Bettina Network, inc. has guidelines and lessons for those who join the Network with a talent, body of knowledge, wisdom, art, craft, etc that they want to share.
To give you an idea as to what these small lessons and requirements are, we share the following:
“We understand all of the marketing behind stainless steel and other kinds of utensils for eating. However —-
In Bettina Network, inc. as a Host Family and Hedge School Facilitator we require that you use silver utensils when serving any kind of food. If you are using stainless steel and/or other materials for your knives, forks, spoons and other utensils which go in the mouth, please change to silver as soon as possible. They are a bit more expensive so you can take six weeks into joining the Network to change the utensils you use. To be efficient in the use of your resources, you might want to sell your current utensils at an estate sale, or yard sale, etc. to find the money to replace them with silver, if necessary.
Why? Because silver has anti-bacterial properties and we want to make sure guests and those coming to learn are as protected as possible.
Silver plate or sterling silver are equally fine.”
Some of our homes have moved even further and adopted the old German habit of using silver pots and pans for cooking. That is the ultimate, but instead – if you can’t afford or don’t understand how to use these silver pots and pans and are a bit squeamish – you might try converting to a combination of iron and glass pots and pans. Give the idea of silver pots and pans a bit of time and you won’t want to use anything else. Corning used to make a fantastic set of pots with the blue cornflower on the side which is great either for cooking on top of the stove or for using in the oven for baking. Cast iron – which you will need to oil (season) after each use, is excellent also. Please don’t oil these iron pots with Olive Oil. It goes rancid quickly and defeats the purpose. You might try Peanut Oil – Coconut Oil – or etc. Stable oils which you use to cook foods when the temperature is higher than ‘slightly warm’.
If you have questions or comments, call or send us an email. If you want your email published as a blog, please so indicate.
____________________________________________________
Learn More About How We Use Your Donation!
[give_form id=”3763″]
____________________________________________________
Everything talked about in this blog and in any other blog in the Bettina Network, inc. is the opinion of the person who wrote the blog and does not necessarily represent the opinions of Bettina Network, inc. It is the property of Bettina Network, inc. and/or the person who wrote the original blog.
Want to join us? Have a home that you want to open to become one of Bettina Network’s Hedge Schools? Call us and lets talk – or email us.
Ed. Note: Members of the Bettina Network Lifestyle Community can contribute to the Bettina Network Blog whenever they have anything they want to say and be heard by this fantastic group of people. Send your blog to bettinanetwork@comcast.net or mail it to us at P. O. Box 380585 Cambridge, MA. 02238 or call us on the telephone at 617-497-9166 to tell us what you want to say and we will write it for you.
Volunteer with Bettina Network Foundation, inc. to work estate sales; to help move items from one home to another; to contribute your ideas on how we can better use our resources in this effort to relieve and eliminate homelessness and poverty. We also need photographers; designers; and more. However much or little time you have, we are grateful.
Send your event information to be included in Bettina Network’s Menu of Events to: bettina-network@comcast.net
Tags: bed & breakfast, Bettina Homes, Bettina Network Educational Institute, Bettina Network Hedge Schools, health, Hedge Schools, Housekeeping
