Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article
> >,
> Nancy2 > wrote:
>
>>> do it now. Or not, but they're not going to. Health Department laws
>>> might be getting stickier, too.
>>> --
>>> -Barb, Mother Superior,
>>
>> I've never heard of a health department inspecting/interfering in a
>> church-sponsored food event, no matter what kind it is - coffee &
>> cookies after a service, or a funeral feast....
>>
>> N.
>
> What I meant by that is that some church kitchens (most, I'll bet)
> aren't licensed for cooking real food; i.e., food served from the
> kitchen was purchased elsewhere (deli trays, cold salads, etc.). The
> church I attend is licensed for food prep with all the stainless steel
> stuff that's required, and community meals are prepared and served there
> regularly but the church's menu for its dead spreads is the sandwich,
> chips, slaw, and pickles thang, all purchased; dessert (bars, cake)
> comes from congregation members. Did I make that even more confusing?
> My thinker's fuzzier than usual right now.
Most church kitchen here are set up for food prep and I have yet to see
a state license in one of them. It's that old separation of church and
state thang.