georgina toadbum wrote: » Charity cake sale in work this morning. I was that annoying prick going around with a bucket asking for money. One guy says he's got no change so he'll give it a miss. Grand. Walked away from my desk (where the cakes are) to go to the toilet but forgot something so turned back. Above guy at my desk helping himself to cakes. I asked him what he was doing and he said he just wanted a little taste. Absolute sleevenne going to my desk when I wasn't there to take some.
antrim14 wrote: » I lived in a house share for six months in 2016 with three other people. Two of them were completely fine but the other was a tight git. He was the classic stinge, the food that he did buy was all reduced and, often enough, past its sell by date. He was one of those people that would rather use something that had gone off rather than throw it out. I'm really surprised he never gave himself food poisoning with the amount of out of date Tesco chicken he cooked with. I'm not just talking a day or two out of date, sometimes a week or more! I remember seeing carrots in the fridge that were no joke six weeks past their sell by date and covered in black and blue marks. I asked Stinge did he want to throw them out and he proceeded to cut the black and blue parts off, and proceed to make his dinner with them. He wore the same rotation of faded shirts, trousers and scuffed shoes to work every day and the same jeans and t shirt every single weekend so I'm convinced buying new clothes was totally out of the question for him. small point; tesco etc are not allowed to sell out of date food... I buy reduced so know these things
Graces7 wrote: » antrim14 wrote: » small point; tesco etc are not allowed to sell out of date food... I buy reduced so know these things No stores are allowed to sell food beyond it's expiry date (best before is a different matter).
antrim14 wrote: » small point; tesco etc are not allowed to sell out of date food... I buy reduced so know these things
antrim14 wrote: » He was the classic stinge, the food that he did buy was all reduced and, often enough, past its sell by date. He was one of those people that would rather use something that had gone off rather than throw it out. I'm really surprised he never gave himself food poisoning with the amount of out of date Tesco chicken he cooked with. I'm not just talking a day or two out of date, sometimes a week or more! I remember seeing carrots in the fridge that were no joke six weeks past their sell by date and covered in black and blue marks. I asked Stinge did he want to throw them out and he proceeded to cut the black and blue parts off, and proceed to make his dinner with them.
Tell me how wrote: » 45% of all food produced never makes it to a plate. (54% in case of bread). To be fair to the stinge, a lot of us would be better off to not be so precious when it comes to food best before dates. 100 years ago there weren't even refrigerators and food production and consumption still happened. Nowadays, we should not be wasting so much.
Bubbaclaus wrote: » I'd be prone to cooking and eating food slightly gone past the use by date myself. If it smells and looks fine I just plough on. Wasted food just pisses me off too much to just throw it in the bin.
New Home wrote: » Lots of places donate leftover food to soup kitchens and places like that - much much better than dumping it!
iamwhoiam wrote: » Last week we had an omlette with beans , a bit of white pudding , a few slices of salami and the last scraps of red peppers !
Purple Mountain wrote: » No just no.
iamwhoiam wrote: » I do too , with the exception of chicken or mince . They are too risky for me . Every thursday or friday I raid the leftovers in the fridge and make an omelette . Last week we had an omlette with beans , a bit of white pudding , a few slices of salami and the last scraps of red peppers !
munstermagic11 wrote: » "Stingiest thing's thread" Less omlettes, more stinginess.
iamwhoiam wrote: » I will post my omlette recipies every Thursday just to annoy you !
Amalgam wrote: » Donal Skehan was touting an, Irish omelette with pudding, I seem to remember. Little slivers of red peppers, diamond shaped, add a lot of flavour, about the only thing out of sorts is the beans, but quite a few British folk would consider peas a valid Omelette ingredient, so..
munstermagic11 wrote: » It's the "Stingiest thing's thread" for a reason. I search elsewhere for omelette recipes. But keep it to once a week, and you have a deal! Now, more stinge please! Told the misses of the thread. Said she'd a coworker at one stage that was seen to pick up cigarette butts and pocket them. She was always the last to leave the smoking area. Not a case of saving money either (but she did have poor hygiene in general as well).
iamwhoiam wrote: » Are you a mod or just very cranky ?
munstermagic11 wrote: » Great thread. Took a while to catch-up, but not bad when you just focus on the most thanked. Finally, I knew a girl (lived with her and a few others) who was ridiculously tight with money. We'd to chase her for her part of the kitty for house hold stuff (toilet paper, dish washer liquid, etc...) as she'd rep Again, a case of stinge than a lack of money. One of the others saw her take potato peelings out of the bin to fry them up. I applaud not wasting food; but she waited for them to hit the bin and then slyly take them out rather than ask. She'd no lack of money, a new expensive bag each month.
Graces7 wrote: » Never tried fried potato peel...
BelovedAunt wrote: » You're like a magpie Grace, distracted by each shiny new post :pac:
