Too Bad

[madbaker]

Some time ago I downloaded TooGoodToGo, an app that lets restaurants/stores sell deeply discounted food that is around its sell-by date. The feel-good premise is that it reduces food waste and of course, you're getting lower-priced food. I check it when I remember. I haven't actually used it, because most of the time the food doesn't sound like what I want. The coffee shops, for example, are likely getting rid of stale croissants and muffins and we don't need more sweets. A Mexican restaurant always has trays of rice and beans, which we likewise would struggle to eat. And some of the lower-end grocery stores apparently dump wilty produce. There is a fish market that sells heads and bones which I keep meaning to pick up for stock, but haven't yet.

A month back or so the neighbors gave us a staling loaf of bread they had picked up as we were making a savory bread pudding. We're doing that again this week so I thought I would pick up a bag from the Whole Fuds bakery. Our bag contained:

• one loaf sliced cinnamon-raisin bread (the wife hates raisins)
• one box cherry turnovers
• one box vegan brownies

Won't be doing that with Whole Fuds again. (sigh) Apparently Acme Bakery tends more to savory breads, which makes sense, but they aren't convenient to us for pickup.