The people at Score Scotland have opened up a Community Fridge based in WHALE Arts so I went down for a “forage” to see what they had.
The idea behind these community fridges is to help reduce food waste and bring food to the people who can use it. Hopefully helping reduce food poverty too. The Community Fridge organisers rightly point out this is not the actual solution to food waste and food poverty problems, but at least something is being done to reduce the problem just now while we come up with a longer term strategy.
The first time I went i got Carrots , turnip,Pomegranate, micro rice, CoYo Yoghurt and some twinnings cold infusions. Everything was still fresh. I would probably never buy the CoYo yoghurt as they are quite expensive and i prefer to just buy 1 large pot and dish it out when i want some. The Twinnings cold infusions have way to much packaging for a spoonfull of dried fruit. But it was great to give both a try. Both tasted good and i would consider buying both again for in a packed lunch or as a snack on the go. Certainly the cold infusions seems a healthier way of having a flavoured drink than than any other ‘on the go’ solutions i have seen before. There was also stuff i rarely use so never took any, there was frozen carrots, porridge oats, rice crispies, bags of white rice.
What you see above is what my wife picked up today, All free all still in date and fresh. So get over to WHALE Arts in Westburn and forage the fridge. As with any foraging only take what you will be able to use before it goes bad. If you are not sure you like something maybe only take 1 to try.
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