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Tuesday, November 21, 2017

Food Baskets



My lovely wife's church has a food drive for the Thanksgiving holiday. Most people go through their pantry and put together non-perishable goods for the donation. We looked over our food stocks and really didn't have the proper food to donate.

Most of our non-perishable foods are bought in bulk and require preparation. Nobody want's a 50 pound bag of whole wheat berries, 20 pounds of pinto beans, or a 20 pound bag of rice. What are they going to do with a #10 can of dehydrated green peppers? We have only a couple cans of veggies. The bulk of our stored veggies are either frozen or dehydrated.

Instead of donating food this holiday we donated time and a little cash.

It's these little things bring home the fact that we don't quite shop or eat like “normal” people.

-Sixbears

6 comments:

  1. That's only because the "norm" is so unprepared these days.

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    1. It has me a bit worried for when times get really hard again.

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  2. "Normal" is a setting on the dryer.

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  3. It is wise to be prepared for the worst, even if it doesn't happen. We only stock enough for a week or two, which I suppose in a pinch could be stretched a bit further.

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    1. I better stocked for longer than that, but everyone had to figure out what works for them.

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