On Dumpster Diving 1- teresa terry

I was impressed with Dumpsters, enough so that I wrote the Merriam-Webster research service to discover what I could about the word "Dumpster." I learned from them that "Dumpster" is a proprietary word belonging to the Dempsey Dumpster company. para. 1

While my dog Lizbeth and I were still living in the house on Avenue B in Austin, as my savings ran out, I put almost all my sporadic income into rent. para. 6

I mean to put some of what I have learned down here, beginning with the practical art of Dumpster diving and proceeding to the abstract. para. 7

Canned goods, for example, turn up fairly often in the Dumpsters I frequent. para. 11

All except the most phobic people would be willing to eat from a can even if it came from a Dumpster. para. 11

Candying after all is one method of food preservation because pathogens do not like very sugary substances. para. 18

The area I frequent is inhabited by many affluent college students. para. 24

I have heard of people maliciously contaminating discarded food and even handouts, but mostly I have heard of this from people with vivid imaginations who have had no experience with the Dumpsters themselves. para. 32

Since then I have initiated several companions into the trade. para. 37

He can wipe the egg yolk off the found can, but he cannot erase the stigma of eating garbage out of his mind. para. 40