No, but the cheapie peanut butter and mac/cheese are wiped out at the grocery store. Same with cheapie hot dogs.

 

Who would have thought that the takers of society would fail to budget their early food stamp disbursement.

 

Why would it be happening now?

 

Wait until those dumb vegans get in charge. We can feed the world with grass and bark.

 

My local food bank also claimed they were "low" on food for people. I gathered about 50-60 cans and took it to them because I have plenty. They were not needing food at all. There were CASES of canned veggies and fruit. There was also a few pallets of what looked like canned vienna sausage but I couldn't tell. My towns population is only about 15000 and I don't know the exact number of people that use the food bank, but from what I saw they could easily feed a lot of people for at least a week.

 

Beans and some other legumes can be substituted for animal protein in a pinch. I knew many people who just about lived on beans and taters way back when.

 

Hams have been 99 cents a pound here the last several weeks. They just knocked off 30% to clear them out.

 

When I'm up on my game, I will pay attention to canned goods and about a month before their "Best Used by Date" comes up, I take them to a food bank in town. The food goes through it rather quickly so what I bring doesn't expire by the time they give it away. I know the food will still be good past the date and I could still use it but it's my way of doing something that I believe is a good thing.

But then again, we will buy bags of cat food and cat litter and donate those to a cat rescue place we like a few times a year. I stopped doing it for the nearby dog rescue when I stopped in to deliver a donation and one of the workers got snippy and told me I wasn't giving enough. I was shocked and I don't go there anymore.

 

Oh, that's rude, Scout.

I know Meals on Wheels teamed with some pet rescue places to offer pet meals on wheels now, because the seniors were feeding their people food to the pets. There are literally dozens of cat rescue places in Houston and I am lower income so I don't worry about saving them. I focus on my 3 rescues.

Tyrone, normally food stamps come on the first of the month. During the shutdown, when it looked like recipients might not get their distribution, they decided to give it "early" last month, which led to a spending holiday. The recipients were warned to make it last, but, based on what I have seen, did not.

I have qualified for food stamps in my life but have always managed to feed my family, cats included. I hate the idea of being dependent on something out of my control.

So it sounds like it's not just my part of Houston. Pretty much what I figured.

 

Oh, that's rude, Scout.

Well I get to determine who and where I give my donations. I used to give to a local church and also help out at their bank. Then came the day, I had an encounter with a person complaining about the selection. Best I could figure out, she and her friends weren't even locals. But it was obvious, she had no time to cook things like pasta and sauce or wouldn't put much effort into cooking at all.

I changed where I gave donations. Another church that does it for appreciative local folks. I don't mind donating but I'll be damned to donate to lazy ungrateful people that think it's just a way to get free food and complain about what they can get.

 

Meat?


What would the Ā-Ock say?

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Anything? A few years ago the DWR donated a dead elk they had killed to some shelters because it was posing a danger to freeway traffic.

You guys have these in Texas, right?

 

I have every excuse not to cook and I can still cook some rice and lentils, if NOTHING else. Give me a tough cut of meat and I will throw it in my crock pot for a while. My husband has been eating neckbones all week and loving them.

Scout, I am worried I may not have conveyed I thought it was very rude of them to act that way toward you, at the rescue.

There is a lot you can do with basic foods, grilled cheese, lentils and ham, rice with cheese, basic stuff that doesn't require a lot. I like cooking rice because 1. I have a lot and 2. Nothing to pour off.

 

It used to be deer meat and other game was accepted at food banks but now there is a law that forbids it- at least in my state. I have a friend that owns a farm and when they would butcher a few hogs or beef cows, they'd donate some to a food bank. Can't do it anymore.

So there is that stumbling block.

 

When will we stop coddling the GimmeDats?

Around here, in addition to getting free food at taxpayer expense, the GimmeDats also get free cooking lessons at taxpayer expense. I could hardly believe it when I was told about it. I mean, has anybody heard of a cookbook?

 

Here is your lesson. Boil water. Drop pasta in the water. Boil and check after about six to eight minutes. Drain pasta. At the same time, heat up sauce. Put pasta in bowl and pour sauce on it. Mix and eat. It ain't hard.

Next we will teach you how to make scrambled eggs... Okay class over.

 

They used to have home ec when I was a kid, taught us when we were all 12-13. How to cook, basic sewing, basic nutrition, health. I am fine with a kid getting taught that but MORE classes later seems wasteful.

 

The food banks in my area have been drained due to illegal aliens.

Giving anything to charity these days means feeding the illegal alien beast.

 

Yeah, I used to see them lined up at catholic charities right near my first place. The line would go all around the block. All illegals.

They get extra credit I think because they are breeders, and we can't let the poor little anchors go hungry.

I have always been of the opinion you practice birth control until and unless you can afford to feed/clothe/house/diaper/medical care your children. Don't breed them and then expect the taxpayer to raise them.