30-04-2017, 07:53 PM
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Food Waste
The government says we are wasting too much food,and thinking of scrapping best before dates, but a lot of trouble are the supermarkets,it is very difficult to get just one of something, or a small portion,then we have the BOGOF offers I have a small appetite ,we dont have any individual shops to buy small amounts,so am stuck with supermarkets,often I avoid buying something because its too much for me, or works out more expensive, for instance I like 'Little Gem Lettuces, but you can only buy 2or 4 in a pack, too much for me alone
30-04-2017, 09:56 PM
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Each week I write my shopping list and a day menu so that I know what we are gping to eat each day. I measure portions and make sure that meals are produced with little or no waste. It takes planning but its worth it. Greed is a big factor in over buying and waste many of the special offers are false economy and play on our greed.
30-04-2017, 10:21 PM
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they don't need to scrap best before. They can just say, "you can still eat it after but it might not taste so good". I thought the main news story was that they were going to stop supermarkets selling perfect fruit and veg. So we may get some rude carrots on our shelves :https://www.buzzfeed.com/foleykeiran...M6R#.cjKmOxG6O
30-04-2017, 11:34 PM
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Originally Posted by AnnieS
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So we may get some rude carrots on our shelves :
30-04-2017, 11:39 PM
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Re: Food Waste
Originally Posted by deylon
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The government says we are wasting too much food,and thinking of scrapping best before dates, but a lot of trouble are the supermarkets,it is very difficult to get just one of something, or a small portion,then we have the BOGOF offers I have a small appetite ,we dont have any individual shops to buy small amounts,so am stuck with supermarkets,often I avoid buying something because its too much for me, or works out more expensive, for instance I like 'Little Gem Lettuces, but you can only buy 2or 4 in a pack, too much for me alone
deylon
Little Gem lettuces are lovely qiuckly braised in butter.
Also if you can't buy small portions of food you can cook the surplus and freeze small portions, so none is wasted
01-05-2017, 06:22 AM
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HiBest before dates are a manufacturers and retailers invention, they have nothing at all to do with food safety.
Use by dates are very different things, they are there for a reason, or should be, which is to protect the consumer.
Unfortunately, even some of these are too short, they are not uniform in application, they vary as well.
01-05-2017, 08:50 AM
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Originally Posted by swimfeeders
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HiBest before dates are a manufacturers and retailers invention, they have nothing at all to do with food safety.
Use by dates are very different things, they are there for a reason, or should be, which is to protect the consumer.
Unfortunately, even some of these are too short, they are not uniform in application, they vary as well.
How long do you reckon frozen food is safe for when it has gone past the date - assuming it has been frozen crrectly all the time and not been allowed to thaw out?
01-05-2017, 09:00 AM
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Like Cass we waste virtually nothing. We do a menu for the week and shop accordingly, with any surplus being frozen to have another day.Regarding the sell and use by dates these are just inventions to make us waste more and therefore buy more, we never needed them before and we survived quite happily using sight, smell and common sense.
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