Anybody watch "Eatn It" special on msnbc from 10-12PM?

[frazzled]

4. Yes, they do; but it's not always such a gift

I once went with my son to volunteer at a shelter that fed lots and lots of people. Since my son had a cold, I told them we probably shouldn't be serving meals. So they sent us to clean up the food storage room.

OMG. Talk about throwing out food. They would get so much of this day-old bakery goods from supermarkets delivered daily and even stuff like raspberries from fancy restaurants, they couldn't use it all up. Let me tell you about the disgusting green mold growing on dozens of loaves of bakery bread we had to throw out. Don't even ask about the crates of rotting raspberries.

While boxes of pasta might be fine, lots of perishable food is just that: perishable. And it can't be eaten.

We got the place in shape, but my view of the largesse of food donations changed for good. It needs to be well considered, not just dumped into food shelters.