Last night went pretty well, considering I cut my finger on a piece of glass reaching for a jar of pasta sauce. We didn’t bother going to multiple places; it was freezing out, I was bleeding, there was no need since I mostly wanted fruit and yogurt and found plenty of both. They were throwing… Read More February 18, 2019
Last night we found a great deal of food very quickly and were home in around an hour and a half, but the volume was so great that we were up as late as usual sorting and rinsing it. I took less than a third of the total home (I always tell myself I should… Read More February 4, 2019
Tonight brought the most stuff I’ve managed to get home by myself without my friend and his truck. Of course I prefer going with him but it does feel good to know I can handle finding and carrying all this stuff on my own. Normally it seems like the dumpsters are empty when I show… Read More January 28, 2019
Tonight was a good night. We had been hoping for eggs, and we found four dozen (and broke three of them) and four large tubs of yogurt (though unfortunately, none of it was plain) between us, as well as a number of other nice things, many of which there were exactly two of. Here’s what… Read More January 14, 2019
It’s been over three weeks since we last went dumpstering and though I had enough food to last a while, it was starting to get a little lacking in variety. My friend was too sick to go out, which saved him the disappointment of finding the dumpsters almost empty of food. I’d been inside all… Read More January 9, 2019
I was originally planning on going out alone tonight. My dumpstering partner was going to stay in because he’s going out of town next week and subletting his place while here’s gone. I’m staying here, and there’s no trash on Christmas. I would have had plenty of food for the next two weeks, but almost… Read More December 17, 2018
With the truck running again, we were able to go out dumpstering this week. Here’s a rundown of what I took home: 24 oz whole milk basket ricotta red wax Gouda pastrami style smoked salmon 6 plain bagels chicken breast 2 lbs ground turkey mahi mahi filets tandoori naan cinnamon sugar butter blue cheese mustard… Read More December 10, 2018
Good Dumpster Cooking 