"Julie Bove" > Wrote in message:
>
> > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Tuesday, October 10, 2017 at 9:42:15 PM UTC-5, Jill McQuown wrote:
>>>
>>> Any other suggestions for shelf-stable and/or or canned items to put in
>>> the food bank bin? I thought about canned tomatoes. But if this is
>>> indeed mostly going to feed the local farm workers, they're the ones who
>>> have been picking the tomatoes for months. They're probably sick of
>>> them.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>>
>>>
>> Don't shoot the messenger but how about donating some boxes of
>> Hamburger Helper or boxes of macaroni and/or spaghetti? These
>> are all shelf stable items.
>
> But those are not canned and... The people who receive them may not have the
> necessary ingredients to make them. I remember hearing on the radio some
> years ago about a woman who had so little that she didn't even have a pan or
> a stove. They said if you were going to donate to keep that in mind. Most
> anything can be eaten straight from the can. Might be better if chilled or
> heated but...
>
>

I don't know about this but do those being recipients have the
option to just not take what they can't use, while others could
make use of something like that? Or do they just get a bag of
stuff and there are things they can't use so they toss it? That
doesn't make sense to me
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