Saturday, September 1st 5:30-8:00pm: Stone Soup in Demmler Park

After talking with numerous friends, neighbors, colleagues, etc I've decided that I'd like to open up the challenge by inviting everyone to share 'stone soup' by the community gardens at Demmler Park of the third ward. Stone Soup is a children's book I remember from my childhood in which a community is brought together by a wanderlust child who promises to make the finest of soup from a magic stone. With simple contributions from the whole town and the child's contribution of a magic stone, the boy and the rest of the town are able to enjoy a meal fit for royalty with each individual pitching in only what they are able to give.



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I've just moved into a nice place that sits on the park limits and think that an early evening soup of completely local ingredients would be a fantastic way to get people together to share recipes, cook together, play games (and music?!) and mark the beginning of a month of culinary, community, health and environmental safari.



If you'd be interested in bringing yourself, friends, family or whoever to contribute to this dinner, please let me know (barneszj@uwec.edu) what locavore local (100 miles from eau claire) ingredients you would like to contribute to the soup (the farmers market is in phoenix park that morning... if you would like to contribute meat of any sort, please bring it precooked, ready to throw in the pot as we may not have resources to properly cook it... please remember to keep any lipids/spices/etc completely local when doing so). Besides any local ingredient, I ask that everyone bring a spoon, bowl and beverage/cup for water.



I'm thinking that we might have 30-40 people show up and hopefully the weather will cooperate to make this a night to remember.



FYI. I plan on having two or more pots of soup, at least one of which will be completely vegetarian (or vegan?) for anyone who does not wish to eat meat or meat products. Also, people can add spices to their individual bowls as they see fit, but again I plan on having the pots of soup be completely local.



Hope to see you there and please RSVP so I might have an idea of how many people to expect!



Please bring family, friends, games, instruments, and your locavore appetite.