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How hard is it? Blog post Asa Burlin

How hard is it? Blog post Asa Burlin

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I learned recently that bread is one of the foods we throw away most of. I was surprised. And I was even more surprised to learn that regular households throw away most of that wasted bread.
I can see how grocery stores and restaurants can end up with too much that just doesn’t sell. But I mean, at home... why don’t you just freeze the stuff you don’t think you’re going to eat? Before it gets stale and gross.
If you have a freezer, and most people (in Sweden which was the focus of the study) do, I don’t see how that would be so hard?
And if it has gone stale, there’s croutons, garlic bread, French toast. Or, if you’re not feeling enough Martha Stewart - take it to the park and feed the ducks.
The study had also shown that grocery stores that carried a larger selection of breads tended to waste more. More to choose from means more to waste, apparently. I don’t know why that is, and the reporter presenting the study didn’t either.
But it’s something to think about.
When I think of food waste, I usually think of the leftover noodles, the last piece of cucumber, the mashed potatoes gone stale or hot dog left in pan over night. And all the ketchup drenched foods we scrape off the kids’ plates. Not perfectly good bread we just didn’t get around to eating.

Now it’s not like we don’t waste food at our house. We do. Bread too. But the bread I throw away has usually first been buttered, licked and tossed on the floor

Comments

I use the freezer so much. When I was younger tho, not so much. I didn't know it was such a useful preservation took. The older I get, the more conscientious I am about my money and my waste. I love the last line of this article. Thanks for making me think.