observer Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Dump waste food according to the use by date or by your sense of smell? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 If you shop sensibly you don't do either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverlady54 Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Exactly! Don't waste money or food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry hayes Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 We don't. but our grand-children, examine everything. Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Depends on what the food is Obs..... things like salad, fruit, bread, cheese, milk and other 'obviouses' (is that a word?) for example I will use after the use by date as it's easy to tell if it is still edible or gone off. Meat.... well I will sometimes go a a day or two over if it still looks and smells ok. Things like yoghurts, only about a day over day over then they get thrown. I must admit though we waste an awful lot of food in our house as despite what I said above most things finish up going well over the dates Just done my fridge and have thrown a whole pack of actimel yoghurt drinks, two normal youghurts, pack of sausages, an opened pack of bacon that looked a bit iffy, some strawberries that were only bought on Saturday but are going mouldy , some rather floppy celery, 4 eggs and a pint of milk. If that's not bad enough I also filled two carrier bags with tinned foods and packets from the 'store cupboard' which had gone way past their use by date a few weeks ago Must remember to bring older tins to the front and put new ones at the back in future Not good at all.... and from now on I will refrain from food shopping until every little morsel in the cupboards and fridge have been eaten My dads neighbours ignore use by dates completely though and just eat it anyway are never ill.. I think they are both vegetarians though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 The s/markets don't help either - thrusting 2 for 1 offers etc at you, unless your an obese bound gannet, you can't eat the stuff so it's bound to get wasted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 You're probably right there obs as our actimels were 2 for 1 and we obviously didn't need 2 so it wasn't really a good bargain was it Just thrown away 3 bananas, 4 clementines (which were in a 50% extra free) bag and a yellow pepper too Why do fruits and vegies not seem to last very long these days by the way whereas cheese which used to go mouldy fairly quickly when I was a kid now seems to last forever There are people starving in the world and I'm buying food and throwing it away as we didn't really need it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 In days of yore it wouldn't be wasted, the pigs could eat it - perhaps some pig farms could help re-cycle it all - or maybe they'll just fly?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 In my opinion most sell/use by dates are there to panic users to throw perfectly good items away and replace them off the supermarket shelves resulting in increased sales/profits for those supermarkets. I realise the younger element must be sick and tired of us 'wrinklies' wittering on about the old days, but our mothers and some of our wives had little to store food in other than a cool cupboard with a wooden cabinet having a door with a zinc perforated front (to keep the flies out) to keep meat in, the women used their nose and eyes and taste to tell them if food was good enough to consume, plus if it was during and just after the war we were lucky if you had meat to eat, the waste of food nowadays is completely unnecessary and immoral. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Even if it's "off" - a curry can make it edible - and it saves on laxatives! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted April 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Even if it's "off" - a curry can make it edible - and it saves on laxatives! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 and if ovbiously tends to 'repeat' on you too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry hayes Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 England were great when I were a lad. We all ate English food kept in fly infested shops for over a week, There'a balance in all things. Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Eggs will last for weeks. If unsure break one into a cup before using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Eh how do you know they are ok by just breaking them into a cup? Do you mean smell them or something... I thought you got 'sam and ella' from eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Harry.... you didn't really did you If you did well it's clearly not done you any harm... or has it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry hayes Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Dizzy - done me no harm, but everyone else is dead. A fly paper was a standard feature of every small grocers shop. A cake, albeit 7 days old, was quite a treat in those days. Happy days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Now here's a question Harry.... in your opinion are there more or less flies around these days than there used to be. and yes I am actually being serious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Depends whether you live near a tip or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harry hayes Posted April 19, 2011 Report Share Posted April 19, 2011 Undoubtedly a lot less flies nowadays. Every house had a fly paper, often not changed for weeks. Someone always went round with a rolled up newspaper for swatting the little devils. No DDT or anything like that. Much less soap and cleaning fluids. Outside toilets with collections once a week. Dog dirt abounded. But still - happy days(just) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fugtifino Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 I trust my nose and eyes whilst noting sell by dates: not had any food poisony-type related incidents in donkeys. We've made good progress in reducing what we throw away, but there's usually something which ends up in the compost bin or the chickens. There's not much left for the flies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
algy Posted April 20, 2011 Report Share Posted April 20, 2011 More flies then, as nearly every terraced house had outside bin toilets down the back yard (we did in Latchford) so imagine on a hot summers day the flies would hold meetings down the yard then visit the house to see what food was about or paddle about in your glass of pop or milk etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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