"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 3 Sep 2012 22:15:55 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
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>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> On Mon, 3 Sep 2012 19:47:31 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>
>>>> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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>>>>> On Mon, 3 Sep 2012 17:34:50 -0700, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> This subject came up on a forum that I frequent and many food banks
>>>>>> will
>>>>>> not
>>>>>> take expired food.
>>>>>
>>>>> Well, I'd like to know the credentials of the people who said that,
>>>>> and in what context.
>>>>>
>>>>> No, I don't want cites to their conversation. But unless they live in
>>>>> some podunk or bedroom community, I'm tending to think they don't know
>>>>> WTF they're talking about.
>>>>
>>>> These are in some cases people who have worked at a food bank and had
>>>> to
>>>> throw out expired food. Or people who have been forced to use a food
>>>> bank.
>>>> I don't think any of them live around here but I am not really sure.
>>>
>>> Well I'm telling you it's just not done at a normal food bank under
>>> normal situations. Something that sits on a grocery shelf for 1-2
>>> years is not suddenly deadly or unhealthy once the clock counts down
>>> to Zero.
>>>
>>> Yes, lots of food is thrown away for various reasons. But food -
>>> especially dry, canned, and/or processed packaged food - discarded
>>> based on recent expiration date alone is rare at any food bank or food
>>> pantry worth anything.
>>
>> After you posted this I did look it up and saw a variety of answers.
>> Seems
>> the rules really do vary from food bank to food bank.
>
> And you didn't find a single authoritative source for any food bank
> (not food pantry) that says they do not accept any expired food items.

Well the only actual food bank site that I went to was the Maltby one which
is the one that serves this area. They did not say one way or the other.
There was only a list of what they currently need and oddly enough most it
wasn't even food. I did think about asking them but I also didn't want them
to think I was the kind of person who just might send them some expired
food. So I restrained myself.

I just did a general search and came up with a lot of conflicting
information.

On 9/2/2012 8:49 PM, Farm1 wrote:

> please don't inflict them on wildlife. I'm sure you mean to do that
> wildlife a good turn by makign thier life a bit easier but it'll be
> detrimental int he long run.
snip...


Where we live, there is a bakery that makes bread, rolls, buns, powdered
sugar, chocolate and cinnamon donuts, tarts, fried pies, cakes, cinnamon
rolls. They have outlet stores, then the product goes to pig farmers. I
love their 7-Grain Bread.

Becca

On 9/2/2012 10:18 PM, Farm1 wrote:

> But as I mentioned, they seemed to be cooked in a pinapple syrup so that
> would make them boiled??? But they did have that squishy doughnut texture.
> They certainly weren't baked.

You have probably made a rum cake, fruit cake, or a different type of
cake, that used a hot glaze after the cake was baked, that is probably
what they did to this donut. Sounds good.

Becca

Janet Bostwick > wrote:

>On Mon, 3 Sep 2012 20:07:29 -0500, Sqwertz >
>wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 03 Sep 2012 20:22:35 -0400, Jim Elbrecht wrote:

-snip-
>>>
>>> Here's what the Capital Region food bank says- [just north of Sheldon]
>>> http://www.rfbneny.com/donate/donate-food/
>>
>>This part is odd:
>>
>>"Venison Donation Coalition of New York State
>>
>>In 2008, the Food Bank received 6,465 pounds of venison thanks to
>>generous hunters. For information on how to donate venison and to find
>>a processor in your county, please go to
>>http://www.venisondonation.com"
>>
>>I say odd because the USDA does not allow wild animals to be sold
>>retail for human consumption due to health concerns. Yet here they
>>are endorsing giving the stuff away to poor people.

-snip-
>
>Around here, large animals that have road accidents are donated.
>That's assuming that discovery or reporting is timely. It would be a
>shame to haul a full size elk off to the dump. No animal should be
>discarded with so little respect.

NY road kill has gone to public 'homes' of various descriptions for as
long as I can remember. I must say, though- that's the first I've
seen that hunters could donate game.

It seems like a bad idea for all the reasons Steve says- not to
mention the old saw that says 'you hunt what you [and your family] can
eat'.

But-- NY's deer herd needs some serious thinning and if deer
harvesters can feed the hungry, it works for me.

Jim

Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>
> But-- NY's deer herd needs some serious thinning and if deer
> harvesters can feed the hungry, it works for me.

I love that..."deer harvesters"
It's all Sheldons fault. He provides occasional food and sanctuary.

G.

On Tue, 04 Sep 2012 16:55:42 -0400, Gary > wrote:

>Jim Elbrecht wrote:
>>
>> But-- NY's deer herd needs some serious thinning and if deer
>> harvesters can feed the hungry, it works for me.
>
>I love that..."deer harvesters"
>It's all Sheldons fault. He provides occasional food and sanctuary.
>
>G.

There are going to be a lot of accidental animal deaths on the road
this coming winter. The western wildfires have burned off so much
natural food that the animals are already beginning to come down into
areas that will put them in conflict with people.
Janet US