Food Shelves Request Ethnic Donations

Same hunger, different diets

Move over, mac and cheese. The local food shelf could use a little fufu.

Twin Cities' food banks and food shelves are racing to stock more ethnic foods to keep up with the area's growing number of new immigrants.

Culturally specific items sought at food banks and food shelves:

# Different kinds of rice: basmati, jasmine, saffron and brown rice

# Beans of all kinds

# Meat that is halal, certified for the Muslim community

# Fufu, an African porridge

# Plantains

# Fresh fruits and vegetables

# Guilin rice noodles

# Bean thread

# Soy milk or beverages

# White gourd juice

# Corn meal, corn flour and corn oil

# Fish sauce

I guess beggars can be choosers.