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The organizer supplies a space for preparation, a large crockpot crock pot for cooking; space and tools for preparing; and bowls, spoons , etc. for eating.

The folktale "Stone Soup" could be shared (read aloud, circulated, posted.Each person is invited to bring contribute to the creation of a single soup: one fresh, raw, or dried food ingredient (organizer should specify a quantity, e.g. two cups worth) and one spice for a soup, without revealing . They are not to reveal ahead of time what they will bring.Note: the organizer should collect information about dietary restrictions and allergies, and communicate the "do not bring" food list (without necessarily the names of perhaps keeping the people's identities anonymous). E.g., no gluten, no meat, no hot peppers.The organizer could supply salad, bread, and dessert to go with the soup - or those dishes could be brought by everyone potluck style.

People Together, people wash, cut upchop, peel, or otherwise prepare their food ingredient ingredients and add it them to the pot; the . The organizer can determine the amount of each spice to add. When the soup is donefully cooked, eat it everyone eats together.

Discussions can be about the resultsresult, what is learned about the diversity of the group, any metaphors and lessons involved in that could apply to the soup-making for the groups other team's regular projects (e.g.For example, perhaps the team may discuss whether prior discussions of agreements about what ingredients each person will would bring would make the result better ( - or, by chance if the combinations random combination "worked" - should other projects be left to chance?)

Instead of soup, the shared dish could be a casserole, a salad, a stew, pie . . .