Donating to the Food Bank
Sqwertz wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 03:12:26 -0400 (EDT), Cheryl wrote:
>
> > "Julie Bove" > Wrote in message:
> >>
> >> 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
>
> Everything will find a place with somebody who can use it. Pantries
> that serve mostly homeless people, they tend to give away the Vienna
> Snausages and pop top cans of soups and stews. The church pantries
> that serve a more general population will be able to give the rice and
> pastas to somebody who can supplement it with extra ingredients and
> proper cooking. 95+% of the people utilizing food pantries are not
> dead broke and homeless, for those, the supplied food is meant to
> supplement their meager, not cover the total cost of food.
>
> -sw
Correct.
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