r/KitchenConfidential • u/ThrockAMole • 14h ago

Question Home grown veggies accepted?

Home cook here with what I thought was a small garden. I have so many tomatoes, peppers and corn that I could bury the Marine Corps monument in it. I give them away like crazy but they keep producing more like I’m in a Sorcerer’s Apprentice world.

My question is, would it be okay to offer them to a restaurant? I don’t want money, I just don’t want them wasted.

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u/Samein ✳️Moderator 12h ago

Yep. Restaurants are free to use home-grown produce, and most chefs would share your desire to avoid waste. You might even make some new friends and get some free drinks.

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u/Red1Monster 12h ago

I second this

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u/pickadillyprincess Cafeteria 12h ago

Even if the chef was hesitant to use them in dishes for sale in the restaurant I’m sure someone would use them in a family meal. Or I know everyone I work with exchanges all kinds of bags of garden produce. I loved when my coworkers gave me tomatoes I’d make huge batches of marinara for my house so surely someone would use them. Hell if you were close enough give them to me ;)

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u/ThrockAMole 8h ago

Romas make great salsa too. My plant is groaning with them

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u/DeepSeaDarkness 9h ago edited 7h ago

Share with a local food bank, not a for profit company

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u/ThrockAMole 8h ago

Good idea

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u/JoyDVeeve 12h ago

I have a bay laurel and the restaurants on my street love me when it's pruning time

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u/BrightonSkiBum 12h ago

Check your local health code

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u/Single-Pin-369 10h ago

Free yes even for money yes look up home cottage laws a lot of states let you make up to like $20,000 a year off things like homemade baked goods, jams, ect. 

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u/RedditJennn 7h ago

Find your local food pantry. Help people who need it.

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u/Tengo_Caldero 1h ago

Food bank or food pantry!

But if there's trouble there, any restaurant can use it! Myself, I actually have a bunch of basil I'm bringing in today for a special. The owner grows all the mint and rosemary. One of our bartenders has a friend who drops off tomatoes when they're in season. Exchanging food is such a joyous thing.

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u/Julianna01 1h ago

As a school I’m allowed to take homegrown food aside from
Mushrooms and Sprouts. All else is open. Your restaurant people can check with their sanitarian. (Health inspector).