On Sun, 14 Jan 2018 21:43:12 -0800, "Cheri" >
wrote:

>"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
>> 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

I just tossed one large lonely baked potato and a quarter of a large
butternut squash into my yard, not enough for potato soup but will
make a hungry doe happy... in a few hours it'll be fully composted and
returned to enrich my soil.
I almost always cook with leftovers planned... last night's dinner was
kielbasa and beans, enough for tonight and maybe another meal. We
don't mind eating the same thing twice./thrice in a row. Kielbasa can
always become an omelet with a side of beans.