I want to preface this by saying I know food coms can be a source of strife within a community due to differing opinions on diet and ethics. If we decide it too much of a pain to try something like this then so be it. I have hope we could work things out to reasonably accommodate everyone.
Firstly want to know how many ppl would be interested in that sort of thing? I feel it should be VERY broad in what it covers. Cooking, diet, food pics, news and other information, fermentations, brewing, canning, preserving, etc etc. If it concerns food in some way, then it’s valid.
Next thing would be moderation. I like the idea of having the com but I personally don’t have a lot of ability to own it. I could maybe help moderate it but I’ve never modersted stuff before and don’t have the confidence to go at it alone. I’m also limited to mobile most of the time. As I am bringing up the idea though I won’t shy away from helping and taking some responsibility.
Next would be ground rules. I think any kind of food should be welcome. I mean this as, I think it should be both vegan and non-vegan friendly. I think a few simple ground rules would be:
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If it contains meat then it should be blurred with the NSFW filter. Our vegan and vegetarian comrades that have an ethical reason for not consuming animal products should not be subjected to those images that may be an offense to them. Idk if this should be extended to “non meat but not vegan friendly” items as well? Like dairy and stuff?
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Attacking people for what they eat is not acceptable. Non-vegans will not berate vegans, vegans will not berate non-vegans. Diet discussion, counter points to articles, studies, etc, are general constructive and should be allowed but if you disagree with someone being vegan, vegetarian, or a meat consumer, then leave it as a disagreement.
These are honestly the 2 biggest ones I have seen that can cause issues. Perhaps the only other rule I think we could do is maybe a rule banning gore and to define what entails gore? I don’t think many would have issue with saying we shouldn’t be having disturbing/graphic content of animals.
Also a though about any recipes being required to list potential allergens up front? Not like, a hard “we will remove the post if” thing but as a general guideline to please try and if you repeatedly don’t then maybe posts start getting pulled?
I’d like some community feedback on this stuff. I think it’s been discussed before just never gone anywhere? Maybe if we can get stuff squared away we could get a com up and running in due time?
I have two question Dr.Zoidberg, are anchovies allowed, and can you control yourself arround them?
We kept saying one more can’t hurt and then they were gone! We’re sorry!
Sounds good to me. I’d be interested in learning about Reasonably Healthy™, inexpensive food (although that obviously varies by region) that can be made in bulk, for personal use and mutual aid. I definitely agree with NSFW-flagging all pictures of meat/gore
If you are in the US there’s a few places you can buy bulk dried beans from. I have been wanting to stock up for a while I’m case of hard times. There’s a site called azurestandard that ships to drop off locations and they have pretty good prices on dry beans. Like a 25lb bag for about $1 per lb. I’ve been working on ways to make garbanzo beans tofu using the whole bean which should make it “meatier” in texture. I’m not vegan but I’m down for a non-processed, high protein, meat replacement to supplement my diet with and garbanzo beans are a shit load cheaper than most meats and can be stored long term in dry form.
Bonus, I have been reading articles about the effects on lacto fermentation on beans and some beans will see a soluble sugars decrease of 75% after fermentation. Which is awesome if you are trying to do low carb in general.
I am not, but there may be some similar online store that sells in bulk. Beans are the best food
I would be game for a food and foodie community!
We already have one don’t we? https://lemmygrad.ml/c/povertymeals
I think the divide between vegetarians/vegans and non is so intractable that two separate communities might be best.
I mean, most non-vegan meals can be recreated with simple substitutes, so they could still be combined.
I know I’ve been looking to be better about weekly meal prep. It’d be cool to have a place to colab on that.
Sounds nice, although I am not sure if I would clump all topics together. Fermentation I would say is pretty different topic and even in fermentation you have things like sourdough that could be its own community. Although I understand that at least in the beginning there probably won’t be enough posts for that to make sense.
I would be very interested in this and seeing some recipes from comrades, especially since we are a pretty diverse community. On reddit most foods you can see are very american centric.
The reason for such a broad inclusion is due to the size of our group being somewhat smol. I would think we would want some decent level of engagement and new posting.
I’m for it! I think this would be a fantastic idea for sharing the foods we like, and perhaps expanding our diets. The only other precaution I can think of would perhaps be including some sort of disclaimer regarding pork-based recipes for any comrades who can’t eat pork for religious or cultural reasons. I may be able to help a little with moderation, however, seeing as it is not something I’ve ever done before, I can’t guarantee anything on that front.
