tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314122516152889159.post4858282426352540658..comments2018-12-24T07:17:49.488-06:00Comments on Life in the Slow Lane: Dumpster Diving DadAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13197805393703582708noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314122516152889159.post-88582334832852015352010-01-18T20:48:44.159-06:002010-01-18T20:48:44.159-06:00Alex - yes, the food not bombs group serves dinner...Alex - yes, the food not bombs group serves dinner in downtown Des Moines on Sundays. That is a good suggestion since the food pantries are regulated on what they can take. Thanks for posting the link so others can check their local areas too. :)<br />Blessings!<br />AmyAmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13197805393703582708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314122516152889159.post-34211761689231501562010-01-18T14:24:05.777-06:002010-01-18T14:24:05.777-06:00dumpster gods do smile on thee. Like your hubby, I...dumpster gods do smile on thee. Like your hubby, I probably would not have gone diving again if my first trip had been a bust. As it were, I found $1000 of cheese and 3 bottles of wine on my first trip! <br /><br />Thanks for the story, and remember to share the love. If you have a food not bombs group in your area they might distribute the food for you. <br /><br />http://www.foodnotbombs.net/Alex McDougal-Webberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11906788026930972277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314122516152889159.post-83142041628207229932009-12-13T21:39:19.116-06:002009-12-13T21:39:19.116-06:00wow! what a haul!! Got to be 50 bucks or more 75?....wow! what a haul!! Got to be 50 bucks or more 75?..takes me back to my hippie commune days..(39yrs and counting) I did all the cooking..one night we got a whole box of onions and a whole box of eggplant and one very large lamp(which we needed badly!) I made the largest platter of onion rings and eggplant ever.. fed 13 people! Oh the mem's!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15857652397649516895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314122516152889159.post-51643235000392525192009-12-13T19:30:04.933-06:002009-12-13T19:30:04.933-06:00Michelle - I recommend going diving early on a Sun...Michelle - I recommend going diving early on a Sunday. A lot of stores aren't open til later and you don't have to worry about skulking about in the dark. :)<br /><br />Synida - you just have to use your good judgement picking out the produce. If it is upside down in a messy bag, we aren't bothering with it. If it's in a big bag with nothing but clean produce - fair game!<br /><br />Riana - you are so right, this is just the beginning! hubby is talking about hitting up the toys r us dumpster to Christmas shop for the girls - ha, ha!<br /><br />Angela - Yeah, we are just washing everything in mild soap, which we really should do anyway - think how many hands have touched your food in the store! Ewww! ;)Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13197805393703582708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314122516152889159.post-90385014550317716642009-12-13T12:15:45.443-06:002009-12-13T12:15:45.443-06:00Amy, This is great !!! Freetarian for sure. I love...Amy, This is great !!! Freetarian for sure. I love that your hubby is now hooked. So I have heard friends say they fill their sink with diluted castile soap and wash off everything really well. What do you do? Inspiring.<br /><br />Blessings,<br />AngelaAngela Madarashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12498941237815205199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314122516152889159.post-77304755639525354882009-12-13T10:46:05.213-06:002009-12-13T10:46:05.213-06:00i am so proud you!!! what an awesome way to dumpst...i am so proud you!!! what an awesome way to dumpster dive and involve the community. i love this post and i love that you have so much food now. imagine, this is just the beginning... brightest blessings,<br />rianaRiana Lagardehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09109433903018201393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314122516152889159.post-26312377023172156062009-12-13T09:17:10.480-06:002009-12-13T09:17:10.480-06:00extremely interesting! thanks for sharing this inf...extremely interesting! thanks for sharing this info. i am off to trader joe's first chance i get! it's my absolutely favorite store and now maybe i can actually "afford" it, haha. i do think you are brave, though, "recycling" the fruit and veggies. aren't you worried about it being unsafe after its stint in the "joint"? especially the broccoli with its torn packaging? i'll say one thing for poverty, it makes you creative! it is so true that picky eating is a result of affluence. kids who don't eat what parents serve them--it's all just about having too much, too many choices. when people are REALLY hungry, they eat whatever they are given or can find. (my infantry sergeant friend and his troops, serving in iraq, have had to eat DOG when there wasnt enough food on Thanksgiving!) we are truly so spoiled. and i can't believe how wasteful! all that food when families everywhere in our own neighborhoods are in need. should we fear God's judgement on this one for bad stewardship? makes you think.Synhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08859245425697187294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3314122516152889159.post-1606434402913710182009-12-12T23:13:48.356-06:002009-12-12T23:13:48.356-06:00Nice haul! I'm considering trying this, but I&...Nice haul! I'm considering trying this, but I'm terrified of being "busted".<br /><br />I watched that Dive video and was sooo dissapointed to see that Trader Joes was such a major waster of edible food. :(Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667293599627184944noreply@blogger.com