Summary
Did you share a flat, house or kitchen as a student or professional? Is it the shared meals and conversation that stay with you, or the piles of dirty dishes and missing food?
This week Ruth Alexander has a look around shared kitchens all over the world.
We hear the good, bad and dirty – and give advice on how to build cooperation in your shared kitchen. Ruth hears from a former housemate what she was really like to share with, as well as a surprise revelation about her unappetising meal of choice.
If you would like to get in touch with the show, please email: thefoodchain@bbc.co.uk
Presented by Ruth Alexander. Produced by Hannah Bewley.
(Image: five students sat on sofas in their shared living space eating a meal they have cooked together. Credit: BBC)
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Right, start at the beginning. |
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| 0:27.3 | The only thing left to do now is Ron. |
| 0:33.9 | Underware in the sink. |
| 0:36.6 | Cat in the freezer. Tension in the sink. Cat in the freezer. |
| 0:39.2 | Tension in the air. |
| 0:42.3 | This is the food chain from the BBC World Service with me, Ruth Alexander. |
| 0:47.4 | This week, sharing kitchens. |
| 0:51.7 | I don't think there's enough water. |
| 0:54.7 | The negotiations. |
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