Food Boxes

I'm a little less concerned today about the imminent cockroach infestation that I feared last night. I talked to the girl whose room I'm taking and she said that in two and a half years, she's never seen one. She could be lying.

But really, she's moving out and has no reason to lie to me.

In better news, I picked up a pop-up hamper, animal crackers in a 1-lb bag, and a spray bottle so that I can gently mist myself as I type.

I still need a bed. I am on Craigslist but it's futile because I have no delivery van with which to pick up a bed. You know, I'm probably going to be stuck on an air mattress for the next two years.

Has anyone heard of like, the Angel Food boxes? Here's what they have on the menu for June in New York. I don't think it's like, stealing from homeless, needy children because they say anyone can pick up the box. For those too lazy to click, here's the box contents (for the low, low price of $30.00):

1.5 pounds of rib eye steak
1.5 pounds of hamburger patty
2 pounds of pork riblets
4 pounds of individually quick frozen chicken leg quarters
2 pounds of breaded chicken tenders
20 ounces of supreme pizza
1 pound of mild Italian sausage
2 pounds of French fries
16 ounces of sliced carrots
16 ounces of mixed vegetables
32 ounces of 2% reduced fat shelf-stable milk
6 ounces of pancake mix
15 ounces of pork and beans
14 ounces of ketchup
7.5 ounces of mac and cheese
1 dozen eggs
1 dessert item


Wow! However, the fact remains that nothing here is really appealing to me. I don't cook meat, and really the only things I'd be interested in were the eggs, the ketchup, the mac and cheese, the mysterious 'dessert item', and the veggies. Oh, and maybe the supreme pizza if it wasn't terrible.

July mixes it up a bit, makes it a bit more palatable. Here's the full list, because I have that kind of time:

40 ounces of Marie Callender's Family Crock Pot Dinner (with meat)
1.5 pounds of boneless pork filet
5 pounds of breaded chicken chunks (I just threw up)
1.5 pounds of meaty beef ribs
28 ounces of meatloaf and gravy
1 pound of beef fajitas
1 pound fully cooked meatballs
1 pound all meat hot dogs
1 pound broccoli
1 pound peas and carrots
28 ounces pasta sauce
1 pound pasta
32 ounces of 2% reduced fat shelf-stable milk
32 ounces of Hawaiian punch
12 corn tortillas
7 ounces of blueberry muffin mix
1 dozen eggs
1 dessert item


This looks better - I would take the veggies, hot dogs, pasta components, tortillas, muffin mix, eggs, and once again, the 'dessert item'. It still is a really good price for all the meat.

From the FAQs:

Generally, one unit of food assists in feeding a family of four for about one week or a single senior citizen for almost a month. The food is all the same high quality one could purchase at a grocery store. There are no second-hand items, no damaged or out-dated goods, no dented cans without labels, no day-old breads and no produce that is almost too ripe.

Hmmm....

Tomorrow is CPR training day.

I still don't know what I'm going to do about a bed.