Thanksgiving is coming up and you guys know I love to tout your local food
pantry.

Contact them to find out what they can accept. The thing about where I live
is they can't take fresh meats, cheeses, stuff like that. Sad, but true;
they don't have a way to store it. But it all depends on where you live.

So check... dried stuff, absolutely! Canned stuff, absolutely! Pasta,
sauces, soups...powdered milk, canned condensed milk. Rice of all kinds;
beans, you know the red ones, the white ones; peas, lentils...

Canned chicken broth, beef broth, veggie broth... canned tomato sauces,
diced tomatoes, stewed tomatoes; canned beans, canned corn. The thing about
donating to the food pantry (around here) is you can't donate GLASS. Milk
comes in cans and cartons.

Check with your local food pantry. I'm sorry to say mine won't accept
frozen meats or veggies. But every little bit helps.

OB Food:

Canned Corn Chowder (adapted)

4 strips chopped streaky bacon or fatback, fried in a deep pot
2 cans of sweet yellow whole kernel corn, drained
6 medium white potatoes, peeled and diced
1/2 large sweet onion, minced
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 stalks celery, minced
3 Tbs. butter
8 c. chicken stock or broth, with water as needed
1/2 -1 tsp. salt (to taste)
1/2 tsp. or more ground black pepper to taste
1/4 -1/2 tsp. dried sage
a little crushing of dried rosemary
1 pint of heavy cream

Saute the onion, garlic, and celery in butter and rendered bacon fat until
tender in a deep pot. Stir in the corn briefly. Add the chicken stock.
Bring to a boil with the potatoes and cook about 30 minutes. Stir in
seasonings to taste. Reduce the heat to low and simmer about an hour. Add
the cream and let the soup cook down so that it is a nice chowder. Adjust
seasonings to taste. Thicken if necessary with a slurry of 1 Tbs.
cornstarch combined with 2 times water if needed.

Jill

jmcquown wrote:

> Thanksgiving is coming up and you guys know I love to tout your local food
> pantry.
>
> Contact them to find out what they can accept. The thing about where I live
> is they can't take fresh meats, cheeses, stuff like that. Sad, but true;
> they don't have a way to store it. But it all depends on where you live.
>
> So check... dried stuff, absolutely! Canned stuff, absolutely! Pasta,
> sauces, soups...powdered milk, canned condensed milk. Rice of all kinds;
> beans, you know the red ones, the white ones; peas, lentils...
>
> Canned chicken broth, beef broth, veggie broth... canned tomato sauces,
> diced tomatoes, stewed tomatoes; canned beans, canned corn. The thing about
> donating to the food pantry (around here) is you can't donate GLASS. Milk
> comes in cans and cartons.
>
> Check with your local food pantry. I'm sorry to say mine won't accept
> frozen meats or veggies. But every little bit helps.

Very good suggestion! We don't have a food bank in our village. Word
of mouth of those in need just spreads and things will show up on their
door steps including fresh veggies. Two churches in town run food
banks. They need food donations all year round. Like your food pantry
they can't take fresh milk or cheeses but they will take powdered milk
and powdered cheeses. What some people don't realize is food banks will
often take donations of toiletry items like soaps and toothpaste. Our
Thanksgiving has already passed so we are gearing up for Christmas.
With that comes the donations for toys for the kiddies. Before that
though the cold weather comes so donations of coats, hats, mittens, and
boots are always appreciated. In town the same two churches take care
these types of things too. The other churches chip in and help.

~patches~ wrote:
> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> Thanksgiving is coming up and you guys know I love to tout your
>> local food pantry.
>>
>> Contact them to find out what they can accept. The thing about
>> where I live is they can't take fresh meats, cheeses, stuff like
>> that. Sad, but true; they don't have a way to store it. But it all
>> depends on where you live.
>>
>> So check... dried stuff, absolutely! Canned stuff, absolutely!
>> Pasta, sauces, soups...powdered milk, canned condensed milk. Rice
>> of all kinds; beans, you know the red ones, the white ones; peas,
>> lentils...
>>
>> Canned chicken broth, beef broth, veggie broth... canned tomato
>> sauces, diced tomatoes, stewed tomatoes; canned beans, canned corn.
>> The thing about donating to the food pantry (around here) is you
>> can't donate GLASS. Milk comes in cans and cartons.
>>
>> Check with your local food pantry. I'm sorry to say mine won't
>> accept frozen meats or veggies. But every little bit helps.
>
> Very good suggestion! We don't have a food bank in our village. Word
> of mouth of those in need just spreads and things will show up on
> their
> door steps including fresh veggies. Two churches in town run food
> banks. They need food donations all year round. Like your food
> pantry
> they can't take fresh milk or cheeses but they will take powdered milk
> and powdered cheeses. What some people don't realize is food banks
> will often take donations of toiletry items like soaps and
> toothpaste. Our Thanksgiving has already passed so we are gearing up
> for Christmas.
> With that comes the donations for toys for the kiddies. Before that
> though the cold weather comes so donations of coats, hats, mittens,
> and
> boots are always appreciated. In town the same two churches take care
> these types of things too. The other churches chip in and help.

Absolutely gifts of toilet paper, paper towels, soaps, toothpaste... don't
forget the stuff like diapers for infants, jarred baby food or formula and
PET FOOD.

Jill

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> Thanksgiving is coming up and you guys know I love to tout your local food
> pantry.
>
> Contact them to find out what they can accept. The thing about where I live
> is they can't take fresh meats, cheeses, stuff like that. Sad, but true;
> they don't have a way to store it. But it all depends on where you live.
>
> So check... dried stuff, absolutely! Canned stuff, absolutely! Pasta,
> sauces, soups...powdered milk, canned condensed milk. Rice of all kinds;
> beans, you know the red ones, the white ones; peas, lentils...
>
> Canned chicken broth, beef broth, veggie broth... canned tomato sauces,
> diced tomatoes, stewed tomatoes; canned beans, canned corn. The thing about
> donating to the food pantry (around here) is you can't donate GLASS. Milk
> comes in cans and cartons.
>
> Check with your local food pantry. I'm sorry to say mine won't accept
> frozen meats or veggies. But every little bit helps.

Our local church is asking for the Extra Turkey if there is a buy one get one
free sale before T day. They have the freezer storage capacity for the less
fortunate.

I thinks its a dandy idea.

Dimitri