Did I make a mistake ?

[Bekeart]

Did I make a mistake ?


I was buying food for donation to a food pantry.

Hamburger Helper was on sale for $1 box.
I bought SEVERAL.

Now I realize that clients may not have $4 to buy hamburger.

Thinking that I should have bought Bush's Bakrd Beans at $2 a can.

Clients would have protein with no additional cost.


bekeart

 

[sigp220.45]

I've heard the most sought after items are Stovetop Stuffing (only needs water) and dish soap.

Many times growing up we had Hamburger Helper, with no hamburger. Not ideal.

Macaroni and Cheese is also not ideal. You need milk and butter.

Lunchables are always good. Po folk MREs.

 

[pasound]

Not really. Hopefully some other donations are for hamburger and other meat. People in need often still have refrigerators and freezers.

 

[Bekeart]

I've heard the most sought after items are Stovetop Stuffing (only needs water) and dish soap.
/QUOTE]

Frequent Sale:
Small packages of Arm & Hammer laundry detergent
Buy One Get One Free.

Easier to be generous when on sale.

The pantry appreciates it.
Clients need it.

 

[coltle6920]

I'm thinking canned goods or dry foods like rice. It's easier for the Pantry to add perishable or hygienic items when they're ready to distribute to the needy.

You might do better helping out an individual near you that is elderly or can't afford to always eat healthy foods. Fruits and vegetables or even an occasional prepared meal would brighten anyone's day.

For me finding a case of beer on my doorstep would make my day.

 

[StrawHat]

Shelf stable milk, powdered eggs, potato buds, and the like can help stretch meals. Canned fruits would be a delicacy! Bottled water. Pasta sauce. Peanut butter. Jelly. Oatmeal.

There are a lot of nourishing foods, just use your imagination.

Kevin

 

[Golddollar]

I've used mushroom slices and pieces in Hamburger Helper.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

I would buy 2 cases of powdered milk out of any CHRISTMAS bonus I would get and give it to the Salvation Army's pantry. I found the county's food bank would discriminate against middle class people down on their luck, and only service the "Professional Poor".

Ivan

 

[Rustyt1953]

What you gave you did freely and from a glad heart.

In my eyes that doesn't constitute a "mistake".

 

[Beemerguy53]

I donate money to the Maryland Food Bank, and let them buy whatever they need with it...

Maryland Food Bank - A Hunger Relief Non-Profit | Donate Now

 

[Skeet 028]

I used to eat every now and then at the local Golden Corral(since closed) in Billings. About every other time I would buy one that could afford one or two days a week at the early afternoon smorgasbord. You could tell who needed it

 

[mike4sigs]

never thought about the quick meals in a box needing the extras.
We Usually buy canned veggies when on sale. We have heard from a lady that helps at a local food pantry that Hygenic and cleaning products are a good thing to donate and needed

 

[steelslaver]

Our lodge gathered up a bunch of food for the food bank, my step daughter's Eagle scout project was collecting enough donations and getting whole sale prices to furnish 50 complete Thanksgiving meals for the food bank (our county only has 12,000)

But, I had a rooster and 6 hens that quit laying, I offered them for free at the food bank, no takers. Kind of disappointing that no one was hungry enough to butcher a few chickens. I was told that raw potatoes are a slow mover. Not everything comes in a can or just add water. Plus, really all you have to do is nuke a spud for a while, a dab of butter, margarine and eat.

But, lucky for the chickens, a couple weeks later, a neighbor lady took them and my duck Quake Head, for pets. They are now living a life of luxury and as they still occasionally lay an egg or 2 I would not be surprised to hear of offspring.

It all works out and if it don't, it doesn't really mater, because in 5 billion years the sun start will start to supernova, super heat then engulf the Earth

 

[THE PILGRIM]

I fill a sack from my pantry when the Mailman does the food pickup.
Otherwise I just mail in the universal donation to our local Food Bank,
The Roadrunner Foodbank. $$$
Speaking of Roadrunners - Just the other day He was out by my Mail Box.

 

[Onomea]

It all works out and if it don't, it doesn't really mater, because in 5 billion years the sun start will start to supernova, super heat then engulf the Earth

Clearly, a Big Picture guy!

 

[Doug M.]

Some folks, maybe even most, do not have the skills and will to butcher the chickens.
We donate cash to our local food bank. The county has some contracts with them so I know the oversight is good. There are a couple of other not so local charities (like a crisis nursery in Spokane) to which we donate.
For some of these programs are pretty good at taking the donations they get and applying their other resources to make the entire operation work. Darned near any useable donation is of value to those who have real needs.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Back when I was a wee Laddie I raised chickens.
I Learned to cut up chicken - at the joints - natural separations - from my Mother.
The first time I had sawed up chicken in a restaurant I was more than a little confused!

 

[lihpster]

Back when I was a wee Laddie I raised chickens.
I Learned to cut up chicken - at the joints - natural separations - from my Mother.
The first time I had sawed up chicken in a restaurant I was more than a little confused!

Speaking of sawing chicken, my father once went into the garage to do some work. He came back in shortly thereafter and started tearing into my brother and me. Seems he found his bandsaw blade rusty and covered with some sort of residue. He wanted to know what we had been cutting with his saw. Wasn't until my mom came home from work that we found out what had happened. My mom had used the saw to halve some frozen game hens for dinner awhile back. My dad grumbled a bit but his ire was somewhat dampened. He wound up buying my mom her own hacksaw and some blades. Although I don't believe she ever used it, we called it the chicken saw.

 

[MelvinWalker]

Hamburger helper

You can actually eat hamburger helper with just some more noodles added....During the 1980-83 recession, my mom and dad had ZERO money and dad had no job. Our entire family ate from $1.50 frozen salisbury steak meals with plenty of vegetables. I didn't realize how poor we were until I got my first real job in 1984...It was way it was and my parents refused to get food stamps or reduced or free lunches for me or my sister.

It taught me a hard lesson at the time not to be a food snob... I like really good food occasionally, but here's the truth; Many, MANY portions of the world survive on rice and beans with some seafood protein.

And many times, my wife and I are good with that as dinner.

The Lord provides greatly and every meal doesn't need to ne a Bobby Flay dinner, at least to me.

 

[Kevin J.]

Cousin Eddie.

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