Food

The Shabbat lunches are slowly growing more popular, so we are needing your help. We need volunteers at the lunch to help us clean up when the meal is over and Birchat Hamazone (blessings after the meal) is done. That way the work goes faster for all of us.
For all of you who wish to bring food, our pamphlet Food and Potluck Guidelines is attached so you can understand what is or isn’t allowed to be brought. Or you may contact Elizabeth in the Congregation Beth Ami Office for a paper copy. Remember these guidelines are a compromise so that everyone may participate in the providing for the meal,
whether you keep kosher at home or don’t.
And if you don’t have an idea of what to make, just check out the Shabbat-Pot-Luck-Recipe-book that Mieneke Drake put together for some simple ideas.

For food safety reasons, any food remaining out after the lunch will not be saved. If people want to take the leftovers home we are happy to provide containers. Any other leftovers will go in the compost bin. If you brought in food to share, we will set the your food dish aside on the counter for you to wipe your dish out before you take it home.
Please remember:
Our mashgichim are volunteers who are there to help keep these guidelines in place as well as to ensure our kitchen keeps kosher. If they ask you questions regarding your contributions, they are doing their best to ensure that your dish does follow these guidelines.
If you have questions about these guidelines, or other questions regarding food feel free to ask our volunteer mashgichim or other members of the kitchen committee. If they don’t know the answer, they know how to find out.
To understand more about the role of our volunteer kitchen Mashgiach, this pamphlet helps to explain, Role of the Volunteer mashgiach 7_25_18

All of the above pamphlets from the CBA Kitchen Committee are also available in printed form in the Beth Ami Office. If you are interested in uaing the kitchen for an event, is also a general event planning pamphlet available: 2024 Special Events, Use of the Kitchen4 which includes an introduction to Kitchen Committee as a Mission Statement. We also have a pamphlet if you are interested in preparing food in our Beth Ami kitchen,, Guidelines for Kitchen Use

Finally, we want to thank all of you who have participated in making the CBA kitchen a happening place. Whether you participated in the events (be it organizing, preparing, setting up or cleaning up), brought in food and drink to share, donated (food, equipment, or money for food) for our events, donated your time and labor to be a volunteer Mashgiach, or kept the Beth Ami kitchen stocked, organized, working, and cleaned, we appreciate you one and all.
Thank you,

Congregation Beth Ami Kitchen Committee