i'm afraid i have to disagree with youit 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.
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Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:18,
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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.
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Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:21,
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and don't be fooled by use by datesa 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.
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Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:27,
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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.
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Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:28,
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right that's that sortedb3ta solves yet another world problem, next.
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Mon 7 Jul 2008, 9:30,
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absofuckinglutelyorganic 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.
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Mon 7 Jul 2008, 10:06,
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