how much food do you waste

Spanish Eyes · 06-03-2016 08:36PM

For those of you who might be ok at baking, if your buttermilk goes out of date you can still use it to make soda bread for up to two weeks. That's what I do and I'm still here!

Buttermilk is not ok for freezing though, unlike whole milk.

I often wonder what folk did before dates were compulsory on food items. Sniff and eat, or discard if the smellers meant a real no no I suppose.

Bongalongherb · 06-03-2016 08:40PM

I never waste food, I always make sure that what I purchase will be used. I could never understand why anyone would waste food. Folk should just buy what they need.

Shenshen · 06-03-2016 08:42PM

Not a lot, really. If bread goes out of date, I leave it out o go stale, then grate it for breadcrumbs. Veg that goes a bit brown gets used for making stock, fruit gets used up in cakes and muffins (banana muffins are a current favourite of mine).

We don't eat meat, so have no waste there. We tend not to do a big weekly shop though, I find we end up wasting a lot more if we do. I usually stop by the shops on my way home every second day or so.

etoughguy · 06-03-2016 08:49PM

strelok wrote: »

i make soup twice a week so I'll usually end up with a parsnip or two spare, which goes in the bin

otherwise, none.

well, alright. every now and again I have to throw out 2 or 3 kiwis cos I forgot to eat them.

Ha this was almost verbatim what I was going to post!

The Randy Riverbeast · 06-03-2016 08:50PM

Not a lot. When I go shopping I see whats on offer and plan meals around it.

Now and again we go through the food we have and take out anything thats nearly out of date so we can focus on using that up. Bread and sometimes milk are the most common thrown out things. We just started buying less milk and a half loaf costs more than a full loaf so should probably start freezing. The milk often goes off before the best before for some reason.

Super-Rush · 06-03-2016 09:10PM

Anything we don't eat goes to the staff, except the caviar.

Poochie05 · 06-03-2016 09:22PM

The Randy Riverbeast wrote: »

Not a lot. When I go shopping I see whats on offer and plan meals around it.

Now and again we go through the food we have and take out anything thats nearly out of date so we can focus on using that up. Bread and sometimes milk are the most common thrown out things. We just started buying less milk and a half loaf costs more than a full loaf so should probably start freezing. The milk often goes off before the best before for some reason.

Does it get left out on the counter much?
may be an old wives tale but an hour out of the fridge is a day off the date...

Spanish Eyes · 06-03-2016 09:40PM

Super-Rush wrote: »

Anything we don't eat goes to the staff, except the caviar.

Love it. LOL.

miezekatze · 06-03-2016 09:51PM

We used to be quite bad at that and threw out loads, but now I usually plan our meals for the week before we go shopping and throw away very little food. There's only two of us so I often end up freezing portions of bread, meat etc. The only thing I have to throw out regularly is milk, it just doesn't keep very long and we don't use very much of it.

how much food do you waste

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