Comment on All this produce is going to spoil at the food bank where I volunteer

JoeBidet@lemmy.ml ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• Vreyan31@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  The jars likely cost more than the volume of produce it could store.

  Also - have to arrange logistics for labor, supplies, and a kitchen to do the boiling in. Now that you are making a cooked food product, your kitchen also likely needs a license.

  And insurance in case your rushed pickling operation creates any jars that go foul and anyone gets sick.

  Also – ew. Not even the destitute want pickled cauliflower.

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  • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I was nodding along until

    Not even the destitute want pickled cauliflower.

    It’s great!

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  • turtlesareneat@discuss.online ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Yep food pantries will repackage food but rarely process or cook it because that’s a whole different animal.

    But, many food pantries I’ve worked with had ways to offload large amounts of things creatively, it’s how I got the best pear gelato I’ve ever had in my life.

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  • Agent641@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Use 20L food safe buckets.

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Pickeled cauliflower sounds so incredibly bad

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  • tartarin@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You need to teach people how to do it themselves instead. They can do it in small groups helping each other making the event more joyful.

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    • Vreyan31@reddthat.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Wait - do you think that people who need food banks have a ton of free time for cooking clubs? Do you think it’s because they don’t work enough instead of what everyone knows which is that most people on the edge can’t make rent if they only have one job?

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      • tartarin@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        Why are you so judgemental without any reason?

        Guess what, I work full time and I raised two kids alone and got time to cook. This being said, I fucking don’t know about them, but some would enjoy the initiative among them instead of being stuck with someone like you who our not seeking for solutions but someone else to blame.

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