First Time Freegans

A discussion, an idea of whats out there, and a cooking show all rolled into one

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• freegan
• free
• food
• recycle
• dumpster
• diving
• waste
• starve
• third
• world
• save
• freeganism
• grocery
• reclaim
• environment
• make
• change

[ratzingersarat]

arrrrggghhhh you butchered that poor asparagus.... in the food processor YIKES!!!! do I have to come over to UK to give you cooking lessons???

[paratoxically]

We are Aussies though, if you are going to the UK to do a cooking show, I'll shoot it for you..your shout? :)

The asparagus was quite good actually...I was suprised myself :)

[ratzingersarat]

Im in Toronto Canada, if you ever come this way, give me a shout, I will take you around on my dumpster route.. and give you some cooking lessons also, I'm a trained pastry chef, baker and nutrition chef...

[paratoxically]

Thats good to hear, and thanx :)

The pictures I take of food leaves people licking the pages..lol...offer stands for a cooking/shoot teamup :)

I cooked my wife a white choc mudcake for her bday recently....1/2 kilo of choc with white choc ganache ( is that the spelling?) and topped with glace cherries...went down a treat!

[CuriousKreature]

I have my first freegan dive today!! Awesome!

[SiameseGunKiss]

which is political

[soulmamma67]

@bullitt00th That is really sad.... here in Aus, they have very strict food laws, but our litigation is not so insane like in the states (who TOLD the insurance company anyways???? I'm betting nobody, smacks of managerial decision to me). What we have found is some charities making deals with supermarkets etc to take excess and close to useby stock and using it to run the soup kitchens. These charities have to now have food transport vehicles (refrigerated and compliant with food act) It great!

[WithurShield]

I think it great that the freegan can swallow their pride.

Me, as much as I would love to do this and save loads of money, I am worried about getting sick. Especially if the food was dumped because of special circumstances.

I stick to my coupons and gardening.

[IknowImasd]

OOH organic food, you almost have me converted.

What part of the country are you in? Know you are Aussies and very proud to hear those Waifs playing in the background.

If you ever get a heap of Asparagus again it makes really good soup with a bit of Parmasan and cream YUM. Good to hear you thinking about all of those issues too.

Well done.

[doubleestark]

Speaking of getting along with security guards, why not have the audacity to become one oneself, particularly a night shift guard who can squat and get a paycheck. Most freegans might be savvy enough to squat for free but a seasoned freegan knows to jump the hoops to get a security guard license and sleep on the job at a low profile site and get paid to sleep.

[bullitt00th]

I'm the head chef in an award-winning hotel / resort / restaurant in Dallas, Texas. USA. i got tired of watching us trow away 100's of pounds of gourmet, luxury foods, pastries and fresh breads every night, so I began distributing it to various homeless shelters and churches throughout Dallas. After about 8 months, I was told by the owners that i could no longer do this because of the insurance company. Seems they were afraid if someone got sick, or just said they did, they could sue the company

[baire702]

please clean up the words and put a shirt on, boy.

[SweetPeaPrecious]

After this you inspired me to go on my first! I just got back and in 15 min of diving, i got almost $50 bucks of perfect delicious food!!!!...thanks! I have lost my dumpster virginity! Yes!

[anne24ism]

@ratzingersarat  trying to find a group in NC let me know thanks .take care

[GivenWillingly]

I like that you got your stuff from the dumpster but bacon? eww... Eating it means morally justifying the mistreatment of animals. Sure you don't support the meat industry directly but you justify it's existence by saying meat from imprisoned animals is a legitimate kind of food. I know you might say otherwise it would go to waste but really... would you eat a human hand if you found it in the dumpster?