Every now and then I get a message "There's leftover food". It's not every week, sometimes it's twice a week!
Usually there's a lot of bread and other bakery goods. Buns, baguettes, loafs, toast. One that's typical for this area is sourdough rye breads. They are very dark, dense fullgrain breads, some of them are soft, some of them are very tough. We eat it with soups, stews, casseroles... Not with pizza 🤣 It is still customary to eat bread with food here, so it is not just us.
There's usually some vegetables, like onions, carrots, zucchinis, apples. Sometimes bags of mixed salad. For some reason, there's been a lot of mushrooms (Champignons) and aubergines lately. Which is a good thing, because I love aubergines and my children really like mushrooms.
There might be some ready meals, condiments, I've even got a box of fresh yeast (they are 50g per piece, and I can freeze them for years) and pouches of dried sourdough starter! Half a dozen of taco seasoning, fresh herbs, pickled herring, sausages, veggie meat, yoghurts or other sour milk produce, flour, semolina...
As I'm not picky, I'm able to use things other people have already decided to give up. It doesn't mean I'll used spoiled produce or food -no, not at all! It means I just make an extra effort, for example, I prepare vegetables for the freezer by removing spoiled or otherwise suspicious parts. I slice bread before I freeze it, so it is easy to use (most breads are sold unsliced).
I am VERY thankful I have this opportunity, it really helps to strech our food budget.
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