hguyw
Recycles dryer sheets
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- Feb 9, 2008
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And the pricing of food plays a role: When 1/2 gallon of milk costs just 10 cents more than a quart, I'll buy the 1/2 gallon even though I'll probably not use it all.
Must be time to buy one of those Foodsaver thingys or those green colored bags you see on the informercials while channel flippin'. Spend $1 for a plastic bag to store $0.10 worth of celery. Hah!
How can you convince someone that they could probably save many hundreds or maybe thousands of dollars per year with proper use of some ziplock bags and a few clothespins/chip clips?
How do they define food? Am I throwing out 2 lbs of food if I toss the turkey carcass instead of using it to make stock? Throwing away the bacon fat instead of using it to fry my own pork rinds? Composting the tough ends of the asparagus instead of choking it down?
I would be interested in seeing the science behind this article. As previously stated, they may be talking largely about restaurant food waste. I just don't see 40% in the home, even with the stale chips and cheese whiz mentioned above. How do they define food? Am I throwing out 2 lbs of food if I toss the turkey carcass instead of using it to make stock? Throwing away the bacon fat instead of using it to fry my own pork rinds? Composting the tough ends of the asparagus instead of choking it down? As was discussed in another thread, there are a lot of things some cultures consider food that I don't. Just show me the facts, ma'am.
Edit: Just reread it to make sure I didn't miss any attribution. I guess I'm just not convinced by "a new study". Not even "a new study by the University of Starving Indian Kids" or anything.