Reply to: Living the No Waste culture

[Spacecadet]

It didn't smell funny and I'm still here!

As for processes - I must remember to look in the fridge before I leave on a Friday morning...

I have the memory of a gold fish....

I was terrible for wasting bread. I'd buy a new loaf every Tuesday, might have 2 or 4 slices then forget about it till the following Tuesday and have to throw it out.
Now I freeze it and toast as required

[cojak]

Best Before Date is a guideline, if it smells funny don't eat it!

It didn't smell funny and I'm still here!

As for processes - I must remember to look in the fridge before I leave on a Friday morning...

I have the memory of a gold fish....

[OrangeHopper]

Feed it to the poor and see if they suffered first?

[Churchill]

Ask yourself the following question, "what would Jesus do?".

[OrangeHopper]

Is there a smilie for sarcasm? My comment got taken literally.

I get fed up when things get thrown away because they have exceed this or that date. Just smell the damn thing! I have only ever suffered food poisoning when I have eat out, not as a result of stuff eaten at home.

[Pondlife]

(The fact that it cost over £3.50 as well meant that I didn't waste my money - the main reason for this experiment... )

Risking £x00s in billable time to save £3.50 seems a bit of a risky strategy to me. May I also say that allowing yourself to get into this situation shows a distinct lack of planning on your side. I think you need to look at the processes you have in place at the alternate chez cojak to prevent future occurences.

HTH

[cojak]

A quick update

I survived the night!

I'm right as rain and am feeling virtuous that I didn't waste the meal.

(The fact that it cost over £3.50 as well meant that I didn't waste my money - the main reason for this experiment... )

[darmstadt]

A couple of supermarket chains in Denmark have been caught doing that, it was all over the papers for a few days.

Germany too. My missus worked in a couple and saw them doing it which is why we never buy meat in a supermarket now. I know a person who runs a burger/wurst/etc. stand at fairs and I've seen them in the supermarket buying all the old sold by date meat, yeeeuch!

[Brussels Slumdog]

They ate local food

It is amazing we are here! Think of the centuries when there were no "best before" or "use by" dates on food. What did people ever do?

People used to shop daily so there was no need for "best before" or "use by"
If you get the chance to go on holiday to a 3rd world country visit a local
market or souk. The meat you buy there was alive yesterday whereas in Europe it was probabily imported from NZ. The supermarkets will do their best to cheat so the Govt uses "best before" or "use by" dates for your peace of mind. They still cheat.Your local Butcher would not have cheated as his reputation was at stake.

[Board Game Geek]

It is amazing we are here! Think of the centuries when there were no "best before" or "use by" dates on food. What did people ever do?

Die of undiagnosed food poisoning, probably.

[OrangeHopper]

It is amazing we are here! Think of the centuries when there were no "best before" or "use by" dates on food. What did people ever do?

[threaded]

"Best before" is advice.

"Use by" is an instruction.

Having said that, twenty years ago I spent a miserable six months working for "a leading supermarket chain" and for some reason I ended up being seconded onto the fresh meat section early on a Saturday morning. Most of the meat would arrive from the depot and would be cut up and placed in the individual packages in store.

Before the store opened on a Saturday morning the "butchers" would walk around the meat counters and collect up all the packets that were one day before the "use by" date and take them out the back.

If the meat was not discoloured it would be repackaged with a new "use by date" and put back out on the shelves.

If the meat was discoloured noone would by it so it became "fresh mince" and then went back out on the shelves. Some very good cuts of meat used to go in that mince but there was never much waste....

A couple of supermarket chains in Denmark have been caught doing that, it was all over the papers for a few days.

[Gonzo]

"Best before" is advice.

"Use by" is an instruction.

Having said that, twenty years ago I spent a miserable six months working for "a leading supermarket chain" and for some reason I ended up being seconded onto the fresh meat section early on a Saturday morning. Most of the meat would arrive from the depot and would be cut up and placed in the individual packages in store.

Before the store opened on a Saturday morning the "butchers" would walk around the meat counters and collect up all the packets that were one day before the "use by" date and take them out the back.

If the meat was not discoloured it would be repackaged with a new "use by date" and put back out on the shelves.

If the meat was discoloured noone would by it so it became "fresh mince" and then went back out on the shelves. Some very good cuts of meat used to go in that mince but there was never much waste....

[Spacecadet]

...which might involve eating the culture on the no waste food.

I bought an Innocent chunky soup last week at my lodgings but never got around to eating it.

The Best Before date was yesterday but now even the government says that we can eat stuff after the BB date.

But there was a definite sour/fermenting taste to it.

I'll let you know if I (or at least my bowels) survive the night.

Best Before Date is a guideline, if it smells funny don't eat it!

[Zippy]

Are you OK cojak?