A Family Wastes 60Lb Of Food A Month?

[NoseyNose]

According to the TV advert(where people are dressed as vegetables).

A family wastes 60lb's of veggies a month.

Where can I verify this,as it does seem extreme.

Being brought up at the tail end of WWII rationing(I was born in 1947)

I hate to waste food,and don't,even though I am now a single household..

Any thoughts?

 

 

[cashier]

I don't waste anything. I imagine the 60lbs is a guess figure seeing as the advert is for a wonky veg company. Those boxes they are selling are very expensive and far too big for one person.

[david small]

Not in my house we don't.

[Old_Geezer]

60 lbs a month is the equivalent of 2 lbs of food every day. Pull the other one; no family does that.

[TheWinner]

£60 not 60 lbs.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/articles/food_waste_recipes

[Atheist]

Thanks, Winner.

[TheWinner]

you're welcome Atheist, big difference between the two.

[Old_Geezer]

Still ridiculous though.

[fripfrip]

Atheist i hope you didn't go throwing your custard about in the 60s.

[Tilly2]

Vagus, I don't fancy cabbage soup

[Vagus]

Chuck in some other veg you happen to have in Tilly, a couple of carrots, a potato, an onion or two, maybe a pepper, a tin of chopped tomatoes, a veg stock thing, throw in some pasta, maybe a tin of any kind of beans on your cupboard, anything to hand. Add some dried mixed herbs or a few chilli flakes, et voila! A tasty hearty soup..eat some, freeze some. Nothing wasted.

[fripfrip]

^^^         ^^^

That sounds good to me.

[Vagus]

You can give it a bit of a whizz with a hand held whizzer, just enough to thicken it a bit but not enough to purée it all, that's what I usually do.

Ive chucked in leftover salad leaves too, and ends of cucumber, anything past it's best for eating but not mouldy.

[jourdain2]

We too have very few food/veg 'leftovers' (I'm also a product of post-war cookery).  Anything we have goes into the brown 'caddy' and biodegradable bags provided by the very advanced E. Yorkshire waste management.  They are so efficient that every autumn/winter there are local collection points where you can collect a bag of compost, made from your leftovers, on production of your card for the dechetterie ( sorry Eng. word has temporarily deserted me).  

I'm truly appalled about how much modern families waste.

[NoseyNose]

The TV add just says 60 pounds,not if it's £60 or 60lbs,either way it's terrible.

[pastafreak]

Here's an article about the advert...cant find a video. It's only on UKtv. I caught it earlier.

https://corporate.uktv.co.uk/news/article/uktv-commits-1-million-of-airtime-to-everyday-sustainability-campaign/

[Old_Geezer]

No idea why but your linked to webpage won't scroll on my tablet 😕

[Tilly2]

I'll give it a go today, Vagus. Thank you.

[pastafreak]

It just worked on mine O_G. Maybe it's your tablet. 

[Vagus]

You're welcome, Tilly, go for it and let me know how yours turns out.
None of my soups ever turn out the same as I taste and add things like tomato purée, balsamic vinegar or Worcestershire sauce or leftover gravy as I go along. The only thing I'm not keen on adding is broccoli, much as I  love broccoli I don't like it in a mixed veg type soup. And cheese. We add a bit of grated cheese once it's in our bowls if we fancy it.

[barry1010]

The only food that goes in my bin is chicken bones.  The dogs have the other bones.