When I went veg, my fiance' was still omni- eating mostly fish and chicken. However, as for today, he's decided he can't stomach chicken after learning how they are "raised" and killed. Yay for him! The only problem, is I was counting on him to "finish off" our remaining meat products: a couple of chicken breasts (which I made into a hearty soup for him to take to work), some chicken dogs, canned chicken-based soup, boullion, and a few cans of chicken stock. We are far from wealthy, and it would be a shame to throw this stuff out. :think:

I haven't gone and proclaimed my vegetarianism to my friends and family, for I fear that making a big deal out of it would offend them (trust me, I love her, but my mom is an extremely-sensitive sagitarius). Therefore, I can't just give them to my parents or local friends for fear of offending them. What should I do with these items?

Although my fiance' still eats some fish (sparingly), he doesn't like canned tuna. I used to eat it all the time, so there's about ten cans of it (not cheap) in my pantry. What should I do with that, too? There must be someone out there who could use these things.

What did you guys do when you switched over?

Here's a dancing broccoli to celebrate the fact that it's Friday: :bobo:

Well, i'm thinking that if I think it's not good for me to eat, why would I get it to other people? Ummmm, also there are people who don't have stuff to eat. Hmmm, man I don't knowwwwwwwww. :cry:

What should I dooooooooooo? Oh, we're talkin about you Morrigann aren't we. Haha. Sorry girl, I don got all off your situtation. Sorry ok. :(
Ummm, but I still don't know what you should do. :(


Monika

If it's unopened you could donate it to a homeless shelter or food pantry.

If it's relatively new, you could return it to the store. Most places will give you store credit without a reciept.

If you have any pets, all of the food that you mentioned would make really good training treats. Hell if you lived near me I'd take it all to save myself from having to by more hot dogs and chicken broth.

If it's unopened you could donate it to a homeless shelter or food pantry.

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Ditto

Cook it into a nice dish. Take it to your mom/friend/office and say, "I had way too much chicken/fish/hotdogs in the house, and I needed to use them up. I though you'd like this delicious casserole/tub of soup/baked flounder. No, I couldn't freeze them because they lose so much flavor. Anyway, I wanted to do something nice for you."

When my husband and I went veg, I had a great time going through the pantry finding all the meat containing items and expelling them from our home. Lots of soups, cans of broth - even the stupid little boxes of corn muffins had beef fat in them! Some flavored rice packages... god, I don't eat anything like that now, everything we make is fresh and homemade, its so weird to look back and remember your old eating habits!

I went to a local food pantry and donated all the food. You can do the same.

I agree with the above posts to donate the food...but I am not sure what to do with the soap you made unless you say you made soo much and dont want it to go to waste and then give it to a family member or friend.

I agree with the above posts to donate the food...but I am not sure what to do with the soap you made unless you say you made soo much and dont want it to go to waste and then give it to a family member or friend.

I think you mean soup, right? I've never made soap, but I think that's a yucky process, too! I have a plan for the soup-- my fiance' is going to give it to his coworkers! I've made them all cookies and such before, so it shouldn't be considered too strange. I can use up the rest of the broth and canned chicken that way, too.

If I can find a recipe that isn't too scary (even for omnis) that calls for about six or seven cans of tuna (seriously, I have a TON), then great idea! My coworkers need to stop eating donuts, anyway. If not, I'm going to try to locate a soup kitchen. It is Easter weekend, so I shouldn't have too much trouble finding one in need.

Thanks for all the advice! This is great!:nana:

in cans, donate it to a shelter. I was veg when using a food pantry, but my cat loved it!

Oh yeah, if you have grown-up cats, they'll love tuna! Just don't give it to kittens; the mercury can interfere with their development.

A friend of mine had a good suggestion when this came up once. You could dig a hole and bury the carcasses (well, what remains of them) and say prayers (or think nice thoughts) for the animals who were so violently killed for no good reason. It would be sort of a ritual passage from the needless violence against animals to viewing them in a new way. :)

Or you could go the more sane route and give the food to a shelter or whatever like others have suggested.

Great ideas-- thanks everyone! I ended up posting an ad on craigslist http://www.craigslist.org, and we're dropping it off with a single mom this afternoon =). Yay!

Great ideas-- thanks everyone! I ended up posting an ad on craigslist http://www.craigslist.org, and we're dropping it off with a single mom this afternoon =). Yay!

Now that is really cool. Go you!!!

Yeah, good job! Exactly what is craigslist?

Oh there you go, that was a great idea. Never though about freecycle or craigs list.

we give any omni food that comes our way to places that feed the homeless. it's always very gratefully received. why give it to your friends and family, they don't need it.

glad you found a single mum in need :)

While we're on the subject, if I could just inject one more comment. If you (meaning anyone) donate already opened food to a homeless shelter or food bank, they will throw it away. They might take it, but the law in most area states that they can't give away or use anything already opened. (You'd be amazed at the number of half eaten cereal boxes we get donated to us at work. :think:)

I was thinking "freecycle it" and that's what you've done. :) Nice.

That's a shame about that rule...:worried:

My Grandpa helps at a place where they feed the homeless. When my church has extras left over from buffets he takes it there, and they think its wonderful. :vebo: I live in England, the laws might be different.

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Although my fiance' still eats some fish (sparingly), he doesn't like canned tuna. I used to eat it all the time, so there's about ten cans of it (not cheap) in my pantry. What should I do with that, too? There must be someone out there who could use these things.

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Its ok to eat fish, cos they don't have any feelings yaaaaaaaaaaah

i think giving the food to a shelter is a good idea! you wont have to eat it and think you'll be helping someone else :)

or you could give it to someone you know to feed to their pets?