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On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 19:06:36 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> wrote:

>
>"Gary" > wrote in message ...
>> Janet wrote:
>>>
>>> Don't you believe it; I've encounterd people who have a home with no
>>> power, heating or light because they can't pay the bill; so the stove is
>>> useless and they can't cook anything.
>>
>> So you helped them out a bit, right?
>>
>> Yep, I didn't think so.
>>
>> Anyone can build a fire outside and cook anything.
>> Your story was completely made up.
>
>That's simply not true.

Why can't someone cook on a charcoal grill... I've done all kinds of
cooking on a cheapo $5 hibachi from John's Bargain Store.
When Hurricane Gloria hit my neighborhood had no power for nearly two
weeks, everyone was grilling the food from their freezers outdoors
rather than let it spoil... was a lot of cooked food, people's pets
had to help eat it.

jmcquown[_2_]

On 10/12/2017 10:07 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 09:36:25 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>
>> On 10/11/2017 3:08 AM, Cheryl wrote:
>>> Bruce > Wrote in message:
>>>> On Tue, 10 Oct 2017 20:16:46 -0700 (PDT), "
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> I wouldn't donate Hamburger Helper. You could end up in jail for
>>>> trying to poison people. Here are the ingredients of Betty Crocker
>>>> Hamburger Helper Classic Three Cheese:
>>>>
>>>> Enriched Pasta (Wheat Flour, Durum Wheat Flour, Niacin, Ferrous
>>>>
>> (snipped)
>>>
>>> Lamest post everrrrrr. Lol
>>>
>> I'm pretty sure hungry people are not worried about the ingredients list.
>
> I'm pretty sure everybody should just killfile the troll so we don't
> have to hear of him.
>
> -sw
>
I do have him killfiled. People I don't have killfiled keep responding
to him so I see the quotes. I can't help but to respond to his
ridiculous "it's not healthy" claims. I can't figure out exactly what
Bruce eats. Maybe twigs and branches?

Jill

Casa lo pensa[_2_]

On 10/11/2017 1:45 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> > 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?Â* I thought about canned tomatoes.Â* 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.Â* 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?Â* 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...
>

If I had a dime for every time a homeless guy asked me for change, Id
still say no.

Ed Pawlowski

On 10/12/2017 1:52 PM, wrote:

>>
>> Yes. I went to school with a family of kids who had no electricity or
>> running water most of the time. When they did have electricity, the only
>> thing they had to cook in was a popcorn popper. I never saw the thing but my
>> friend said that canned soup could be heated in it. They did own the house
>> but the appliances had long since broken.
>
> I say bullshit... I've been using air poppers most of my life, no way
> will a can of soup fit... and even if it could I doubt condensed soup
> would heat through before it would begin to burn. And cans of soup
> not condensed wouldn't come close to fitting.
> Besides most any thrift store will have several small electric
> appliances one can cook with one can buy for like 2-3 dollars.... I've
> seen lots of electric woks at yard sales. electric percolators too.
>

No one said it was a hot air popper. Years ago we had an elecrtic. It
had a bowl shaped bottom for the oil and when heated you added the corn.
Glass top.
Could be like this one too
https://smile.amazon.com/Nostalgia-E...popcorn+popper

Casa lo pensa

On 10/12/2017 12:25 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> I can't figure out exactly what Bruce eats.Â* Maybe twigs and branches?
>
> Jill

LOLOL!!!

The Koala bear diet...

Casa lo pensa

On 10/12/2017 12:39 PM, Casa lo pensa wrote:
> On 10/11/2017 1:45 AM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>
>> > 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?Â* I thought about canned tomatoes.Â* 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.Â* 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?Â* 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...
> >
>
>
>
>
> If I had a dime for every time a homeless guy asked me for change, Id
> still say no.
forged

Sqwerts[_12_]

Bruc

On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:25:07 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>On 10/12/2017 10:07 AM, Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 09:36:25 -0400, jmcquown wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/11/2017 3:08 AM, Cheryl wrote:
>>>> Bruce > Wrote in message:
>>>>> On Tue, 10 Oct 2017 20:16:46 -0700 (PDT), "
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> 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.
>>>>>
>>>>> I wouldn't donate Hamburger Helper. You could end up in jail for
>>>>> trying to poison people. Here are the ingredients of Betty Crocker
>>>>> Hamburger Helper Classic Three Cheese:
>>>>>
>>>>> Enriched Pasta (Wheat Flour, Durum Wheat Flour, Niacin, Ferrous
>>>>>
>>> (snipped)
>>>>
>>>> Lamest post everrrrrr. Lol
>>>>
>>> I'm pretty sure hungry people are not worried about the ingredients list.
>>
>> I'm pretty sure everybody should just killfile the troll so we don't
>> have to hear of him.
>>
>> -sw
>>
>I do have him killfiled. People I don't have killfiled keep responding
>to him so I see the quotes. I can't help but to respond to his
>ridiculous "it's not healthy" claims. I can't figure out exactly what
>Bruce eats. Maybe twigs and branches?

You keep asking these questions about me, yet you have me killfiled.
Now that's silly.

And what's so offensive about an ingredient list, especially in a
newsgroup? If you don't mind eating all those chemicals, nobody's
trying to stop you.

Bruce[_28_]

On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 13:14:48 -0400, wrote:

>On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:06:05 +1100, Bruce >
>wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 19:04:33 -0700 (PDT), "
> wrote:
>>
>>>On Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 8:58:48 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > wrote in message
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>> > Learn to read, dummy. Jill's post said they are requesting
>>>> > ***shelf-stable AND/OR canned items.*** About the only people
>>>> > that will be, if any, eating directly out of the can are going
>>>> > to be transients aka drifter/hobo/homeless.
>>>>
>>>> That's not necessarily true. And in this area, many served by the food bank
>>>> *are* homeless.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>Is that not what I said, dumb ass?
>>
>>Do you know how this makes YOU look?
>
>Several tiers more intelligent than you. NYC probably has...

I was only referring to the word "dumbass". Adults should be able to
disagree without name calling. This was junior school behaviour.

Sqwerts[_12_]

Casa lo pensa

On 10/12/2017 12:44 PM, Bruc wrote:
> And what's so offensive about an ingredient list, especially in a
> newsgroup?

**** off, TROLL!

Casa lo pensa

On 10/12/2017 12:49 PM, Bruce wrote:
> This was junior school behaviour.

Iow your norm...yes...

[email protected]

U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>Dave Smith wrote:
>
>>They are getting pretty picky of they don't want glass. That is the way
>>some things are packaged.
>
>Glass containers can break, particularly in a food drive situation.
>The contents from broken containers spill and ruin the surrounding
>food.

It's easy peasy to keep glass containers separate... and there aren't
all that many foods in glass today that people are likely to donate.

[email protected]

On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 00:26:28 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 17:41:33 -0300, wrote:
>
>> On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 16:32:59 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>>
>>>I have helped out with food drives and I used to help with the food and
>>>hygiene bank at my wife's church. One of their usual customers is one of
>>>our former neighbour's sons. He can afford drugs and booze. Many of them
>>>are puffing away on cigarettes on their way in and out of the food bank.
>>>It seems they can afford the $10 or so that it costs for a package of
>>>cigarettes but they can't afford food.
>>>
>> Good point Dave! They shouldn't be allowed anything comforting to
>> them! I would love to think you might fall on hard times sometime in
>> the future!
>
>Worse, is the people who want to dictate what food banks/pantries can
>distribute. No cookies! No Pop tarts! No Pancake syrup! Make them
>eat beans and rice!
>
>-sw

Isn't that all everyone in your neighborhood subsists on?

Dave Smith[_1_]

On 2017-10-12 3:03 PM, wrote:
> U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> Dave Smith wrote:
>>
>>> They are getting pretty picky of they don't want glass. That is the way
>>> some things are packaged.
>>
>> Glass containers can break, particularly in a food drive situation.
>> The contents from broken containers spill and ruin the surrounding
>> food.
>
> It's easy peasy to keep glass containers separate... and there aren't
> all that many foods in glass today that people are likely to donate.
>

Having worked in a food drive and in a food and hygiene pantry, I can
tell you that jars of pasta sauce are one of the biggest single foods
donated.... around here.

Cheri[_3_]

"Bruc" > wrote in message
...

> And what's so offensive about an ingredient list, especially in a
> newsgroup? If you don't mind eating all those chemicals, nobody's
> trying to stop you.

Not offensive, but people can read the ingredients on their own if they
choose, so it's tiresome, and quite frankly, it's boring.

Cheri

Cheri[_3_]

"jmcquown" > speaking of Bruce

> I do have him killfiled. People I don't have killfiled keep responding to
> him so I see the quotes. I can't help but to respond to his ridiculous
> "it's not healthy" claims. I can't figure out exactly what Bruce eats.
> Maybe twigs and branches?
>
> Jill

Surely not, where would he get an ingredient list for the bark and leaves?
;-)

Cheri

Bruce[_28_]

On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 12:17:36 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>"Bruc" > wrote in message
.. .
>
>> And what's so offensive about an ingredient list, especially in a
>> newsgroup? If you don't mind eating all those chemicals, nobody's
>> trying to stop you.
>
>
>Not offensive, but people can read the ingredients on their own if they
>choose, so it's tiresome, and quite frankly, it's boring.

When someone brings up Uncle Toby's Pickled Hamster Balls, nobody will
know off the top of their head what's in them. So if I can find it,
I'll add that bit of info. And if you find it boring, you can just
skip it. I see plenty of posts that aren't very relevant to me.

Bruce[_28_]

On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 12:23:21 -0700, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>"jmcquown" > speaking of Bruce
>
>> I do have him killfiled. People I don't have killfiled keep responding to
>> him so I see the quotes. I can't help but to respond to his ridiculous
>> "it's not healthy" claims. I can't figure out exactly what Bruce eats.
>> Maybe twigs and branches?
>>
>> Jill
>
>
>Surely not, where would he get an ingredient list for the bark and leaves?
>;-)

Fish, meat, vegetables, fruit are -or should be- all natural food
items. I'm only going on about prefab/processed stuff. Those are the
science projects.

Cheri[_3_]

"Bruce" > wrote in message
...
> On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 12:17:36 -0700, "Cheri" >
> wrote:
>
>>"Bruc" > wrote in message
. ..
>>
>>> And what's so offensive about an ingredient list, especially in a
>>> newsgroup? If you don't mind eating all those chemicals, nobody's
>>> trying to stop you.
>>
>>
>>Not offensive, but people can read the ingredients on their own if they
>>choose, so it's tiresome, and quite frankly, it's boring.
>
> When someone brings up Uncle Toby's Pickled Hamster Balls, nobody will
> know off the top of their head what's in them. So if I can find it,
> I'll add that bit of info. And if you find it boring, you can just
> skip it. I see plenty of posts that aren't very relevant to me.

Believe me, I do skip troll-like, annoying behavior.

Cheri

Casa lo pensa

On 10/12/2017 1:23 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "jmcquown" > speaking of Bruce
>
>> I do have him killfiled.* People I don't have killfiled keep
>> responding to him so I see the quotes.* I can't help but to respond to
>> his ridiculous "it's not healthy" claims.* I can't figure out exactly
>> what Bruce eats. Maybe twigs and branches?
>>
>> Jill
>
>
> Surely not, where would he get an ingredient list for the bark and
> leaves? ;-)
>
> Cheri

<chuckle>

Twig-Mart?

Casa lo pensa

On 10/12/2017 1:24 PM, Bruce wrote:
> When someone brings up Uncle Toby's Pickled Hamster Balls, nobody will
> know off the top of their head what's in them. So if I can find it,
> I'll add that bit of info. And if you find it boring, you can just
> skip it.

How about enough of your absurd rationalizations - just LEAVE now!

Most everyone here despises you anyway.

[email protected]

They can't turn peoples electric or gas off here from Nov-Feb even if it's 80 degrees all winter.

Casa lo pensa

On 10/12/2017 1:46 PM, Bruce wrote:
> when I post ingredients, you call me boring, annoying and a troll.

Why yes, and?

[email protected]

On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 09:42:23 -0600, Casa lo pensa >
wrote:

>On 10/12/2017 3:45 AM, Janet wrote:
>> The changeover from old to new system includes a badly planned
>> hiatus in payments which is proving to be a bit of a nightmare for the
>> some of the neediest recipients.
>
>
>**** THE POOR!
>
>It's the englie way after all..

There are those who need food, those signed up for Meals on Wheels,
typically shut-ins, who are alone and ill. However the vast majority
patronizing food banks and living on food stamps really need a J O B.

Casa lo pensa

On 10/12/2017 2:18 PM, wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 09:42:23 -0600, Casa lo pensa >
> wrote:
>
>> On 10/12/2017 3:45 AM, Janet wrote:
>>> The changeover from old to new system includes a badly planned
>>> hiatus in payments which is proving to be a bit of a nightmare for the
>>> some of the neediest recipients.
>>
>>
>> **** THE POOR!
>>
>> It's the englie way after all..
>
> There are those who need food, those signed up for Meals on Wheels,
> typically shut-ins, who are alone and ill. However the vast majority
> patronizing food banks and living on food stamps really need a J O B.
>

Much harder to get when you have no physical address, regular place to
shower or even a beater car.

jinx the minx

Julie Bove > wrote:
>
> > wrote in message
> ...
>> They can't turn peoples electric or gas off here in the winter.
>
> They can here.
>
>

Washington state does have cold weather protection laws for customers that
qualify for energy assistance programs, however.

--
jinx the minx

Julie Bove[_2_]

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2017-10-12 12:34 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 23:58:24 -0400, Dave Smith
>> > wrote:
>> snip
>>
>>>
>>> They are getting pretty picky of they don't want glass. That is the way
>>> some things are packaged.
>> snip
>>
>> Glass containers can break, particularly in a food drive situation.
>> The contents from broken containers spill and ruin the surrounding
>> food.
>
> Okay. They can try to be a little more careful. Some things come in
> bottles and jars. They are donations and can be treated with a little bit
> of respect.

Plenty of things come in cans or plastic. No need for glass.

Julie Bove[_2_]

"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
...
> On 2017-10-12 11:17 AM, U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>> On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 08:32:46 -0400, Dave Smith
>
>>> Okay. They can try to be a little more careful. Some things come in
>>> bottles and jars. They are donations and can be treated with a little
>>> bit of respect.
>>
>> I am not familiar with a situation where careful comes into play. Like
>> Jill's situation, I see collection bins on a pallet. Like those huge
>> boxes you see watermelons in, or pumpkins or winter squash. You dump
>> your offering in and someone behind you dumps their offering. There
>> are semis parked nearby and a guy with a front-end loader is picking
>> up these pallet boxes and running them into a truck. There's no
>> little old lady sitting at a table accepting 6 cans of tuna. There
>> are cars in a block long line behind me waiting to off load their
>> stuff, often little children are helping drop things into the box.
>> Cans can survive that, glass not so much.
>
>
> Okay then. Their problem is with the process. I have worked on food drives
> where volunteers went door to door. There had been advance notice and some
> people had filled bags and left them on the porch. Someone with a pickup
> truck was with the group and they would load the bags of donations into
> the truck. The trucks then drove to the organization's depot and unloaded
> them by hand...carefully.

Not the same. This is an emergency situation.

cshenk

Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:

>
> "cshenk" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Janet wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> > > In article >,
> > > says...
> > > >
> >>> There's going to be a big event/food bank drive on Dataw on
> >>> 10/29/17. It's in conjunction with a golf tournament.
> > > >
> >>> The organizers are going to set out 19 collection bins around the
> >>> island that morning for food donations. One of the bins will be
> >>> just down the street. I'll be donating.
> > > >
> >>> They're asking for canned food due to the long shelf-life. Also,
> >>> the collection bins will be sitting outside for hours. No frozen
> >>> or refrigerated food, please. Oh, and the people coming around to
> >>> pick up the donations that afternoon won't have any way to guard
> >>> against glass bottles/jars breaking so they'd rather none of
> those, >>> either.
> > > >
> >>> I was told along with canned vegetables the emphasis is really on
> >>> protein. Peanut butter (in plastic jars) was suggested. Along
> >>> with canned beans, I'm thinking dried beans.
> > >
> >> Dried beans need plenty of cooking, People who are homeless don't
> > > have facilities and poor people often don't cook because of the
> > > fuel cost... so rice spices and dry herbs might not be usable.
> > > Best to give stuff that can be eaten cold from a tin
> > > (tuna,salmon, fruit, canned rice) or just warmed up quickly
> > > (baked beans).
> > >
> >> Janet UK
> >
> > I'm sorry, it may not have been clear. This isnt just homeless with
> > USA foodbanks, but those on limited income who do have pots, pans,
> > and ability to cook. Just short of money and leading to eating dog
> > or cat food if they don't have help.
>
> At my food bank, many are homeless.

Understood Julie but the point is, across the nation this isnt always
the case. Don't 'assume' all using a food bank are homeless. More are
just a step away from that, than are actually homeless.

--

jmcquown[_2_]

On 10/12/2017 3:23 PM, Cheri wrote:
> "jmcquown" > speaking of Bruce
>
>> I do have him killfiled.* People I don't have killfiled keep
>> responding to him so I see the quotes.* I can't help but to respond to
>> his ridiculous "it's not healthy" claims.* I can't figure out exactly
>> what Bruce eats. Maybe twigs and branches?
>>
>> Jill
>
>
> Surely not, where would he get an ingredient list for the bark and
> leaves? ;-)
>
> Cheri

Maybe Euell Gibbons could give him a clue. Oh wait. He's dead.

Jill

[email protected][_2_]

On Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 10:06:11 PM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 19:04:33 -0700 (PDT), "
> > wrote:
>
> >Is that not what I said, dumb ass?
>
> Do you know how this makes YOU look?
>
>
How's this?? I don't give a damn how it makes me look.

[email protected][_2_]

On Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 2:18:58 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>
> > wrote in message
> ...
> >>
> > I'm assuming people in the UK have to pay property taxes each year
> > on their home.
>
> I'm not in the UK but my property taxes and my insurance are bundled into my
> house payment. Of course if the house is paid off, taxes are paid on their
> own.
>
Duh.
>
> You do realize that even here in the US, some people buy homes, can't make
> the payments and the house gets foreclosed on.
>
Duh.
>
> > If they work, then they take showers at work or a local hostel?
>
> The YMCA here allows people to shower as do some gyms. And we have this:
>
Duh.
>
> As for the bodily functions, it would depend on where the person lived.
>
Duh.

[email protected][_2_]

On Thursday, October 12, 2017 at 4:20:18 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
> > wrote in message
> ...
>
> > On Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 8:58:48 PM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
> >>
> >> > wrote in message
> >> ...
> >>
> >> That's not necessarily true. And in this area, many served by the food
> >> bank
> >> *are* homeless.
> >>
> >>
> > Is that not what I said, dumb ass?
>
> Jinxy! You think everyone is dumb.
>
>
Only you, trust me, ONLY you.

Sqwerts[_12_]

[email protected]

On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 22:53:07 -0500, Sqwertz >
wrote:

>On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 15:03:14 -0400, wrote:
>
>> U.S. Janet B. wrote:
>>
>>>Glass containers can break, particularly in a food drive situation.
>>>The contents from broken containers spill and ruin the surrounding
>>>food.
>>
>> It's easy peasy to keep glass containers separate... and there aren't
>> all that many foods in glass today that people are likely to donate.
>
>Spaghetti sauce, condiment sauces, and baby food (in that order).
>About half the donated baby food now comes in those "pudding cups",
>but a lot of it is still glass - easier to tell if it's safe to eat
>because of the "safety button" and they last longer on the shelves.
>
>-sw

I haven't looked at baby foods in some fifty years.
I can't imagine too many are donating hot sauce, least not around
here... perhaps common in tex mex land. I don't buy spaghetti sauce
but mostly around here I've been seeing it more in cans than in glass
jars... I've also seen it in plastic jars. Packaging keeps changing
and by region. Last Christmas time I was doing some baking and needed
applesauce, no more glass jars, now plastic jars. I like to bake bran
muffins with applesauce rather than with oil.

Graham

On 2017-10-10 8:42 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> There's going to be a big event/food bank drive on Dataw on 10/29/17.
> It's in conjunction with a golf tournament.
>
> The organizers are going to set out 19 collection bins around the island
> that morning for food donations.Â* One of the bins will be just down the
> street.Â* I'll be donating.
>
> They're asking for *canned* food due to the long shelf-life.Â* Also, the
> collection bins will be sitting outside for hours.Â* No frozen or
> refrigerated food, please.Â* Oh, and the people coming around to pick up
> the donations that afternoon won't have any way to guard against glass
> bottles/jars breaking so they'd rather none of those, either.
>
> I was told along with canned vegetables the emphasis is really on
> protein.Â* Peanut butter (in plastic jars) was suggested.Â* Along with
> canned beans, I'm thinking dried beans.Â* Canned broth.Â* Rice is a starch
> but if, as I suspect, many of the recipients will be local migrant farm
> workers, perhaps they might like some rice with those beans.Â* More
> protein: canned chunk chicken, tuna, salmon. Spam.
>
> I'm also thinking canned fruit.Â* Not everything is about protein.
>
> How about some dried herbs and spices?
>
> Any other suggestions for shelf-stable and/or or canned items to put in
> the food bank bin?Â* I thought about canned tomatoes.Â* 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.Â* They're probably sick of them.
>
> Jill

Food banks have much higher purchasing power than individuals. It's far,
far better to donate money and leave them to buy the food.
Graham

Julie Bove[_2_]

> wrote in message
...
> On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 18:58:42 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
> wrote in message
...
>>> On Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 12:45:08 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>> > 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?
>>>> >>
>>>> >> 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...
>>>>
>>>>
>>> Learn to read, dummy. Jill's post said they are requesting
>>> ***shelf-stable AND/OR canned items.*** About the only people
>>> that will be, if any, eating directly out of the can are going
>>> to be transients aka drifter/hobo/homeless.
>>
>>That's not necessarily true. And in this area, many served by the food
>>bank
>>*are* homeless.
>
> Um, typically the homeless frequent soup kitchens.

No soup kitchens here. Seattle? Yeah.

Julie Bove[_2_]

> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 19:06:07 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Janet" > wrote in message
. ..
>>> In article >,
>>> says...
>>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, October 11, 2017 at 12:45:08 AM UTC-5, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > > 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?
>>>> > >>
>>>> > >> 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...
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> Learn to read, dummy. Jill's post said they are requesting
>>>> ***shelf-stable AND/OR canned items.*** About the only people
>>>> that will be, if any, eating directly out of the can are going
>>>> to be transients aka drifter/hobo/homeless.
>>>
>>> Don't you believe it; I've encounterd people who have a home with no
>>> power, heating or light because they can't pay the bill; so the stove is
>>> useless and they can't cook anything.
>>
>>Yes. I went to school with a family of kids who had no electricity or
>>running water most of the time. When they did have electricity, the only
>>thing they had to cook in was a popcorn popper. I never saw the thing but
>>my
>>friend said that canned soup could be heated in it. They did own the house
>>but the appliances had long since broken.
>
> I say bullshit... I've been using air poppers most of my life, no way
> will a can of soup fit... and even if it could I doubt condensed soup
> would heat through before it would begin to burn. And cans of soup
> not condensed wouldn't come close to fitting.
> Besides most any thrift store will have several small electric
> appliances one can cook with one can buy for like 2-3 dollars.... I've
> seen lots of electric woks at yard sales. electric percolators too.

No air poppers in those days. This was in the 60's. I got an air popper as a
gift around 1978 or 1979. We were given a popper when I was a kid. West Bend
I think. Didn't work very well. A pan worked better. As I recall, it was
akin to an electric pan with a lid. I remember some of them having a
mechanism inside that moved the corn around as it popped. This didn't have
that.

Julie Bove[_2_]

> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 19:06:36 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>>"Gary" > wrote in message
...
>>> Janet wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Don't you believe it; I've encounterd people who have a home with no
>>>> power, heating or light because they can't pay the bill; so the stove
>>>> is
>>>> useless and they can't cook anything.
>>>
>>> So you helped them out a bit, right?
>>>
>>> Yep, I didn't think so.
>>>
>>> Anyone can build a fire outside and cook anything.
>>> Your story was completely made up.
>>
>>That's simply not true.
>
> Why can't someone cook on a charcoal grill... I've done all kinds of
> cooking on a cheapo $5 hibachi from John's Bargain Store.
> When Hurricane Gloria hit my neighborhood had no power for nearly two
> weeks, everyone was grilling the food from their freezers outdoors
> rather than let it spoil... was a lot of cooked food, people's pets
> had to help eat it.

They're not allowed in many apartments here. And not allowed at all if there
is a burn ban which there sometimes is.

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