Road rules1 min ago
Wasting Food at the G8
So Gordon Brown is telling us not to waste food just at the time when he is off to Japan on a "jolly" called the G8 Summit.
They are going to be given 8 dinners comprising sushi, truffles and the best food from each of the 8 countries. wonder how much of it will be thrown away?
I have a suggestion - why not give the leaders a Third World diet whilst they are discussing the global economies - a bowl of rice or maize meal a day would give them first hand knowledge of the situation and definitely concentrate their minds on what nearly half the population of the planet have to live on.
They are going to be given 8 dinners comprising sushi, truffles and the best food from each of the 8 countries. wonder how much of it will be thrown away?
I have a suggestion - why not give the leaders a Third World diet whilst they are discussing the global economies - a bowl of rice or maize meal a day would give them first hand knowledge of the situation and definitely concentrate their minds on what nearly half the population of the planet have to live on.
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I think a lot of the stuff chucked out is because of this obsession with "sell by" / "Best before" dates. There's the supermarkets themselves but also individuals will chuck things out for no good reason. There's always a bit of leeway and in the case of meat expecially beef it's not really fit to eat until it's a week past it's sell by date! If it's all lovely bright red it's like eating rubber!
On the whole it's a good thing to curtail waste especially when half the world is starving and the other half is overfat!
On the whole it's a good thing to curtail waste especially when half the world is starving and the other half is overfat!
I am not saying it is OK to waste food. I was brought up by my great grandma who believed that any food waste was a capital offence - just try leaving anything on the plate!
I agree that all these "sell by" dates are the problem. We used to know when food was past its "sell by date" - it went a funny colour and it smelled awful.
I used to throw things away after several days until I worked in a restaurant and saw how they kept things going for at least a week!
As to politicians - glass houses and stones come to mind!
I agree that all these "sell by" dates are the problem. We used to know when food was past its "sell by date" - it went a funny colour and it smelled awful.
I used to throw things away after several days until I worked in a restaurant and saw how they kept things going for at least a week!
As to politicians - glass houses and stones come to mind!
I despise waste, once upon a time I bought loads of yoghurt ou of the supermarket cos it was really cheap only to discover when I got it home that it only had about 4 days before it went off. I then embarked on a yoghurt eating frenzy the like of which has never been seen before or since, and I still had to throw 2 tubs out.
The reality is that nobody buys food with the intention of lobbing it straight into the bin, I might see something I've never tried before buy it, not like it, if my Mum won't have it then 'll throw it out, personally I think it was a stupid thing for the P.M to say and he should have more important things to think about.
The reality is that nobody buys food with the intention of lobbing it straight into the bin, I might see something I've never tried before buy it, not like it, if my Mum won't have it then 'll throw it out, personally I think it was a stupid thing for the P.M to say and he should have more important things to think about.
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