Best way to give away small amounts of food
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Any one know what's the best way to give away small amounts of food, with a proportionately small amount of effort? Apparently local homeless shelter won't take stuff, so I was just wondering if people had ideas. I'm talking about household (albeit a wasteful one) levels on an ad hoc basis, nothing commercial, nor anything out of date or poisoned or soemthing.
What do you mean by 'waste', exactly? Here, anything that isn't completely mouldy gets eaten, one way or another.
If you mean food that's either gone out of date or about to, the 'sniff test' will give you a good idea as to what's useable: cheese, yogurts, charcuterie and vegetables almost invariably are.
If you mean food that was cooked but not eaten, try transforming it into something else: leftover meat can be minced and used in bolognese sauce or as burgers. As a very last resort it can be thrown out for the foxes.
Mouldy bread / vegetable scraps / teabags can all be composted. I don't compost meat / eggshells, although some people do.
If you mean food that's either gone out of date or about to, the 'sniff test' will give you a good idea as to what's useable: cheese, yogurts, charcuterie and vegetables almost invariably are.
If you mean food that was cooked but not eaten, try transforming it into something else: leftover meat can be minced and used in bolognese sauce or as burgers. As a very last resort it can be thrown out for the foxes.
Mouldy bread / vegetable scraps / teabags can all be composted. I don't compost meat / eggshells, although some people do.
theironduke said:
Mobile Chicane said:
charcuterie
Every day is a school day, new word added to me vocabulary 
However I think that my level of food thrift applies to air-dried meats rather than anything cooked.
I've eaten Parma ham that's a year out of date before now and not died. Likewise, cheese. How can something that's been sitting in a cave for 5 years suddenly be 'off'?
Wouldn't try that with 'boiled' / 'wet' stuff though.
Somewhatfoolish said:
Grapes are bad for dogs?
My dog is in serious trouble at the moment, she came close to being put down, I've been having nightmares about her for ages.
Sorry to hear that My dog is in serious trouble at the moment, she came close to being put down, I've been having nightmares about her for ages.
Grapes and chocolate are very toxic to dogs, id imagine ok in small doses but I dont give them any at all.Gassing Station | Food, Drink & Restaurants | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff