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jdmessner

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I hit the JACKPOT!!!!
« on: May 12, 2019, 07:09:34 PM »

I have mentioned in previous posts that I help with a free community dinner once a month and am involved with our local food pantry. We get a lot of our meat from Feeding America, which is a nonprofit food gleaning organization. They collect food from major distributors (think Walmart, Sams, and in our area Meijer) and dispense it to pantries, meal programs, and other nonprofits.

It works out well. The food retailers freeze the meat just prior to the sell-by date and get a nice tax break to make donating worth their while. Feeding America then makes the food available to the pantries for .12 to .18 cents a pound. The fee is not for the donated product, but to cover the overhead to keep the organization going. The price varience depends on where the donated food came from or in some cases what the item is. The rule of thumb for our area is USDA surplus food .12, regular donations .16, and meat .18 cents. When I go to pick up meat I never know what they will have in stock or how much of it. They usually have on hand a lot of miscellanious cuts but not a lot of any one thing.

Last friday I hit the Jackpot. I picked up: 2 beef briskets totaling 28 lbs., a 12 lb pork butt, and over 40 lbs. of chicken drumsticks. In ten years I have never seen brisket there before. With a few other things I picked up, the total order was a little over 100 lbs. and the bill was under $20. I was very excited, and so are a few of the other cooks (especially the guy who just got back from Texas)! I am thinking brisket and pulled pork sliders, along with drumsticks on the menu for our June meal. 
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Re: I hit the JACKPOT!!!!
« Reply #1 on: May 12, 2019, 07:37:42 PM »

Wonderful news!
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Re: I hit the JACKPOT!!!!
« Reply #2 on: May 12, 2019, 07:54:58 PM »

Very exciting and how great that you know how to cook all of it just right!!!
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Re: I hit the JACKPOT!!!!
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2019, 08:09:35 PM »

Yahoo, that’s fantastic. Way to make a wonderful difference.
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Re: I hit the JACKPOT!!!!
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2019, 10:25:06 PM »

jd...you da man!  What a great score, and more important for such a great cause.  I know our military and our first responders don't get the praise they deserve, but more important the folks like yourself are waaaaay underappreciated.  Thanks for all you do for your community.  Kristen was right, they will certainly continue to enjoy your cooking!
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Re: I hit the JACKPOT!!!!
« Reply #5 on: May 13, 2019, 08:42:07 AM »

jd...you da man!  What a great score, and more important for such a great cause.  I know our military and our first responders don't get the praise they deserve, but more important the folks like yourself are waaaaay underappreciated.  Thanks for all you do for your community.  Kristen was right, they will certainly continue to enjoy your cooking!
+1. Wonderful !
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Re: I hit the JACKPOT!!!!
« Reply #6 on: May 13, 2019, 04:36:03 PM »

That was a jackpot.  I hope the attendees appreciate it (how could they not.
Hurrah for you and all the work you do.  A friend of mine does a once a month lunch for the homeless around here and I've been thinking about doing some pulled pork, I     think you pushed me over the edge.  Thannk you

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Re: I hit the JACKPOT!!!!
« Reply #7 on: May 13, 2019, 06:37:40 PM »

Big Time Scoring JD. Way to go.
 (For those who don't know, JD is a Pastor in SW Michigan.)
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Re: I hit the JACKPOT!!!!
« Reply #8 on: June 20, 2019, 10:59:55 AM »

Last night was our community dinner. For the most part I thought everything turned out quite well. We fed over 100 people and I didn't get any complaints. The nice thing about doing a free dinner is that you can tell people you will be glad to give them double their money back if they don't like the meal!

The brisket and pork butt went on at 10 p.m. Tuesday. Kept the seasoning simple, kosher salt with garlic pepper for the brisket and a pork rub I had on hand for the butt. We wrapped them around 1 and finished them in the oven so we could put the chicken on. Pulled them out of the oven around 4 and let them rest.

Took the skin off the chicken legs and seasoned with McCormick's chicken rub. Someone suggested cooking them in a little bit of apple juice. I never would have thought to do that, but it gave a real nice flavor.

We put the meat on dinner rolls and added carmelixed onions and cheddar cheese to some of the brisket sliders. All in all it was a fun day!

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Re: I hit the JACKPOT!!!!
« Reply #9 on: June 20, 2019, 11:36:29 AM »

Looks great!!  Nice job of cooking everything.
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Re: I hit the JACKPOT!!!!
« Reply #10 on: June 21, 2019, 11:27:17 PM »

Nice job with the cook.  Not sure how anyone can complain about free Q!
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Re: I hit the JACKPOT!!!!
« Reply #11 on: June 22, 2019, 09:06:18 AM »

Nicely done
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