beirut Hackerspace. Also, I've been trying to follow up with the OHM speakerdesk with regards to the date/time and venue of my workshop.

Up until now (and upon seeing that list of gear you linked) I've been unsure about the resources at OHM and its kitchen. And because I have to travel very lightly, I can't bring any equipment/ingredients myself. As a result, I've been planning a relatively "theoretical" workshop, which is no fun when it comes to food! But your Food Hacking Base is giving me hope that it can be more practical and fun and, more importantly, hands-on!

One of the activities I planned is an exercise in which the participants get a list of ingredients that may be leftover after a meal, plus some idle ingredients that remain around a kitchen most of the time. The goal will be to creatively (and tastefully) combine things in ways that they aren't usually intended for- basically snack-hacking!

An example from my last workshop (Hacking Breakfast) here in Lebanon was a peanut butter and labneh crepe! Also, from my personal favorites: labneh -tuna casserole (Greek-style, Mexican-style, basically any style with the right herbs & spices, as you well know I'm sure). Also, I have to admit that labneh is such a great food-hacking ingredient so we're lucky it's everywhere here.

I was planning to do this exercise abstractly with laptops or papers & pens because I had no equipment/ingredients. If there's any way you could help me get this exercise off of paper and into the real world, then I'd be terribly grateful. Not to mention that I'd love to learn as much as I can from you guys while I'm there and maybe contribute what I can.

Best,

Raja

P.S. Do you have a list of ingredients that you're using for your meals yet?

P.P.S. I believe I'm already subscribed to your mailing list and of course I have no problem with you posting this there!

On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Frantisek Apfelbeck <algoldor at yahoo.com> wrote:

Hi Raja,
>Well it actually sound to me that you are quite after the stuff which we are in favor off :-) We had similar workshop by Phillip (PObailey) on the last CCC camp and the results were really tasty, alas Phillip is not coming this time ...
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>I wonder where do you plan to do your workshop, what village are you involved with and when do you arrive to the camp ground? I'm going to hit it tomorrow so it may be bit harder to communicate later on ... 
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>We will be open to the people who wants to play with food and drinks/hack as much as possible so please feel welcome do come and join us. Do you need something specific for your activities? The list of our planed gear is here
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>https://ohm2013.org/wiki/Village:Food_Hacking_Base/Gear
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>I hope to hear from you more soon and see you at the event. 
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>Sincerely,
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>Frantisek Algoldor Apfelbeck
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>PS It would be handy to sign in for our discuss. I'm copping this email to the discuss I hope it is OK with you (just to make the communication faster)
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>http://lists.hackerspaces.org/mailman/listinfo/foodhackingbase
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>biotechnologist&kvasir and hacker
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>http://www.frantisekapfelbeck.org
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>"There is no way to peace, peace is the way." Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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> From: Raja Oueis <raja at lambalabs.org>
>To: algoldor at yahoo.com 
>Sent: Monday, July 22, 2013 11:07 AM
>Subject: Food Hacking & Collaboration at OHM 2013?
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>Hi Frantisek,
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>I've been invited to give a Hack-a-Snack workshop at OHM2013 and I stumbled upon your
 Food Hacking Base! My workshop, which is about simply creatively combining leftover food or idle ingredients into delicious snacks/meals, definitely isn't as involved or experimental as what you guys do and I'm definitely still a novice/amateur but I'd love to learn from and collaborate with you guys while I'm there.
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>I'd really love to hear back from you soon!
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>Best,
>Raja 
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