Well, little or nuthin', actually. This got a wry grin outta me:
It really pains me to throw food away but it DOES happen from time to time. Cooking for One will do that to ya, especially when most food packaging is designed for families rather than single people. That said, I don't come CLOSE to throwing 40% of my food away. The high end estimate would be quite a bit less than ten percent, if I had to guess.
Cooking for two ain't no picnic, either
ReplyDeleteAbout the only way waste can be avoided is to buy fresh and buy often
Buying fresh would be a viable option in a location OTHER than P-Ville. That's the downside o' small-town livin'.
DeleteOr get a dog or two. That way, only the nastiest vegetables get wasted.
ReplyDeleteWhen was moonlighting at the fast food place, it was almost heartbreaking the amount of perfectly edible food that went straight in the dumpster. I imagine the logistics of donating it (and the potential liability problems) will mean it keeps going in the dumpster. There has to be a better way.
I know from whence you speak. I worked at Mickey Dee's in the far, far wayback and was appalled... even at my tender age... at the amount o' food we threw out. I have no ideer what that "better way" might be, but I agree... there should be SOME alternative.
DeleteThat "nuthin" you got turned out pretty well. Good topic, throwing away food. I seldom, if ever, throw away food when the Missus is out of town. I use the whole loaf of bread, the whole packet of bologna and the whole jar of mayonnaise. Well, I do throw the packaging away. And feel bad about it. Hhhmm, I could probably use the bread wrapper to make clothing, the empty mayonnaise jars to build a dwelling and the empty bologna packaging for roofing.
ReplyDeleteDamn, I might be onto something here! Nah, the Missus would just come home and throw all that crap out. So much for my mayonnaise jar long house.
You got snagged by the spam trap, Sarge, but I saved ya. C'mon... SURELY you eat sumthin' other than baloney sammidiges?
DeleteIf we don't eat it, we have an animal that will. Chickens are the solution to nasty veggies.
ReplyDeleteJust today, I went to throw some old grapes out to the chickens. Wanting to throw them from the kitchen out the back door and get them way out in the yard, I threw really hard. But I misjudged my height from inside the house and hit the top of the pergola over the patio. Grapes went all over the patio, and I laughed at my stupidity. The chickens did their job and ate them anyway.
DeleteI don't think my landlord would take kindly to chickens on the prem. Hell, I can't even have a DOG.
DeleteWe're in the roughly 10% food throw away bracket. Though recently we wept at the amount of food we had to throw away; literally half of our fridge. We had bought a bunch of organic veggies and other yummy things then life conspired to keep us from being able to cook a meal at home for about 3 weeks. All that luscious food spoiled and man was it ugly in the kitchen as I cleaned out the fridge. I still feel horrible about it and that was 2 weeks ago.
ReplyDeleteI feel yore pain. Sometimes events conspire to overwhelm our best intentions and then spoilage happens. I've taken to freezing nearly everythang that CAN be frozen when I get back from the store, but some thangs just cannot be frozen. More's the pity.
DeleteI threw away a lot of chicken this summer. I would buy it on Saturday, planning on cooking it Monday, and then not getting to it until Friday. Woof! I had to take it to the work dumpster, as I didn't want to stink up my trash can. I should learn just to freeze it when I get home, but...
ReplyDeleteI bought some farm fresh chicken, thinking it would taste better than commercial chicken, but alas, it pretty much tasted the same to me. Maybe my old age taste buds are dead...
Been there, done that... on yer first. But I kinda-sorta learned my lesson (see above).
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