To be honest, I'm constantly pissed off by how much food I throw away.
But I think that's because I live with a vegan so we can't share much food.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 14:41, 1 reply, 13 years ago)

And paying £42 a week for food that I won't throw away doesn't really make sense.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 14:42, Reply)

write a shopping list based on what you plan to eat.
buy the contents of that list. Unless you're eating fucking swan every night, you shouldn't be spending more than that on just the food for one person.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 14:45, Reply)

The stuff I chuck out tends to be things where I've not finished a packet like PHiladelphia or sliced ham
rather than things I haven't used at all. When planning dinner I check the fridge and dinner is based on what is in there and what needs to be eaten soonest.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 14:47, Reply)

Nah my main thing is pack sizes not buying superflous stuff.
I can rarely get through a pack of bacon before it goes off, and I always throw away about a third of a loaf of bread.
(PsychoChomp, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 14:47, Reply)

Buy a fucking freezer then
it's not rocket surgery.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 14:48, Reply)

I had this problem when I was living alone.
Stuff just doesn't come in small enough packets. So you have to cook a huge fucking batch of stuff at a time and eat mince for four days straight.
( Kroney, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 14:50, Reply)

eat
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 14:52, Reply)

FREEZER. ARRRGH.


that's not me getting frustrated with you, I've just caught my balls in a -80...
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 14:52, Reply)

What's a -80?

(Bazongaloid, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 14:53, Reply)

sorry, a -80 freezer. As in, one that keeps things at minus 80 centigrade.
We use them for cell banking.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 14:54, Reply)

Only you and Berk would get this joke.

( Kroney, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 14:57, Reply)

Who said it was a joke?
if you'll excuse me, the fire brigade are here now.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 14:59, Reply)

You don't need an ambulance, I can fix it for you.
I even brought my own toffee hammer.
( Kroney, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 15:01, Reply)

You can buy a large amount of mince and freeze it you know?

(Bazongaloid, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 14:53, Reply)

Which is fine
but then you've got to cook it all at once. You're not supposed to re-freeze stuff and if I cook up a batch of stuff, then sort it into individual portions and freeze them separately, then I don't have any fucking room for ice cream and chips.
( Kroney, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 14:54, Reply)

get a bigger freezer.
it's cheaper than throwing food away. Also, if you freeze the raw mince in meal sized portions, you can cook different things each time.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 15:00, Reply)

I rent, I don't buy my own freezers.

( Kroney, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 15:01, Reply)

Are you being intentionally stupid?
You can subdivide the mince into small portions. About 125g per person is reasonable.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 15:02, Reply)

In my last place I only had a little freezer.
Doing that means you need containers, which takes up more room. Which, in turn, means no fucking ice cream and chips.
( Kroney, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 15:04, Reply)

Again, how do you survive in the world?
Have you not heard of sandwich bags? You place your mince in a bag and you can tuck lots of little portions up together and bobs your uncle.

I would now like an apology from you for being so dumb for so long and then I would like an expression of thanks for the fact that you can now purchase large packs of mince and chicken and not half to throw it away.
(Bazongaloid, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 15:08, Reply)

Well, mostly I have muddled along by eating chicken kievs.
I like the way I white knighted Chompy then it's all been about how I'm now the idiot and he's nowhere to be found.

Cheers, BRO.
( Kroney, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 15:10, Reply)

No probs.

(PsychoChomp, Fri 4 Jan 2013, 15:20, Reply)