MESH Report Sept 24, 2024
Chef Aileen Grossberg planned an easy to prepare meal with minimum prep and cooking time. Sous chefs Alex Kent, Lynne Kurzweil , Carole Rothman and new volunteer Julie Weinstein were totally up to the tasks of cutting tomatoes and lettuce, roasting corn, doling out chili sauce and preparing the other parts of the meal until——the ovens wouldn’t work. No gas to the burners.
Waiting on baking sheets were 450 fish sticks and 100 half ears of corn. What to do?
Call Carlos, of course, who came to the rescue. The crisis was averted. Many thanks to the MESH volunteers who didn’t panic.
No good plan is ever executed perfectly, but in the end, the food was only slightly late to The Office where the MESH guests dined on a comfort meal of fish sticks with chili sauce, corn on the cob, coleslaw, a roll, lettuce and tomato slices, a banana, and assorted desserts. Thank you, Lynne, for delivering the food.
And for those of you who are interested, the best fish sticks according to America’s Test Kitchen are Gorton’s. Next time, we may try fish tacos and hopefully the ovens will cooperate.
About MESH:
The Carol Starr MESH Cafe at Shomrei (Montclair Emergency Services for Hope) is a cooperative effort between the MESH organization and local synagogues and churches.
Volunteer at Shomrei
Shomrei provides 50 meals to MESH on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month. We need volunteers to help prepare and pack the food.
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Volunteer at the MESH Site
Volunteers are also welcome to help serve food 6 nights a week, Monday through Saturday, 4:30-6:30 pm at the MESH site, 619 Bloomfield Ave, Montclair.
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Monetary Donations
If you can’t help in-person, please consider a donation to help fund this important service.
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