Love, Sunday Coop

So, every Sunday, theoretically I am the proud host of Grinnell College's vegan cooperative - essentially, a loose collection of students interested in paying 3 dollars to eat food which is vegan together most nights of the week. This means I am responsible for thinking of something great to cook which is vegan, provisioning and preparing it, and then inviting everyone on the vegan coop listserv. to come to my house at 6:15pm and eat it. Since this takes time, and frequently this is something I feel terribly short of, I cancel my coop with a frightening regularity. Some might say I cancel my coop more often than I have had my coop. I thought I would examine the truthfulness of that statement here today, to kick off the 1001 4th Street blog. Here you will find the facts, only the facts! And also my last several cancellation emails.

Sunday, February 13, 2011 5:23 PM Coop canceled due to drunk and disorderly behavior...
Sorry Co-opers! This sunday's coop host, having heartily celebrated 100 days yesterday, is somewhat under the weather and/or not inclined to eat things and/or is enslaved to the books on reserve desk at Burling because they forgot to buy the book that is for tomorrow's class... but we'll see you next week!

<3 Brita

Sunday, March 06, 2011 4:30 PM sunday co-op canceled
sorry! co-op is tired. co-op has a lot of homework. and co-op lost $40 of grocery money out of their pocket saturday in sheer neglectful foolishness... co-op is sad. But co-op will be back next week and how jolly it will be!!!

<3 Sunday co-op

Sunday, March 13, 2011 4:57 PM sunday coop cancel...again... sorry

Timmy: "Grandpa, what happened to sunday coop?"
Grandpa: "Well Timmy, coop got lost on the way to sunday, and we don't know where it is."
Timmy: "Is coop going to be ok?"
Grandpa: "Yes Timmy. If we stand at the edge of the forest and whistle, it may find its way back to sunday."
Timmy: "I miss sunday coop, Grandpa."
Grandpa: "Me too Timmy, me too."

Sunday, April 17, 2011 2:45 PM no sunday coop :-(
A Very Sad Story:

Once upon a time, Sunday coop decided to take a walk through the big scary forest to deliver some vegan scones to its grandmother's cottage. The day was bright and warm, and everything was going great as Sunday coop set out on their journey. But a little ways into the forest, Sunday coop strayed from the path, because Sunday coop is a bit daft, and frequently is found to be chasing squirrels and other inconsequential creatures... So by this time, Sunday coop was very lost, and went up to the first creature they saw to ask directions back to the path. But poor Sunday coop! That creature was none other than the abominable snow-bear - and little Sunday coop was gobbled up in one bite.

The End.

NEXT WEEK, look forward to delicious vegan smoothies!

<3, Sunday Abominable Snow-Bear.



SO... As far as I can figure out, I have canceled 4 coops, and have hosted4.
There was the one where I made pita bread and super random black bean soup with orange juice and leftover lentil water, there was the one where I made pasta with arugula and lemon-olive oil-basil dressing, there was one where I made garlic tomato soup and lentil hummus, and last week I had one where I made almond cherry soup (awesome: just take 6 cups frozen cherries, 3 cups almond milk, 1/2 cup maple syrup or I used amaretto liqueur, a little bit of almond extract, and a little bit of nutmeg), and roasted red peppers with sauteed green beans.

So technically I have not canceled more coops than I have hosted. I have had exactly the same number of coops as I have hosted! Hooray!