Wasting food

[fire_of_avalon]

Rantz, I'm not even joking whenever I have to throw away some food I picture your face in my mind and how disappointed you'd be in me!

I think I'm quite bad at wasting food. It's something I'm trying much harder not to do, mostly I'm that person that forgets she bought those strawberries until one day she finds them a bit... green in the fridge. It's hard when you buy for one person as you're responsible for eating it all. When I'm at home (parents) though, no food gets wasted because we have 4 rottweilers okay.

I am like this too, because maybe I want strawberries or grapes or something for a couple of days but then I get busy and just eat something at work for a few days BUT EVERYTHING IS NOW ROTTEN BECUASE smurf YOU, MEGAN.

It's really rough with kids because their metabolisms are all over the place. Full-on meals just don't work. So much is wasted. The answer to not wasting food is not to just eat everything (that's an especially terrible thing to teach kids), but to portion less in the first place.

I despise wastefulness (and not just food). I think it's probably somewhere beyond pet peeve level. I'm kind of mean about it sometimes.

Even food that's kind of gone bad (stale cereal, partially rotten bananas, etc.) can be useful. My oldest daughter is super crafty and uses stale cereal, spilled noodles, ruined rice, etc. in her crafts and "experiments."

Fruit & vegetables that have gone bad still make good smoothies.

You should run a help-line for people like me so I can call you when I'm cleaning out the refrigerator once a week and scream at me. Also, brown bananas = the best banana bread in the universe.

as a side note how often would you lot go grocery shopping I try and go once - twice a week and select only what I can eat in the next few days. This pattern allows me to be flexible in what I want because I only have to think of 4 - 5 days food maximum this is a great planner for how much I'll need/what to buy.

This is a great idea, if/when I live closer to town. But I probably would just start eating steak every day.

I worked at the food court in Target for a while and I hated it because every night you had to throw all the food away

EVERY NIGHT, FRESHBAKED COOKIES GOT TRASHED

It was so sad

This bothers me a lot because tons and tons of restaurants do this when all that cooked food could be useful to somebody. It upsets me. Which is why I better eat my goddamn strawberries.

[Shiny]

I worked at the food court in Target for a while and I hated it because every night you had to throw all the food away

EVERY NIGHT, FRESHBAKED COOKIES GOT TRASHED

It was so sad

Why? I would've taken them all home especially if they were chocolate chip cookies.

Someone I know who works at Panera Bread would take all the extra bagels and bring them to school the next day. People were so friggin' happy in early morning Trigonometry class to get those french toast bagels lemme tell you.

The worse travesties I've seen with people throwing things away is on film sets. The catering service always makes too much even for large crews. They baked about six cakes and ended up throwing away most of them. A lot of really good food got thrown away and what pissed me off the most if that they were inside a church right next to a shelter. There were plenty of people nearby who would have loved to get that food. I even asked the dude if I can take it all and give it to them myself and he was like, "no no, we throw away".

[Jinx]

A lot of restaurants use it as waste yield so they know how much to make the next week/day/month.

You can get in a LOT of trouble if the restaurant isn't okay with you taking it. Some are. Most aren't. One restaurant I worked at was fine if you took the leftovers of the daily special home (it only popped up once a week, so they couldn't reserve it the next day). And they counted BEFORE the servers attacked it. The other restaurant I worked at had a no-tolerance policy for such a thing. It really depends on the place.

I'm sorry, but risking my job to enjoy the last few pieces of a pie isn't worth it.

[Pike]

I worked at the food court in Target for a while and I hated it because every night you had to throw all the food away

EVERY NIGHT, FRESHBAKED COOKIES GOT TRASHED

It was so sad

Why? I would've taken them all home especially if they were chocolate chip cookies.

Counts as theft. I would've been in big trouble if I'd been caught.

...granted, that didn't stop me from doing it on occasion anyway

[Night Fury]

I had to throw away courgette this morning. So much mould I'm sorry Dad.

[Pike]

Oh man I hate when mold ruins something that would otherwise have been amazing RIP all the bread products I've thrown away through the years.

[Rantz]

I'll reiterate that throwing away food that has actually gone bad is still unfortunate for all the wasted promise, but it doesn't provoke my wrath like throwing away freshly baked cookies does.

[Loony BoB]

We have a bad habit in our flat for forgetting about some kind of veg or fruit long enough that it goes bad. Particularly lettuce heads which are cheaper than the bags, last longer, but still never get 100% used. We're getting a lot better at predicting what we will actually eat over time, though, and what will probably end up sitting around going bad. At the moment, four pears and perhaps some grapes tends to be a good choice. Most of the rest of our food lasts long enough to not go bad.

[Pike]

Fresh berries are the worst, I love them but they last like 36 hours max.

[chionos]

The best foods are generally the ones that spoil the fastest. I guess nuts are the main exception. And that's why nuts are the best.

[Jinx]

The best foods are generally the ones that spoil the fastest. I guess nuts are the main exception. And that's why nuts are the best.

I like to eat nuts.

[chionos]

The best foods are generally the ones that spoil the fastest. I guess nuts are the main exception. And that's why nuts are the best.

I like to eat nuts.

Salty, coated, au natural?

There's all different kinds of nuts. I know Laddy likes his covered in chocolate.

[Jinx]

I like my salted so I can suck on them first.

[chionos]

I like my salted so I can suck on them first.

Oh, now that's just too far.

[Depression Moon]

I try to avoid wasting for as much as I can, but sometimes I pick something awful at the school caf just to try it out. Last semester I ate it regardless of how bad it was, now I've thrown those disgusting things to the trash line a few times. Now, I'll just play it safe and stick to the usual stuff or the new stuff that is pretty safe to bet on the taste.