Eating on 20cents a Day

[STI]

Ok, here's what you do...

You know those peanut butter and jam packages in the school cafeteria? Take like 12 each every day, and make sandwiches. Do the same with the milk and sugar.

In any case, this thread should turn into a list of places to get food without routing through the trash.

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

You know those peanut butter and jam packages in the school cafeteria?

No.


Do the same with the milk and sugar.

:huh: Make sandwiches with them?

[Fascist-Hunter]

Hm, as usual it depends on where you live, i think in the USA you will find plenty of peanut butter in cafeterias.

1. i have often experienced that turkish or arabian (at least here in germany) people will give you tea for free. i don't know why, it seems to be a kind of tradition. no matter if you buy anything at their shop, if they see that you are homeless they will offer you free water or tea. thats really great. german people will kick you out of the shop.

2. try to get a job at a youth center, especially when you get a position where you are responsible for food - no one will ever ask any questeion, you have the keys, you are responsible for ordering new food and drinks from the supermarket - always order a little more, e.g. ten breads and 10 liters and claim that you have only oredered 8 liters and 8 breads. you keep the rest for you, your family and your comrades. very easy.

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

Originally posted by [email protected] 27 2005, 06:43 AM
Hm, as usual it depends on where you live, i think in the USA you will find plenty of peanut butter in cafeterias.


I don't live in the US. I used too though, and I don't remember any peanut butter.. oh well.

[Fascist-Hunter]

oh, I forgot one important thing

3. rich people have enough free time and therefore many silly hobbies.
I once knew a dentist whose wife had a garden where she grew food (salat, carrots etc.). You just take a map and walk around at night where the rich people live. growing things in the garden is most of the time a hobby for them, so they won't starve and won't call the police, you just take what you need. and make sure they have no dog or camera

[rioters bloc]

i don't think gardening is a waste of time or a silly hobby. it's great growing your own food. not only is it cheaper but you can be sure they haven't been sprayed with poisons [unless theres someone going around doing that.. and i highly doubt it.] we grow heaps of vegies: pumpkins, eggplants, english melons, tomatoes, cucumbers, broadbeans, chillis; fruits: guavas; herbs: mint, coriander leaves, basil, parsley. what we don't eat we give to our friends. it's great.

and they dont give free peanut butter and jam where i live :( i know a guy who steals those stainless steel cups full of sugar packets from cafes tho. not cos he wants the sugar, but cos he always makes tea when at actions and glass cups tend to break, so he steals unbreakable ones ;)

[Fascist-Hunter]

It might not be a silly hobby if you need that for survival - when I was living on the dole I also grew vegetables. but it doesn't seem to be useful for these rich people, does it???? they go to the supermarket anyway, they just need something to waste their time on and maybe to feel alive...

[bunk]

In England you can go in to supermarkets just before closing and there stuff is reallt cheap in the reduced section. But yeah i grown a garden - tomatoes, pumpkins, herbs, and we have 2 apple trees.

[Fascist-Hunter]

I just thought about - in every western country you can go to several churches and get some food there. you just have to pretend to believe in god. if you are agood actor this shouldn't be aproblem at all.


in germany but also in switzerland and austria homeless people once invented signs to inform other homeless people about the people living in a house. these signs were scratched/painted/written into fences, trees or the garden door
http://www.physiologus.de/gaunerz.htm

http://www.nici-und-nico.de/058-gaunerzinken.htm --> some modern signs at the end, used to show open/unprotected LAN networks.

I don't have time now, I'll post soem ideas later this day. great thread though, good idea.

[romanm]

You could steal jelly and imaginary little packets of peanut buttur and imaginary free slices of bread.. to survive on a diet of jelly..

Or, you could visit soup kitchens. In most cities, you can geet food every day of the week from churchs and other food programs...

Food banks also offer free groceries. There are several food banks in most cities that hand out free groceries to anyone...

Or, just shoplift your food.. which is suprising easy for anyone who has had to do this..

[The Feral Underclass]

Originally posted by [email protected] 27 2005, 04:14 AM
In any case, this thread should turn into a list of places to get food without routing through the trash.
Why don't you go to a food skip?

[Organic Revolution]

afraid of germs?

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

Most people would rather not eat out of the trash me thinks.

[Livetrueordie]

No free peanut butter and jelly where i live... the only thing you get for free is utencils.

[STI]

Man, you guys don't have the little packages of PB or J or honey? Seriously. Go to any sit-down restaraunt for breakfast and there'll be like 20 of them on every table. I can't believe you've never seen this before. You all are fuckin' deprived.


You could steal jelly and imaginary little packets of peanut buttur and imaginary free slices of bread.. to survive on a diet of jelly..

Now you're catching on!

Jelly has everything a growing boy needs. All the food groups. Think about it:
-Fruit (derrr..)
-Protien from the seeds, if you get raspberry jam
-Juice
-No dairy, but dairy sucks anyway. Bones are for suckers.
-So are teeth

And there you have it. Everything you need.

[The Feral Underclass]

Originally posted by [email protected] 27 2005, 09:01 PM
Most people would rather not eat out of the trash me thinks.
There you are demonstrating that stupidity again...Food skips + trash cans = different things.

U.n.d.e.r.s.t.a.n.d?

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

Holy shit, you'd need to eat alot of seeds to get the neccessary protein, no?

[STI]

Dude, it's free jam, so who even cares?

[Fascist-Hunter]

4.) if you go to a hospital and give some blood from your vein you'll get some money plus freed food and drinks.

5.) in some countries you might walk into a mcdonals and refill your cup with cola.

[romanm]

I have never seen a packet of Peanut Butter in amerikkka. I have seen packets of honey.

[comradesteele]

you get free money for giving blood?????? i thought it was just a cup of tea
(you know swop a pint for a cuppa)

[Nothing Human Is Alien]

Yeah they pay you at certain places..

[Freigemachten]

in the U$ they can only pay you for your plasma, not your actual blood sample, but they separate your plasma from your blood sample so figure that one out. Also for food its usualy just somethin high in sugar to get your blood sugar back up so you produce more so they can suck it outa you again at a later date.

[romanm]

They usually pay you 50 to 75$ the first time and then about half than every other time. You can only give plasma legally a couple times a week, but if you go to different plasma banks, you can get around that. Also, they pay you for refering people. Hope this helps!

[JC1]

This thread hs become ... strange. But yeah, the cheapest way to eat is just to not eat. Fuck buddy, if youre starving sell dope, and if youre doin fine then just eat.

[More Fire for the People]

Well, I don't know if it is really possible to survive in the first world on 20 cents a day but you could survive on 51 cents a day. Buy a pack of Lipton's tea (24 pack) and 90 packs of ramen noodles (3 packs a day).

[Fascist-Hunter]

you get free money for giving blood?????? i thought it was just a cup of tea
(you know swop a pint for a cuppa)

as usual: it depends on the area you live in.

where i live you get 50 euro (50 dollars, about 15 pound) for normal blood and about 80 euro (80 dollars, about 25 pound) for your plasma. plus you can eat and drink at this place for free. if you are a dope addict who won't get a chance.

in some areas (mainly the big citys) you might find these red cross tents in front of mcdonalds, burger king etc. where there are also some tv camera teams to show the owner together with these poor people in order to show that capitalism isn't that worse and that the capitalist pigs really do care for mankind. you can afterwards go there and eat as many as you want but you are not allowed to take something with you. so always place a plastic bag under your table, got to teh desk and order as many stuff as possible. then you run off after the bag is full (but make sure you have a relative outside the restaurant who grabs the bags and runs off; you won't be able to run very fast after having lost blood). and always do that at different places, they will remember your face if you do that twice at the same place.

JC1: do not advice people to sell dope that will cause even more trouble. dope is fine for fun but certainly much too risky to be used as a main income source.

diego armado: you can't survive on noodles O.O

[More Fire for the People]

diego armado: you can't survive on noodles O.O
You're probably right, I suggest having a small garden (seeds are really cheep) so that you can have tomatos, cucumber, zucchini, and broccoli with it. You can also grow watermelon and strawberries.

[STI]

seeds are really cheep

You can get them from the Jam!

[h&s]

One really easy way of getting cheap food is just to go shopping in the supermarket as usual - here me out! - but drop the tins of food you want so that they are all bent.
The next day they will all be on sale for like, 12p!

[bcbm]

You can always just dig through the garb--

Oh.

[infernomunky]

actually the selling of your plasma is a great fucking way to make money......
....it usta sell for a good 15 dollars.....give its once a week......gets you some extra cash.......and while your there they give you food and coffee.......
....if you really need food aska church if they know of any shelters....they always have a local list of them..... theyll get you clothes too.....just dont listen to their god bullshit........
....and yeah steal as many packets of condiments as you can....
....if your in a tourist-ey town use their pools to wash and use their bathrooms to crap and take their soap, if its not in a dispenser....
...and yeah........life can be pretty inexpensive if you know how.......
dont forgett the dumpsters....lots of free food in their......

....json

[poster_child]

Go to any fast food restaurant drive-thru and say you were just there and you didn't get your fries/coke/whatever, and they will give it to guaranteed.

Also, don't forget to take as many ketchup/salt/pepper/sugar/vinegar/straws as you can. You'll never have to buy any of this stuff again!

[romanm]

you are getting ripped off if you are only getting 15$

[Enragé]

if you go to a hospital and give some blood from your vein you'll get some money plus freed food and drinks.

not in the netherlands :|

[Erythromycin-diazepam]

Why are you talking about free food, do you guys have jobs?

[Livetrueordie]

whats Jobs got to do with it?

[TC]

1. ..if you're in England...(or maybe NYC)

Go to Pret a Manger

Grab a sandwich and ask for a miso soup.

Wait till they pour the soup and bring it out for you.

Take out a credit card and offer to pay.

They'll say they don't take credit cards.

Say you don't have cash.

They'll probably give you the soup for free because they'd otherwise just waste it.

lol obviously only works once per person-behind-the-counter.

Don't everyone do it or they'll catch on.

[Entrails Konfetti]

Buy that boyscout uniform off your little cousin for 20 cents.

Try to fit that uniform to your body.

Get plastic bags.

Go door to door saying your part of a canned food drive.

If someone says " Aren't you a bit too old to be a boyscout" say either " I have an over active thyroid gland" or " I'm just too eager to wait for Halloween".

If you get arrested, act insain so you can be put in a mental institution for a week, then you have free food for a week!

[apathy maybe]

Go find a high bridge or cliff or building. Jump off and kill yourself (try and hit a SUV at the bottem). No more worries about food.

OR

Print up some cards that say your a member of a religious groups. Hand them out around bakeries and other food shops. Ask for any food that is going to be thrown out. Take any now, and collect any latter (helps if you have a car).

OR

Do above, but instead start your own Food Not Bombs group. Feed others and yourself.

OR

Smash the state, kill capitalism and implement communism. Fun all round.


(The above are in order of preferences from least to most prefered.)

[Concilio-et-Impetu]

You cant sell blood or plasma in australia as far as i know. But they apparently give you a meal... its probably better for you to not lose alot of blood for food seeing as your body has to spend energy replacing it. I find it odd that noone has mentioned stealing bread in the morning from outside shops but mabe they dont do that where you live. Theres always free something sitting outside somewhere at 4-5 in the morning. You can look in resturants back doorways or loading docks and theres often sacks of rice and potatos. If you have land grow food if you dont go steal lots of packets of seeds from a gardening shop and throw them around places people dont often go and come back later and eat anything if anything is there. Theres food everywhere. In sydney theres lots of rabbits in some parks and neighbourhoods. Rabbits are great food as are cats! Cats are everywehre too! Theres always something to eat it all depends on how desperate you are. For people on this site i reccomend stealing things from backs of resturants and supermarkets and growing tomatoes in pots.

[STI]

Originally posted by black banner black [email protected] 30 2005, 04:11 PM
You can always just dig through the garb--

Oh.
Fuck you Dave :P

[TC]

If you get arrested, act insain so you can be put in a mental institution for a week, then you have free food for a week!

Lol but you know they send you a bill when you leave.

Nothings free in america!

[Palmares]

Originally posted by h&[email protected] 1 2005, 01:41 AM
One really easy way of getting cheap food is just to go shopping in the supermarket as usual - here me out! - but drop the tins of food you want so that they are all bent.
The next day they will all be on sale for like, 12p!
In alot of cases those items actually get thrownout. So bad luck to most of you guys.

But on the bright side, this comes as an advantage to the freegans etc. As this is infact a technique used by some freegans I know. What they do is just find a way of damaging a product they want (sometimes by doing something as little as getting dust on the item - a considerable amount though) and looking for it in the dumpsters the next night. So dumpstering isn't also "random". ;)

[Commie Rat]

it would be cool it they gave you a pint for a pint at the blood bank!

[Raisa]

Originally posted by EL [email protected] 10 2005, 10:56 PM
Buy that boyscout uniform off your little cousin for 20 cents.

Try to fit that uniform to your body.

Get plastic bags.

Go door to door saying your part of a canned food drive.

If someone says " Aren't you a bit too old to be a boyscout" say either " I have an over active thyroid gland" or " I'm just too eager to wait for Halloween".


"If you get arrested, act insain so you can be put in a mental institution for a week, then you have free food for a week!"

ANd if you acted real insane, the government might just send you a crazy check every month and you wont even have to work.

But getting crazy checks is usualy used against revolutionaries when they get poplular.