The Stone Soup

I thought we would reenact at an old children’s story called ‘The Stone Soup’. There are different versions of the story but here’s the basic gist of it

A traveler enters a village looking for food, as he is very hungry. The villagers aren't able to offer him any food as they are too hungry themselves. The traveler takes a large cooking pot, fills it with water and places a stone in it. He then tells the villagers he's making stone soup. Although the villagers said they didn't have any food to share with him, one by one each puts in what little they do have - an onion, a bit of meat, a bunch of carrots - until they have a nourishing soup that feeds the whole village.

I will begin by placing a stone in a pot of water. Each of you can add what you can and before you know it, we’ll have ourselves a delicious pot of soup.

Since we’ll all be together enjoying our soup, we’ll learn a little about each other in the process.

- What ingredient will you be adding to the soup?

- What made you choose that ingredient?

- Is there something you prefer not be added to the soup, either because you are allergic or you don’t like the taste of it?

- Now that we’ve made our introductions to one another, did you bring someone with you? If so, who would that be? Remember, whomever you bring is now going to know about this website and that you are a part of it so you may want to choose that person wisely.
- Where do you want to eat? Inside with a cozy fireplace in the dining room or outside, picnic style. Any other suggestions are welcome.

- Are there any games you would like to play? Remember, we are poor so we have no cards or board games. We just have ourselves.

- Are there any songs you would like to sing?

- Will some of you not be coming because you’d prefer to remain anonymous? For those who choose not to come, would you reconsider if you could wear a disguise? Remember, we need all the ingredients we can get.

Mingle amongst yourselves and have a grand time.