Airbnb Part 2

Last Thursday when I tried to recall what food I had found in the past year or so, that was also likely left behind by Airbnb tourists, not much came up.

So how could I forget about the 4,5 kilos of rice that was neatly placed last Fall by a tree in a street that I passed after groceries (tiny detour, just for fun)? Ok some was out, but still close to 4,5 kilos. And by now far from finished.

Well, rice was exactly what I was looking for this morning to combine with my green peas, that came perfectly fresh out of the freezer. Yummie! Served with a dried sauce that I stocked up on last week at discount, I had lunch for about €0,40 cents, and enough left for tomorrow.

But yesterday morning, on my way to the recycling shop I saw a shoe box on the curb that was half closed, with something orange shining through the opening. Looking like and turned out to be oranges indeed. I do not eat them, I don't even like the juice, but stopped anyway. Lucky I had my phone on me for the photo, as you need an app in the shop.

Good idea! I took the tea (I love Eart Grey) the yoghurt and noodle soup. I don't eat yoghurt as such but Greek yoghurt is good for cooking. And as expected, on inspection at home the box was still sealed. Can keep for long. Had the noodle soup with added garlic and finely cut little bit of paprika as an afternoon snack before leaving for work. Not fantastic but nice enough for the needed energy.

I left the box wide open so someone else would find the oranges and milky fruit drink.

Airbnb

Airbnb tourists sometimes leave perfectly fresh food, neatly packed on the curbs, as they cannot take it home and mostl likely have to leave the apartment as found, so with an empty fridge. Personally I would't mind finding my fridge full after coming home, but rules are rules I guess. I don't remember all but one is a pack of cut salami, with an ok date, unopened and though it was there in the sun it can't have been for long, because someone else would have taken it. For sure safe to eat and I enjoyed what I cannot well afford.

Last Tuesday's lot was pretty amazing and I wonder who left this and why. Or why a tourist would buy this much when you spend most part of your vacation outdoors.

I came home from a local job but took a different route because of road works, so avoiding a detour. It led me past the recycling shop where outside is a collection box for deposit cans and bottles. So I crossed the street to have a look. It gave me one can but then, on the free library shelves also there I first noticed two eggplants. Not very shiny on the outside but looking good enough. Then there was the plastic bag... On top two bags of frozen vegetables. They still felt pretty cold. Not 100 % frozen anymore, but I felt confident to refreeze them if consumed in the next two weeks ore so. Only looked at the rest at home:

Two half loafs of cut bread, dated just one day earlier. Potatoes. Two large pieces of ginger. Two spring onions. Three baby cucumbers, already eaten by now. Some garlic cloves. And the tubes of mayonnaise and ketchup. Opened but just for one squeeze or so. Refridgerated you can keep those for almost ever.

Put bread in freezer but started on it yesterday. The other one is still in. I made soup with the eggplants on Wednesday already so not on picture, first try it was lovely! And mighty wholesome. Cooked the potatoes today to work in my salad to take to work tommorrow. But there's enough left for Saturday. Spring onions went in as well. Ginger is not in my cookbook but will try in the next eggplant soup. Experiment! I hate ginger bread but unknowingly I must have had it in Indian dishes, never say no to what you don't know.

I consider giveaway spots a grey area between trash and thrift, but as the bookshelves are really meant for books anything else left on them for me is trash.