On Wednesday, December 11, 2013 2:27:03 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
> On 12/11/2013 2:04 PM, Sqwertz wrote:
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> > On Wed, 11 Dec 2013 13:46:33 -0500, jmcquown wrote:
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> >> The problem with buying food from the Club and giving it to the food
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> >> bank is I doubt they'd accept already cooked food in styrofoam to-go
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> >> containers. Nor in freezer containers. They wouldn't take it because
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> >> for all they knew the food could have been sitting in the trunk of my
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> >> car for *days*. Thank you for the suggestion, but that wouldn't work.
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> > Not only is there a storage/contamination issue, but the USDA requires
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> > at all food donated to food banks have an ingredient and allergen
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> > statement (not that food intolerances and allergies are so
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> > fashionable).
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> > -sw
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> Yeah... I don't get that as much information about the food from the
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> Club as I get from commercial labelled products.
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> The last time I was there I asked if I could take a look at the kitchen.
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> At first the DRM (dining room manager) was all enthusiastic. I'm sure
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> we can arrange that! Next thing I knew someone from the kitchen told me
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> no. Liability insurance and all that. I can understand that. I'm not
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> sure they've ever had anyone ask to see the kitchen before. <G>
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They're just guarding that Kaiser stash.