Community Kitchen
For those who are new to PolyParadise - your kitchen
includes all of the items you need to cook the food
you bring. There will be eight (8) | (3) Burner Stoves - assorted utensils
(cooking and serving) - Pots & Pans Large stock pots
- BBQ Grill & Flattop Grill as well as Spices of all kinds. We will
also have Foil - Plastic wrap - Ziplocs - Serving
Bowls and just about anything else you might need in
a kitchen.
The Kitchen will be equipped with (2) commercial 1
Drip - 2 Warmer Coffee Pots
Complete dishwashing station with soapy water and
rinse area & Sanitizer
It is YOUR responsibility to
purchase ICE to keep your items
cold. Ice is available @ Camp Artica [ Center
Camp 6:00 - The 3:00 & 9:00 Plazas] for $3/bag or
block. The camp will coordinate a Daily Ice
Run - When the amount of purchased Ice is fully
distributed; it will then be your responsibility to
go to Artica and purchase Ice on your own to keep
your Meal cold or your personal cooler items.
The 2025 Registration Process
requires that you participate in some way to the
camp, this sharing will take place within the
Kitchen. That way each day all of us get to have a
chance at being a Gourmet Chef, while secretly
adding our special ingredients. Of course mine is
PLAYA DUST!!! Remember Playa Dust is a condiment and
goes well with everything.
Cook One Meal Once for 25
people: As you register you will need to choose which
Day/Meal you will cook for.
Breakfast,
Lunch, Dinner (Preparation, Serving & Cleanup), You need
only 'Contribute' for only meal, but encouraged to do more if
you are so inclined. You only need to cook once for
25 people; then enjoy the
rest of the weeks food (You can always cook for more
than one meal if you are so inclined). Couples can choose to do
a meal together. We will have multiple campers doing that each day @
each meal | there will be plenty to eat and a clean Kitchen.
To be fair and to make sure that all meals are
covered and have an adequate number of meals being
cooked; If you are a group of three or more I will
require at least two meals for 25. What I do not really
want is for your group to all cook the same
meal for 50 or 75; yes the food will be
eaten but the real issue is making sure that
each meal is covered and that all meals have
an adequate amount of food available.
Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, with meal times at two
hour intervals:
8:00a-10:00a | 12:00p-2:00p | 6:00p-8:00p
If you fill
out the registration form and choose to cook, but do
not know what you will in-fact cook, at a later date
you can view/edit the to
Google
Sheet,
Send Email to Scotto. It
would be appreciated not to have to track you
down...
THE CAMP DOES NOT HAVE SPECIFIC CAMPERS/VOLUNTEERS
TO OVERSEE THE KITCHEN, TRASH, LNT, CAMP ICE RUN ON A DAILY BASIS.
See Volunteeratoldism™ YOU WILL BE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED (1) SHIFT ON JUST (1)
DAY. THERE WILL BE AT LEAST (5) CAMPERS ON ANY SHIFT ALL WORKING
TOGETHER TO COMPLETE THE JOB/TASK.
THIS SCHEDULE WILL BE PRINTED ON A LARGE POSTERBOARD WITH
INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE/MONITORED.
YOUR COOLER – DAY 1
When you pack for your trip
to BRC - your cooler should be ICED – When
you are at the last stop on Rt. 80 (From the West
(Sparks) – From the East (Fernley) before making the
turn on HYW 447 heading towards Gerlach – YOUR
COOLER SHOULD BE ICED!! When you arrive @
Burning Man your cooler should have ICE maybe
somewhat melted but it should HAVE ICE!!!
As a Village of 300 persons we are required to
have a Health Permit by the Nevada Health Dept.
The Health Dept will visit our camp and make sure
that we are adhering to all prescribed food
preparation – serving – cleanup requirements.
The Health Dept
will inspect all coolers and make sure that the
contents of said cooler are at proper temperature.
Obviously, coolers that have NO ICE or LIMITED
ICE cannot possibly be at proper temperature.
The contents of any cooler not cooled to proper
temperature were DISCARDED!
WE HIGHLY ENCOURAGE – NO WE REQUIRE that you ICE
DOWN YOUR COOLERS as you start your trip to the
Playa and KEEP ICE LEVEL IN COOLERS AS REQUIRED
during your trip.
This will ensure that when you cook your meal that
NO ONE EATING YOUR FOOD WILL GET SICK!
We will also be more proactive and do an ICE
RUN on Sunday (Day 1) that any camper can
use to make sure that when you arrive On-Playa that
your cooler can be RE-ICED and your food can
be kept to temperature and KEPT SAFE FOR EATING!!
ULTIMATELY KEEPING YOUR COOLER ICED – YOUR FOOD SAFE
ON THE WAY TO BRC IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
Drinking Water will be available. It is encouraged
that you help replenish the Community Drinking water
when needed. The community water jug is also
located in the community space. Please bring 5
gallons per vehicle (More would be
appreciated) to donate to your fellow campers
hydration. This cooler is filled and iced each day
for community use.
Another piece of the food
puzzle I would like you to think about is snacks. A
portion of the camping fee is for these snacks...
Available Snacks (all in
individual serving size containers):
Asst. Nabisco cookies
Pudding cups
Applesauce
Fruit cups
Rice Krispie treats
Cheez-it's
Ritz cheez `n' crackers
Ritz bitz cheese
Asst. chips
Regular potato chips
BBQ potato chips
Asst. nuts
Trail Mix
Instant oatmeal
Asst. Cereal (you need the milk)
Nutri-Grain bars
Quaker Oats
Oatmeal Raisin granola bars
Peanuts
Low Carb Breakfast bars
Oatmeal Squares
Red vines
Beef Jerky
Asst. beverages (Gatorade, tea, coffee, etc.)