Even when he did find objects, he had many questions he needed to ask himself. Many times he would find food, but how did he know what was safe to eat? The answer is only the veterans knew what was ok and what was not ok. And you often had to ask yourself why is most food put in the trash? Mainly because there is something wrong with it. As Eighner explains though " a lot of perfectly good food can be found in dumpsters" (Eighner 392).
(Name) (Professor) (Course) (Date) Summary of “On Dumpster Diving” “On Dumpster Diving” is about the author’s experiences with being homeless and living on things he has found in Dumpsters. He explains that a lot of food that is thrown out is actually safe to eat, but people are just too picky about expiration dates and what food looks like. The author claims to have even found still-frozen ice cream and yogurt that was still good while diving for a quick meal. At one point is his life, the author had a steady supply of pizza from the Dumpster behind a pizza place. The pizza place would often make a pizza and then could not sell it for various reasons, so they would have to box it up and throw it away.
Living on Garbage Lars writes of his homelessness and his dog, "Lizbeth". He engages me by first telling the rules and regulations of the proper dumpster diver, what is edible and usable and what items should be left. Then he compares the non-traditional "can-diver" to the true scavenger. The can diver, he says, is there only for the money and stirs everything in the dumpster up making it harder to find the truly good items like the new pair of shoes. Lars also says the can divers he's seen have the audacity to go through individual containers in front of peoples homes, something a true diver would never think of.
In the beginning of the story, Eighner, immediately starts off by stating certain techniques that is used in the art of dumpster diving. “Eating safely from dumpsters involves three principles: using the senses and common sense to evaluate the condition of the found materials, knowing the dumpsters of a given area and checking regularly, and seeking always to answer the question, ‘why was this discarded?’” (Eighner 147). In this particular excerpt, Eighner emphasizes the question, “why was this discarded?” This would be one of the main ground rules to dumpster diving because one will get very ill if digesting unsafe foods. Alongside asking the question Eighner also states that one must need common sense to evaluate the specific item. Without evaluating it one may be susceptible to something very harmful.
He promises that if you follow these three points, you can not only eat safely, but eat well. As an example, canned goods, candy, dry goods, soda, and alcohol can be consumed safely. On the other hand wild game, homemade food, and ethnic foods should be avoided (148-151). The reasons behind this are botulism, upset stomach from ethnic foods, or lack of knowledge about them, and home made leftovers tend to be very old when thrown out. Upon further examination, I have realized that I am very “germaphobic” when it comes to food.
Bacteria can get into food in various ways such as having dirty hands, dirty work surfaces, dirty drying up towels, uncooked meat and poultry, dirty sinks and draining pipes, fingers or spoons being licked , flies and so many others to get in contact with bacteria. Bacteria love to thrive in warm and moist places especially in foods that contain proteins, meat, dairy products. FOOD POISONING BACTERIA Salmonella – This bacteria lives in the bowel. They get into foods by human and animal excreta and even polluted water. If the food is thoroughly cooked the bacteria will be killed immediately and will not be able to cause harm to anyone.
Lars Eighner’s essay “On Dumpster Diving” details a core aspect of the three-year period when the author and his dog were homeless. Eighner went to college and found a job but then lost it and ended up being homeless for three-years. The economy not just in America but around the world fluctuates and there is no way of know when it is going to happen, but when it does educated people are not guaranteed job
A processed food is food that has been cooked, milled or manipulated to change the quality. It is also known as “convenience food”, it is sold hot, sold in the refrigerators section at the grocery store, on store shelves, and is ready to eat. Salt is the essential ingredient in these processed foods. Because of this, it has been linked to cause high blood pressure. The government is allowing unhealthy foods into our schools.
They meet daily in a parking lot. Almost everything in this area is destroyed by the bombings from WWII and only the house of Old Misery stands almost undamaged. One day Blackie loses his leadership to T because he suggests to hitch free bus rides and T suggests to bring down Old Misery’s house from the inside, taking advantage of his upcoming two days absence. The next day the gang meets in the same place, and T starts giving directions. They cut all the wiring, tore the floors, broke the doors and smashed the fixtures.
In the 1940s, prison food used to be good, offering a wide variety of options. Today, they call it “shit on a shingle.” The reality is not much worse. State budget cuts and the trend to privatize prisons and prison services have substantially cut food variety and quality. Incentives to cut costs exist at the institutional and individual level. Some state law allows law enforcement personal to pocket leftover funds after feeding prisoners provided they can still provide for their basic needs.