{"id":32536,"date":"2016-10-21T10:50:25","date_gmt":"2016-10-21T08:50:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=32536"},"modified":"2016-10-21T10:50:25","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T08:50:25","slug":"3-krishna-lunches-hit-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=32536","title":{"rendered":"$3 Krishna lunches hit spot"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAbove: Student Max Gunn receives a plateful of vegetarian goodness from Hare Krishna Jane Beecroft, who is celebrating 20 years of serving vegetarian lunches on campus at the University of Otago. Photo: Gerard O’Brien.<\/em><\/p>\n

University of Otago – Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand<\/p>\n

After moving to Dunedin to retire, Jane Beecroft soon found herself with more on her plate than she first anticipated.
\n“I came here hoping to take it easy.<\/p>\n

“Then I started teaching vegetarian cooking; soon enough word got out and it turned into the lunches.”<\/p>\n

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Hare Krishna vegetarian lunches on campus at the University of Otago, an initiative started by Ms Beecroft in 1997.<\/p>\n

On a busy day more than 300 students could arrive for a meal in the space of two hours.<\/p>\n

The $3 main courses are served four days a week, Monday to Thursday, with Wednesday\u2019s fresh bread and soup a favourite.<\/p>\n

Ms Beecroft, who has been a Hare Krishna for more than 35 years, said she and her team tried to create an environment that felt like a home away from home.<\/p>\n

“That\u2019s what I want it to be. We get a lot of international students here, so they\u2019re away from their families. If we can create a place where they feel loved and cared for then that\u2019s really great.”<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s so joyous \u2014 you can see it in the exchanges we have with the students.”<\/p>\n

Law student Max Gunn said he had been coming to the lunches for years to get his vegetarian fix.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s got such a community vibe. I\u2019m a big fan of their samosas.”<\/p>\n

After finishing their meals, which can include dessert for a dollar extra, students wash and dry their own dishes.<\/p>\n

Third-year medicine student Reuben Cane said he dropped in for a feed at least once a week, and he was not the only one in his house.<\/p>\n

“One of my flatmates comes pretty much every day. The food\u2019s so cheap but so good.”<\/p>\n

“Jane always puts a smile on your dial.”<\/p>\n

Ms Beecroft said she loved every second of her 20 years of service, and hoped for 20 more.<\/p>\n

“If I took my last breath handing over a plate of food to a happy student then that would be a good way to go, I reckon.”<\/p>\n

– Luke Tumaru<\/p>\n

The numbers<\/p>\n

\u2022 500,000 meals served since 1997<\/p>\n

\u2022 250 The approximate number of students fed daily<\/p>\n

\u2022 150 samosas handed out daily<\/p>\n

\u2022 20kg of rice dished out daily<\/p>\n

Source: https:\/\/goo.gl\/VjbDdy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"HareBy Ortago Daily Times<\/strong><\/p>\n

University of Otago – Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. After moving to Dunedin to retire, Jane Beecroft soon found herself with more on her plate than she first anticipated. “I came here hoping to take it easy. “Then I started teaching vegetarian cooking; soon enough word got out and it turned into the lunches.” The numbers \u2022 500,000 meals served since 1997 \u2022 250 The approximate number of students fed daily \u2022 150 samosas handed out daily \u2022 20kg of rice dished out daily This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Hare Krishna vegetarian lunches on campus at the University of Otago, an initiative started by Ms Beecroft in 1997. On a busy day more than 300 students could arrive for a meal in the space of two hours. The $3 main courses are served four days a week, Monday to Thursday, with Wednesday\u2019s fresh bread and soup a favourite. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[90],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32538,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32536\/revisions\/32538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}