Have you ever wanted to dine for free? If you have then the good news is that there are some pretty weird ways of doing it you could try. Like these ones, for example.
Dumpster Diving

Call it urban scavenging, call is dumpster diving or call it freeganism. The end result is that you – my hungry yet financially embarrassed friend – end up eating food which someone else has thrown out. The smartest way to do this and avoid gut rot at the same time is to hang around outside supermarkets. When they throw out food which has just past its sell by date you are in free food heaven. The treats which come well packaged are clearly more hygienic choices.
Roadkill Hunting
Have you ever seen a deceased rabbit or a large lifeless rodent at the side of the road and thought, “Yummy”? Lots of people do this and some of them are even sane. Eating roadkill appears to be becoming increasingly popular but it isn’t for the squeamish. The great thing about this way of getting free food is that you get to try stuff you will never find in the supermarket, like badger, raccoon, rat and unidentifiable lumps of meat which have been run over by big trucks. Actually, this might not be such a good point after all now that I think about it.
Mushroom Picking
Picking mushrooms isn’t in itself particularly weird at first sight. After all, some of these funghi are among Mother Nature’s tastiest gifts to mankind. Ah, but what about the poisonous ones that could freaking kill you? Those ones aren’t so great, are they? If you are going to pick mushrooms you are going to have to be pretty darned sure that you don’t choose any that will leave you flat on your back the moment you try your wild mushroom and badger soufflé with garlic.
Don’t Pay Your Restaurant Bill
Have you ever been tempted to eat your meal and then get the heck out of there before the waiter comes round with the bill? It is a bad, bad thing to do but plenty of people try it all the time. Few of them get away with it, though. This is because of something I call the freeloader’s hunger to physical capability to run ratio. The thing is; if you know you are going to be (hopefully) eating for free you will shovel as much of that good stuff down your gullet as possible. Hey, you might even allow the restaurant to treat you to some of the finest delicacies on their menu. Now, the downside to the freeloader’s hunger to physical capability to run ratio is that it is directly proportional. What this means, in layman’s terms, is that you are likely to be hunched over on the ground vomiting up your free meal before you even get to the end of the block.
Visit Your Relatives Every Day
I know a guy who never eats at home or pays for meals out. Ever. Instead, he visits his parents, his aunts or any other relative with a kitchen each day. This weird and rather sad chap basically lives off the cooking of his relatives. He is starting to get rather plump so hopefully they will twig onto his strategy and start closing their doors to him one by one.
