Finding Creative Uses for Scrap Triffle: Up to 12,000 Ideas!

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The discussion revolves around finding uses for scrap trifle, which is a dessert consisting of jelly, sponge, custard, and cream. Participants express confusion about what scrap trifle is and brainstorm various creative uses. Suggestions include hosting a neighborhood trifle party, donating them to shelters, or using them for artistic projects and sculptures. Some participants humorously propose unconventional ideas like using them for skeet shooting or as hockey pucks. There is also a serious consideration of the nutritional value of distributing such desserts in shelters, with some arguing that any food is better than none. The conversation touches on logistical challenges related to distribution and the potential for selling or donating to pig farmers, who may accept expired food as feed. Overall, the thread highlights both whimsical and practical approaches to dealing with excess trifle.
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Can anyone come up with a use for scrap triffle? some times we have to skip upto 12,000 of the things.
 
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wolram said:
Can anyone come up with a use for scrap triffle? some times we have to skip upto 12,000 of the things.

Uhh...mmmmm...what is a scrap triffle?:confused:
 
larkspur said:
Uhh...mmmmm...what is a scrap triffle?:confused:


Jelly, sponge, custard and cream in a plastic pot :smile:
 
I'm glad larkspur asked first. :biggrin:

Big triffle party for the whole neighborhood.

Let them dry up and harden and play hockey with them.

:rolleyes: That's all I've got. <---That's just for you and Chi Meson. :wink:
 
We used to give some to the sally ann, trouble is they have only 1 or 2 days life left.
 
WTH is this...?
 
I have just thought of one use for them, stand still Yom.
 
wolram said:
I have just thought of one use for them, stand still Yom.
:smile:

I didn't realize they'd still have a few days of being edible left, I thought you meant the bad batches that couldn't be eaten, or had already passed their expiration dates.

I'm sure stopping by a university with them would make a lot of students happy.

Bring in a bunch of artists and have them make sculptures from them...and then auction it off for charity (some other sucker can keep your waste triffles beautifully displayed in their home).
 
We have cheese cakes as well :smile:
 
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wolram said:
We have cheese cakes as well :smile:
I'll be right over. :biggrin:

How about using them for skeet shooting? That extra jelly splatter has to be more realistic looking than clay pigeons. :devil:
 
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Moonbear said:
That extra jelly splatter has to be more realistic looking than clay pigeons. :devil:
And to think that I used to just love you for your body. :biggrin:

Woolie, you silly bastard... everybody knows what a trifle is. With your spelling, I thought that you were talking about one of John Wyndham's man-eating weeds. :-p

edit: Okay, I'm back. 'House' is on, so I can only type during commercials. Do you have any homeless shelters other than SA? Here, if you have a delivery system in place (such as volunteer drivers), there are thousands of people who need food every day. Calgary has just reached 1,000,000 residents, so I assume that London must have 10 times as many homeless. (Although I don't know if that's within your effective delivery range.)
 
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Danger said:
And to think that I used to just love you for your body. :biggrin:
:blushing: :smile:

Woolie, you silly bastard... everybody knows what a trifle is. With your spelling, I thought that you were talking about one of John Wyndham's man-eating weeds. :-p
OH! Trifles! I thought it was some other British word nobody this side of the "puddle" has ever heard of! :rolleyes:

edit: Okay, I'm back. 'House' is on, so I can only type during commercials. Do you have any homeless shelters other than SA? Here, if you have a delivery system in place (such as volunteer drivers), there are thousands of people who need food every day. Calgary has just reached 1,000,000 residents, so I assume that London must have 10 times as many homeless. (Although I don't know if that's within your effective delivery range.)

I was going to suggest something like that, but then was wondering if it is really appropriate to be serving such a sweet dessert in homeless shelters or soup kitchens if there isn't yet enough nutritious food to go around for the main course? Somehow, that old MASH episode kept popping into mind...the one where Winchester gets a big box of chocolates for the kids in the orphanage for Christmas and is chastised for being so concerned about giving dessert to kids who have had no supper.
 
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I agree with the nutritional issues, Moonie, but any food is better than no food. Regardless of what it's made of, it's still fuel.
 
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We used to have a (seconds shop) but no way could we sell this many
to the local population, and to drive them any distance requires a refridgerated wagon, which costs to much.

Triffids to you Danger :-p
 
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Sorry, Woolie, I misunderstood. The concept of selling them didn't occurr to me. I thought that they were wasteage, which is given away free of charge here.
 
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Danger said:
Sorry, Woolie, I misunderstood. The concept of selling them didn't occurr to me. I thought that they were wasteage, which is given away free of charge here.

It would be hard on the company to give this much away, no one would buy them, so they end up in the skip, now if some charity could take them that would be fine, but how could they distribute them.
 
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I don't know where your plant is, Woolie. I'd assumed that it was within or close to a city with high enough population to have everything just delivered in vans or small lorries in a couple of hours.
 
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send them to me, ill eat them, all of them

(if you don't believe me ill tel you what i just ate)

how much are you willing to sell them for
 
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star.torturer said:
send them to me, ill eat them, all of them

(if you don't believe me ill tel you what i just ate)

how much are you willing to sell them for

£50 a 1000 :smile:
 
  • #20
il take em all

PM me for my address
 
  • #21
Here's a suggestion: find a pig farmer and give them/sell them cheap to him. Pig farmers around here all make friends with bread and pastry route drivers and arrange to haul off the out-dated, returned baked goods. The pigs really don't care if they're past the expiration date, and if you sell them a less than the cost of pig feed, it's a good deal for the farmer.
 
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im a pig farmer.. ooo oo pick me pick me
 
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star.torturer said:
im a pig farmer.. ooo oo pick me pick me

Is it still legal to feed pigs waste? many years ago we had a pig farm near by, the pigs were fed waste from school dinners but that was stopped for some reason.
 
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Waste from school dinners, including slop scraped off trays and plates, may harbor diseases. "Waste" in the form of properly packaged foods meant for human consumption (but outdated) is a clean and very popular source of feed for pig farmers.
 
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star.torturer said:
im a pig farmer.. ooo oo pick me pick me

PM your phone number and i will give you a bell when the next load is ready, quantity not guaranteed.
 

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