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# Ningbus
and 'Ning-all

it is sad about the ol' food waste, thing is you can't buy little enough broccoli for 2 people for a week. We throw away more than i'd like to and we THINK about it, fuck knows what the proles chuck out. Something like 1/3 youghurts never get eaten.
(I helped save b3ta! lordsaccharine b3taing is well retro mate, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:13, archived)
# i'm afraid i have to disagree with you
it is very rare for me to bin any food at all, the odd spud might bite the dust occasionally and that ends up on the compost heap. i guess i'm lucky that we tend to eat to stay standing up rather than for the fun of it.
(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:18, archived)
# heh, we do try very hard, and it vexes me deeply when we do chuck somehthing out.
I think a lot of the problem is that the supermarkets are set up to deliver the best value to a 5 person family unit, wheras these days they are likely to be selling to more, smaller households.
(I helped save b3ta! lordsaccharine b3taing is well retro mate, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:21, archived)
# and don't be fooled by use by dates
a few days here or there on properly stored food won't kill you. i have a chum who drives me to despair, she only ever buys organic anything and ends up binning half of it if it is an hour over the date, she also has a habit of buying premium brand luxury food, half of which also ends up in the bin, then complains that she is skint.
(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:27, archived)
# I pay no heed to sellbys, if i can't see signs of rot then it's clean.
"organic"'s a fucking con and all, how the fuck are we going to feed the world with that.
(I helped save b3ta! lordsaccharine b3taing is well retro mate, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:28, archived)
# right that's that sorted
b3ta solves yet another world problem, next.
(I helped save b3ta! god save the queen making another unremarkable comeback, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:30, archived)
# YES!
*hi5
(I helped save b3ta! lordsaccharine b3taing is well retro mate, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:34, archived)
# absofuckinglutely
organic food is indeed a con. with food prices rising anyway, and widespread starvation in many parts of the world, it astonishes me that the western world is actively looking for ways to make food more expensive, less environmentally friendly and less efficiently grown.
(I helped save b3ta! urbane legend i have known the inexorable sadness of pencils, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 10:06, archived)
# ^this
(I helped save b3ta! lordsaccharine b3taing is well retro mate, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 10:31, archived)
# potatoes are the main casualty in my kitchen
i just don't cook with them often enough
(I helped save b3ta! Tom OBedlam I have control of a tank, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:23, archived)
# I can't wait to have a garden, it's going to be aaaaall kitchen
any old potatoes i'll just bung in the ground were they will turn into MOARPOTATOES!
(I helped save b3ta! lordsaccharine b3taing is well retro mate, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:27, archived)
# I think it's a good thing,
Raising the profile of food waste, that is.

I was bought up to believe that it was a sacrilege to throw away good food (when all those folk are hungry blah blah blah) - and, despite it being very irritating at the time, I think it's instilled good sense in me.

It's hard to appreciate the true value of food until you haven't got any; anything that can be done to reduce waste must be good.

/serious
(SockCooker ПТН ПНХ, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:31, archived)
# yeah, for sure, although i think that can set up a guilt complex in some people
Which can confuse the issue further, rather than have it based upon logic.

oooh, we pulled a lurker out with our important discussion! 1st lurkers, next the government!
(I helped save b3ta! lordsaccharine b3taing is well retro mate, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:37, archived)
# PAY ATTENTION LORDS
SouldCooker started the fucking thread, however it IS wonderful that they are now chatting.
(I helped save b3ta! lordsaccharine b3taing is well retro mate, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 10:16, archived)
# nings LS
also, the stuff that goes off quickest is the stuff that's good for you

so you're more likely to chuck out a nice bit of broccoli than you are to chuck out a ready-made lasagne stuffed full of preservatives and antioxidants (and probably ten tons of salt)

which doesn't encourage the thick to buy fresh things

"Ughhhhh, it's bin in da GROUND! That is so dirty innit. I'm gonna get a pizza"
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:23, archived)
# This is also true
I'd tax the living fuck out of ready meals, overloaded with salt, fat and sugar, awful. They teach total dependence and encourage ignorance.
(I helped save b3ta! lordsaccharine b3taing is well retro mate, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:26, archived)
# which is exactly why they aren't taxed to fuck
governments like dependent ignorant people
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:27, archived)
# *passes Conspiro brand foil-hat
(I helped save b3ta! lordsaccharine b3taing is well retro mate, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:39, archived)
# NO!! the foil hats don't protect you from aliens
you need a magnet!
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:51, archived)
# watch out for your commodore tapes
(80's childhood computer disaster)
(I helped save b3ta! lordsaccharine b3taing is well retro mate, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:52, archived)
# I dunno if I've got a commodore tape drive
I think I've got one of those new fangled floppy drives
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:55, archived)
# then you are safe
enjoy your glorious megabyte and 44/100ths
(I helped save b3ta! lordsaccharine b3taing is well retro mate, Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:58, archived)
# weren't they 512 Kb?
*checks* many different sizes:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floppy_disk
Christ I remember when a megabyte was huge. then laughed at a 10 Mb hdd when I had about 100Mb...
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Mon 7 Jul 2008, 10:02, archived)
# Wait until they find out where McDonald's hamburgers come from
(k3b/-\b Peace man., Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:26, archived)