Mix-Up Sends 700 Gourmet Meals to SF Soup Kitchen

[The Straight Story]

Mix-Up Sends 700 Gourmet Meals to SF Soup Kitchen


SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- A mix-up over dates ended up sending 700 gourmet meals intended for the Presidents Cup to a San Francisco soup kitchen.

It started Wednesday morning, when city event coordinator Martha Cohen tried to find out what smelled so good at one of the tournament tents in Harding Park. Lunch, the caterer told her. But the golf event wasn't scheduled to start until the following day.

Someone had mixed up the dates.

So Cohen called St. Anthony's Foundation, in the Tenderloin, and by noon, the homeless were feasting on a menu that included parmesan crusted cod with linguini, carved mesquite-smoked beef brisket, parsley buttered potatoes, Caesar salad and shrimp pasta salad.

http://www.news10.net/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=68567&catid=2

[lob1]

1. Damn, those homeless people have all the luck.

[Fumesucker]

3. Lucky Duckies..

[BlooInBloo]

2. Best. Mix-up. Ever.

[depakid]

4. Now, if only the fat cats ended up eating watery soup....

[Libby2]

8. Yep!! It would be perfect.

[AllyCat]

9. :)

[CrownPrinceBandar]

5. I doubt that any of the PGA guys cared...........

The PGA is a pretty service-oriented organization that does alot of work for charity.

[monmouth]

14. Absolutely, they probably were as pleased as the US winning the cup...n/t

[frebrd]

6. I love it!

:applause:

[datasuspect]

7. i'm surprised they didn't destroy it

because of "liability" concerns.

i'm sure some reactionary or other would get pissed by this article.

[jmowreader]

10. It probably ended up feeding a thousand people

That kind of meal, the portions are pretty generous...it shouldn't have been a huge problem to get four normal-size servings out of what the contractor intended to be three.

And I'm REAL sure St. Anthony's Foundation was happy as hell to get the food.

[Liberal_in_LA]

11. love this story.

[Ruby the Liberal]

12. This is awesomeness!

[malaise]

13. Thanksgiving and Christmas started early

Perfect

[Maraya1969]

15. And many more!