Posted on 05/15/2009 2:43:27 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Wow...they used to say “beggars can’t be choosers” but I guess now the homeless select haute cuisine.
This is so much like the liberal obsession with good intentions. Hungry people don’t care what they get as long as it is satisfying. But I’m sure liberals love to boast about their organic, gourmet charity work. Sounds like FLOTUS’ expensive sneakers fit right in.
If anyone brings us donuts, Steve [the chef] throws them away. . . . It is not good food for our guests. We care too much to give them anything but the best. Steve wants our guests to have the same experience as if they were paying $30 for the meal.
On one hand, I applaud this food bank for thinking enough of the people they serve by trying to avoid serving any old slop. That’s commendable.
On the other hand, the above comments reek of snootiness and elitism. I am aware of several soup kitchens in my area that don’t have a “chef” on premises. Nor do they serve mushroom risotto and pumpkin soup.
I just looked that up. She is great! I'm going to try some of her dishes.
Jeez, and to think I have been forgoing restaurants because I couldn’t afford to eat out. Now I know where to go when my next anniversary rolls around!
What not creme fraiche? They got no coots. Er, I mean, how uncouth.
To go away hungry because the plates were big but the servings were small?
Assuming that the ingredients were proportionately more expensive than you would use in a $3 shelter meal, that means the "chef" would rather feed one needy person trendily than feed ten of them well.
Risotto is very basic and very cheap. You can add spinach or peas instead of mushrooms to keep the price down or for variety. You need some oil, some broth and an onion besides the rice and you can add anything you have around, if you want. It takes time and you can ruin it if you aren’t careful, but it is not expensive in terms of ingredients. I was taught a Northern Italian version with leftover chicken and lots of basil and it will feed a small army and feed them well for little money.
Pumpkin soup is also very basic and pumpkin is cheap, especially fresh, in season. Again, all you need is some oil and an onion, some seasoning and some broth. Some cream is nice, but non-essential. A food processor helps, but you could do it in batches in a blender or even whip the cooked vegetable with a hand mixer. You could use squash, instead. Butternut squash makes a wonderful soup.
These are popular recipes, but they are simple and inexpensive. They take a bit more time than steamed rice or a steamed vegetable. I do not understand why they are considered elitist.
So?
Donuts are portable. They could put them at the door to take with them.
No my FRiend, this is an agenda.
I worked the St. Augustine’s Food Bank in Cleveland. We handed EVERYTHING out. If it was donated, it went. As long as it wasn’t moldy, we either cooked it as an ingredient or gave it away for later.
If these people are truly hungry they will appreciate a snack when the shelter is not open or for a friend on the street they can’t get to come in.
The homeless and hungry care about food, not what is healthy for them.
http://www.miriamskitchen.org/http://www.miriamskitchen.org/
Trendy. I like today’s morning menu: Scrambled eggs with ground beef & onions, stone-ground grits, toast, garden salad, and fruit salad.
I don't know what they'd do with donuts as it doesn't fit their menu at all. Maybe they could figure out a way to grind some into their pizza dough. They do a very healthy and filling pizza from scratch.
We made boxes to carry out. Anything that wasn’t used was given to those who came in or shared with different churches for the elderly homebound.
Too old or not being able to verify the food is different from throwing away donuts because they are not “healthy”. This is spin. Or maybe the people really aren’t that hungry. When you’re choosing between picking out of a dumpster or a donut, the donut from the soup kitchen doesn’t have extra protein, if you get my drift.
Trust me. I’ve picked out of dumpsters in my life.
Read Breakfast at Sally’s to get the flavor of the leftist entitled twit homeless person.
I actually do not believe the book it true.
If the food is unhealthy, I can understand it. But to throw out healthy food because it’s not upscale enough has no justification.
Wonder what kind of food Joan Rivers’s charity that delivers food to the AIDS patients?? I would LOVE to know!
Donuts are SLOP??? Oh please!
muffin tops
Wake up. Do you think an addict, alcoholic or those that are homeless are thinking of the subleties of risotto?
Take a long walk on your deck, look at the sky and give thanks for what you have.
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