The Food Scavenging Challenge

[Zikoris]

The challenge: Scavenge free food wherever you reasonably can. I'm more thinking of catering leftovers than dumpster diving, but if that's your thing, rock on. Post your awesome scavenges here.

I have an advantage since I work in hospitality in a huge office and thus have first kick at any catering leftovers, but being a vegan and not able to eat most things probably balances that out.

I'll start: Today I scavenged a bunch of fresh pineapple from a catered breakfast at work. I ate some raw and used the rest to make a big pan of pineapple fried rice, which will be my lunches for the rest of the week.

[acinaps]

Sounds like a good score!

I just did the opposite of scavenging. I had some coffee beans that weren't going to be consumed, so I put them on my front steps and posted to my neighborhood Facebook group that they are up for grabs. This way I avoid making food waste and hopefully gain some good food scavenging karma, because I'm all about free food!

[Anje]

Not exactly a scavenge, but I got free crayfish from a relative that loves fishing to such extent that he can't eat it all. Also got last bit of 2 years old frozen rhubarb from my gran. She would just have tossed it - I made the most delicious jam. Also got a bag of loose leaf tea from a friend who never drinks tea.

I made sure to pay it forward by giving away rhubarb-strawberry jam.

[meghan88]

I knew someone who was very proud of donning a suit on the weekends and crashing his neighbourhood churches, synagogues and catering halls to get a free meal during weddings, funerals and other events.

I guess you have to be good at BS, though he did have some good stories to tell, both during the event I'm sure, as well as after.  So much catered food goes to waste.  Might as well get it at the source.  Perhaps in my doddering years I might adopt a similar tactic as "Old dotty Aunt Meghan" and it might make for some good sport.

[Anje]

I knew someone who was very proud of donning a suit on the weekends and crashing his neighbourhood churches, synagogues and catering halls to get a free meal during weddings, funerals and other events.

I guess you have to be good at BS, though he did have some good stories to tell, both during the event I'm sure, as well as after.  So much catered food goes to waste.  Might as well get it at the source.  Perhaps in my doddering years I might adopt a similar tactic as "Old dotty Aunt Meghan" and it might make for some good sport.

Haha. That sounds like free entertainment on top of free food.

Reminds me of a man I once met: during his days as a student he used to wander into random conferences held at hotels and eat lunch/snack. Aparently, as long as the crowd was large enough no one noticed. He ate a lot of nice food.