A student's idea turns cooking class into meals for a community fridge
A Kaukauna High student asked the foods class to cook for the town fridge. They made 12 pasta salads and plan to do it every week.
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A Kaukauna High School student asked the Family and Consumer Sciences class to cook for people who use the town fridge, and the class took the job, Kaukauna Community News reported. Teacher Katie Lehrer turned a FLEX session into a small production line. The students made 12 containers of pasta salad.
The Kaukauna Community Fridge stands in the Electric City Chuters parking lot. It is open day and night, and no one has to register to take food. The class wants the batch to become a weekly habit, so the fridge is not a one-time project. The student who suggested it was not named. The pasta salad was the first answer.
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A student at Kaukauna High School in Wisconsin asked the foods class to cook for the Kaukauna Community Fridge. Teacher Katie Lehrer said yes. During a FLEX session the class made 12 containers of pasta salad. The fridge sits in the Electric City Chuters parking lot. It is open all day and all night, and nobody has to sign up to take a meal. The class hopes to cook for the fridge every week.
- Why would a fridge with no sign-up list help someone who is hungry?
- What could a class cook that travels well and feeds more than one person?
- How is cooking for strangers different from cooking for a family dinner?
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