jmcquown wrote:

> I just returned from a fabulous trip where I ate the most incredible food.
> Prime tenderloin; crab cakes. Lamb chops. Ground lamb with spinach curry.
> Veal piccata. Omelets with spinach and bacon and cream cheese.
>
> Not that I expect to eat like this every day... but think about it, folks...
> not everyone can eat like this at all. They need help. They need basic
> stuff, like bread and milk and eggs. They need canned soups and dried pasta
> and rice and packages of things we tend to scoff about here on rfc but
> which, for some people, are the best meals of the week.
>
> So give what you can, when you can. The next time you think about passing
> by that silly taco dinner kit, toss it in your cart and add it to the things
> you plan to give to help the hungry, the homeless. Give to your local food
> bank. It's a gift that is returned threehundredfold.
>
> Jill

In our neighborhood, Saturday, May 8th is Postal Carriers Food
Bank Collection day. As good a time as any. From personal experience
I know the poor folks get alot of plain bland foods. This year I think
I'll get some herbs or spices.
Edrena