Medium Rare restaurant’s co-owner and founder of Feed the Fridge Mark Bucher wants to do his part to reach out to those who are struggling this Thanksgiving.
Though Feed the Fridge started as a short-term response to the pandemic, there has been a realization that they can play a significant role in addressing the issues of hunger and “food insecurity” by creating “meal security” through their organization, according to their website.
At the same time, Bucher wants to do something special for the elderly and especially military families in the D.C. area this Thanksgiving.
“There’s one meal that’s impossible to make for one person economically, and it’s Thanksgiving,” Bucher told Fox News.
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“So for seniors that are living independently in the D.C. area,” he continued, “we’re going to handle over 3,000 elderly meals as we’ve done in years past and this year. And this year the need is even more than in years past. We hear it all the time.”
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While it perhaps seems odd that Medium Rare, a steak restaurant in Washington, D.C., would deep fry turkeys on Thanksgiving, Bucher jokes that, “Someone’s got to do it!”
He says they do it every year for a few reasons. While the organization enjoys being able to give back to the community in that way, it’s also quick. Deep frying allows them to cook a lot of turkeys in a short period of time.
But a more profound reason that motivates him and the organization is that there is an unintended consequence surrounding the intent of the food banks and charities that give out raw turkeys.
“The recipients are scared to cook them or they don’t know how to cook them or they don’t have pots and pans to cook them and they don’t want to get sick or go to urgent care because they’re got it on their hands.”
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