What food have you thrown out this week?

gallygirl

AAAAARRRGGGHHHH!!!!!! DS threw out almost a full box of Readybrek just becase it was best before May 06!!!! If I'd notced it would have gone straight into a tupperware box!!!:p

fizzel81

not thrown too much out this week, 3 strawberry yoghurts, half a bag of prepared salad as it was going limp some strawberrys as they dont seem to be lasting that long.
nearly threw out a punnet of apricots as they ripened too quickly and some peaches but ended up makeing a crumble that was fantatsic, 3 brown bananas ended up made into banana bread

JenIttels

Quite an interesting thread all! I'm not really a food waster (i'm more of a waist grower ) but just wanted to say to those that have had strawberries go bad very quickly that i suffered from this too.

However something has changed now and they last much longer than they ought to! I'm hoping it's because of weather or something but it might be down to the fact i'm not buying them at morrisons now but tend to get them from tescos. Probably means they're full of some terrible, unnatural, genetically modified keep-em-fresher chemical though so i plan to go and do a 'pick-yer-own' this weekend as an experiment.

A very yummy experiment. May report the results back here if i remember.

CAFCGirl

Today I've thrown out two bags of new potatoes, which had sprouted and moulded and explained the strange smell in kitchen, some manky onions and a very very WRONG grapefruit!
Oh and a stir fry mix from tesco which was reduced but still very wasteful. Must learn to eat the veg!!!

Floss

What went wrong with the grapefruit? am intrigued.....

Have chucked out the remains of a loaf that was varying shades of green & blue, one very dead half cucumber that went all runny in the middle & a lemon that had atttached itself to the bottom of the fruit bowl!

lazy&indebt

What a great thread!

I've thrown out 1 tub of that italian pasta salad stuff you can buy, a couple of eggs, some beansprouts and some mushrooms that had liquidised themselves and left a funny grey/brown type liquid in the bottom of my fridge. However, the beansprouts and mushrooms my OH bought to cook for himself so he's the wasteful one there!

gallygirl

JenIttels wrote:

Quite an interesting thread all! I'm not really a food waster (i'm more of a waist grower ) but just wanted to say to those that have had strawberries go bad very quickly that i suffered from this too.

However something has changed now and they last much longer than they ought to! I'm hoping it's because of weather or something but it might be down to the fact i'm not buying them at morrisons now but tend to get them from tescos. Probably means they're full of some terrible, unnatural, genetically modified keep-em-fresher chemical though so i plan to go and do a 'pick-yer-own' this weekend as an experiment.

A very yummy experiment. May report the results back here if i remember.

Jen, can honestly say I've NEVER had strawberries from a PYO go off (they don't even usually go home - car journey usually enough to finish them off!!!! yum yum:T :T :T

oops_a_daisy

:T nothing for me in the last week :T
but have had takeaway once though :rolleyes:

In_Search_Of_Me

I havent chucked it yet as may be sick...pasta with bacon that I know is off (gone green!!) but darent open the lid because it will stink...guess I have to soon or it will explode!! May be extremely watseful & throw it all - tupperware too!! Pathetic I know...

ZTD

fishface-69 wrote:

I havent chucked it yet as may be sick...pasta with bacon that I know is off (gone green!!) but darent open the lid because it will stink...guess I have to soon or it will explode!! May be extremely watseful & throw it all - tupperware too!! Pathetic I know...

It might just be my unique experience, but when stuff goes mouldy it tends not to smell that much (though open it outside unless you want a face full of green powder). When it goes runny though - then it honks... _pale_ :eek: