We received several hundred kilograms of high-quality, fresh button mushrooms from the Hungarian Food Bank. We delivered 250 kg of this to our office in Eger, but we also took some to N\u00e9pliget in Budapest, where our guests waiting in line gratefully accepted them, as they can be used to prepare an excellent dinner or lunch for the next day. We don\u2019t use mushrooms in our cooking, but since they are a plant-based ingredient, we\u2019re happy to distribute them to our guests in need.<\/p>\n
Since all kinds of food and fruit have been available year-round for decades\u2014along with a vast array of bottled and canned ready-to-eat meals\u2014we often choose products based on our taste or preference rather than on seasonality. As a result, it\u2019s only natural that certain ingredients fly off store shelves when they\u2019re in season, while at other times, fresh produce piles up by the hundredweight and ends up in the trash. Yet, given current food prices, no one can really afford to do this.<\/p>\n