[Foodhacking_at_camp] update on food hacking base

[Frantisek Apfelbeck]

Hi to all!
I've send this short info to the organiser of the Hackers on the Plain trip Nick 
Farr. Please check it out, it's the latest update. Several thinks are still the 
stage of proposal/discussion like the shift system.

Staff

I've got a girl called Evina on the board who is an excellent chef and food 
experimentator to join me at the camp, she is very good in vegan cooking and I 
think also in baking. I would like her to be one of the shift leaders but we 
will see what she thinks about it :-)) Another person aka, mAcfreAk wants to do 
sushi workshop and another gentleman Phillip is big fan of Tuscan cuisine and 
bread making so I hope to learn some new tricks. I'm sure many more people will 
join but probably just before the start, I'm in touch with few already. If the 
need to be, we can do all the cooking within 2-3 people if we have the equipment 
stated (stove, oven, food processor etc.), so I do not worry about that. I've to 
find some system of online shift signing like the one for volunteers at winter 
CCC conference.


Shift concept

The shift concept which I'm proposing means that there would be three shifts, 
morning, afternoon/evening, night. Each shift would have a shift leader who will 
be contact person knowing where are the things and coordinating the activities. 
I would like to take the morning shift 6-7 am - 2-3 pm because I'm an early bird 
and I want to prepare the base properly for the day. Good fresh start helps.


Menu

We are getting there. I want to do it the buffet style 24/7 with lunch and 
dinner being the widest on food selection but with food being around all the 
time. This continues process will take off the pressure of preparing things on 
request or some certain time. I'll have to find who has what allergies and who 
is raw vegan, vegan etc. Do you have some list for the people coming? How can I 
contact them or the vica versa? I think that what we are going to cook will be 
influenced a lot by who is going to join. I'd like to have 3-4 meals clear for 
every day in advance and just make up the rest as we go, deciding on most of the 
for example 12 hours in advance and creating some just as experiments on 
momentary bases. I like the way when people take the meal as their project and 
prepare it from the start to the end, teaching preferable the others interested 
in how to do it. I want to have a nice relaxed atmospheric of group cooking non 
some crazy madness (well 11th Thursday will be bit crazy I guess :-)). 

   

Equipment

I've made a wish list and left it with Jeedi (c-base member involved in the 
ccc-camp preparation) who is looking for the references on availability and 
price for renting. There were updates based on preferences of people on the food 
hacking list already, most of them are in the realm of things which I plan to 
get on the spot when I come. I've to get back to Jeedi within 2-3 days.


Brewing

I'll be intensively brewing every day from the moment I touch the German soil 
and there will be fermented non alcoholic beverages ranging from ginger ale to 
various types of kombucha, kvas etc. available at the buffet every day. 



Questions


Do you know someone who could help me with the shift signing procedure, creating 
a online log/web?

How to contact people concerning their food allergies and intolerances,veganism 
etc.?

Wine. I've a chance to get very good wine from local producer (my friend cousin) 
who's wine cellar I've personally checked and it was really good, even if I do 
not remember all the details (like three hour drive back to Prague ...). 1 l was 
for 1.2 EU :-)) I would like to get maybe 50 l Miller Turquel (white can not 
find how it is written) and 50 l of Frankovka (red). I may ask hackers from 
Bratislava to bring it to me or guys from Prague. I think it would be nice to 
have good wine with food.

Where can I get equipment for building parts of the kitchen? We need to dedicate 
some money from the budget for materials to make the inner round table, washing 
facility, some barbecue etc. nothing major, I would gess that 100-200 EU should 
do it.

Well here it goes. Please hit me with the answers it may take me few days to get 
back to you.

Sincerely,

Frantisek