+- Garden And Gossip Forums (https://gardenandgossip.org)
+-- Forum: General (https://gardenandgossip.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=6)
+--- Forum: Reduce, Reuse, Repurpose, Recycle.... (https://gardenandgossip.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=129)
+--- Thread: Freecycle and similar websites (/showthread.php?tid=1096)
Pages:
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
RE: Freecycle and similar websites - Vinny - 09-11-2024
(08-11-2024, 04:58 PM)Veggie Wrote: More Free food from the Prawn lady - 8 strawberry yogurts, 6 pints of milk, 5 avocados, 2 packs of pork mince, 3 eggs (the other 3 in the box were cracked = the dogs don't mind!), egg mayonnaise, couscous salad, creme caramel, crumpets, a steak pie & lots of bags of cut herbs - coriander (grown in Spain), parsley (Norfolk) basil (Lincolnshire) and mint (Kenya). Surely they could source the coriander & mint in the UK!I need to get me a Prawn lady!
OUT went two large cardboard boxes and packing paper for someone moving. Once again, I got the best side of the swap.
RE: Freecycle and similar websites - Veggie - 09-11-2024
The Prawn Lady gave me more food today!!
Four litres of milk, Alpro yogurt x 3, 2 punnets of baby plum tomatoes, 2 tubs of Moroccan spicy salad, Veggie mince" and 2 packs of Scotch pancakes.
I also picked up a bag of paperbacks from the free book & clothes church which just happens to be around the corner from the Prawn Lady.
One of the books is " Why Men don't listen & Women can't read maps". Should be interesting!!
RE: Freecycle and similar websites - JJB - 09-11-2024
I wonder if your Prawn Lady gets enough from her grocery box that she and her family like to make it worthwhile. You certainly get some lovely loot.
RE: Freecycle and similar websites - Veggie - 09-11-2024
She must do or I'm sure she wouldn't keep buying it. She & family don't seem to like vegetables much, especially avocados, definitely don't like prawns, probably not yogurt or unusual cheeses. They don't have pork in the house because the oldest boy has a Muslim girlfriend, but I know that they have other meat in their parcels. They don't eat the vegan meats.
The bags of herbs aren't much good for anything as they're a bit tired and battered so I feed them to the worms. Five bags of spinach the other day went to the worms too - I did eat some but not enough to make a difference.
There's often a bag of ginger roots too - which she has said she doesn't know how to use. I have lots of it here, waiting for it to sprout!
She also has a Food Bank parcel delivered - the most common items seem to be tinned tomatoes, beans, soup, peaches, custard, mashed potato. I take some to the £5 Pantry for others to have.
RE: Freecycle and similar websites - Veggie - 12-11-2024
Another visit to the Prawn Lady!!. Three boxes of king prawns, jacket potatoes, bread rolls, plum tomatoes, watermelon slices and fresh figs.
I also collected a box of wild bird fat balls.
RE: Freecycle and similar websites - Veggie - 16-11-2024
IN today, 3 fleece blankets for the dogs' beds.
Also a "Pinch of Nom Food Planner". I "may" use this to record my FREE meals for 6 months (as that's how many pages it has).
Amusingly, only the first page has entries on it. The weight has been crossed out, "This week she would like to achieve "Stick to plan and begin exercise" and she had Butternut Squash soup for lunch. Even I manage to keep a diary going for more than one day.
RE: Freecycle and similar websites - Veggie - 19-11-2024
Yesterday IN came some Vanilla chai tea and a 3 pound bag of Almond flour. (Not sure what I'll do with this but it sounds nice and nutty!
Today, I've been to the Prawn lady - 3 packs of prawns!, some veggie mince, coconut yogurt, Yakult drink things (never tried this), lemon cheesecake, tropical fruit salad, echalion shallots, mixed bag of carrot, broccoli & cauliflower and a large box of rocket (the one thing I have lots of in the GH). Wonder what cooked rocket is like???
RE: Freecycle and similar websites - Vinny - 19-11-2024
(16-11-2024, 08:20 PM)Veggie Wrote: IN today, 3 fleece blankets for the dogs' beds.I sometimes get to two days on a diary and that's about it!
Also a "Pinch of Nom Food Planner". I "may" use this to record my FREE meals for 6 months (as that's how many pages it has).
Amusingly, only the first page has entries on it. The weight has been crossed out, "This week she would like to achieve "Stick to plan and begin exercise" and she had Butternut Squash soup for lunch. Even I manage to keep a diary going for more than one day.
RE: Freecycle and similar websites - Vinny - 19-11-2024
(19-11-2024, 01:19 PM)Veggie Wrote: Yesterday IN came some Vanilla chai tea and a 3 pound bag of Almond flour. (Not sure what I'll do with this but it sounds nice and nutty!I have a cup of Chi tea first thing every morning.
Today, I've been to the Prawn lady - 3 packs of prawns!, some veggie mince, coconut yogurt, Yakult drink things (never tried this), lemon cheesecake, tropical fruit salad, echalion shallots, mixed bag of carrot, broccoli & cauliflower and a large box of rocket (the one thing I have lots of in the GH). Wonder what cooked rocket is like???
It's made with Chi tea bags though (with a drop of cream) as the powdered stuff is full of sweetener.What would you do without the 'Prawn Lady'