"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 1/14/2018 5:44 PM, Cheri wrote:
>> "Taxed and Spent" > wrote in message
>> news
>>> On 1/14/2018 1:28 PM, wrote:
>>>> ...gets wasted.
>>>>
>>>> At least in the US.
>>>>
>>>> I saw an ad for this site more than once on TV this morning. (My old TV
>>>> wasn't working for ages - and I didn't really miss it - but I received
>>>> a new one as a surprise.)
>>>>
>>>> https://www.savethefood.com/tips
>>>> I'm in a rush, so I don't know yet if this will have anything new to
>>>> say to the average person here - never mind tightwads. We'll see. (But
>>>> there's obviously no shortage of people who AREN'T using these tips!)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Lenona.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I don't believe that for a minute.
>>
>>
>> Neither do I, at least based on the people I personally know. Very little
>> is ever wasted.
>>
>> Cheri
>
> I try my darndest not to waste food. That's why I have a small separate
> freezer.
>
> What used to disturb me was the waste from the restaurant kitchen when I
> worked at Red Lobster (I'm talking 1981). For example, baked potatoes.
> The kitchen manager would have to guestimate how many baked potatoes to
> have on hand for the night. You can't exactly ask a guest to wait an hour
> for a baked potato. They hated to 86 them since it was one of only three
> possible side dishes (way back then). At the end of the night there were
> often a lot of baked potatoes left. I remember asking what they did with
> them. The manager told me they throw them out. I asked why they don't
> donate them to a soup kitchen or something. He told me health regulations
> wouldn't allow it. Risk of improper storage or some such thing. I was
> appalled. I also asked, "Why can't you let the staff take a few home?"
> Also against health department regulations.
>
> Hell, for all I know he was selling them out of the back of his car. But I
> really do think they threw them away. Hopefully things have changed in
> the ensuing decades.
>
> Note: If I'd been allowed to take a few leftover baked spuds home I'd
> have turned them into baked potato soup.
>
> Jill


I think things have changed a lot since then, most stores and things donate
to food banks etc., at least in the area I'm in, I imagine restaurants do
too. We've always been big on leftovers so nothing really goes to waste, I
like to cook ahead a lot of times with leftovers as a plan. I can't imagine
throwing good food out.

Cheri