Where can you buy smaller sized condiments? So fed up of food waste.

VoucherMan

In my cupboard / fridge

Ketchup - best before 03/2014
Brown sauce - 11/2013
Mustard - 01/2014
Gravy powder - 03/2011

All are still fine.
Even got some mayonnaise from 2013 which is okay (has eggs in it so MUST be thrown out after 6 weeks )

Once I've bought I don't even bother looking at the dates . Looks okay, smells okay, if it doesn't kill me it will make me stronger.:D

VfM4meplse

I happen to like Lidl's ketchup and a bottle last me 6-8 weeks. I am a single person and rarely eat cooked food at home: my ketchup usage is exclusively for cheese on toast

Try it, it's lovely esp with a few added fresh basil leaves.

Nada666

Uh, jars are 165 to 210g in size. Two people, half a teaspoon each, one sandwich and one meal a week - two level teaspoons a week. Condiments can't be lighter than water so that's only twenty weeks a jar will last.

English mustard is widely available in 50g or 100g tubes or jars (or in powder form).

If your other condiments are lasting more than two years then YOU DON'T LIKE THEM. Stop buying them in the first place.

There are some things that can be tricky for a single or couple to manage (eating a wide variety of fresh vegetables and fruit over a short period) but condiments are not an issue.

maman

Another two person household her.e


We're madly extravagant and have a bottle of sauce EACH! I like HP, DH likes ketchup. I don't buy massive bottles (usually about £1 a time) but I've never had one go mouldy on us yet and that's probably only having some once or twice a week maximum. Same goes for mustard, horseradish, tartare, hot chilli sauce, mango chutney and all the various vinegars I have in the cupboard.


I'm not advocating theft but if OP genuinely uses sauces etc. so rarely might it be worth bringing a couple of sachets home next time you're in a cafe.

Gigervamp

If you do want to buy single serve sachets, HomeBargains and B&M often sell some.

squiggles

McDonalds do dips for your chicken nuggets for 20p each. Tomato sauce, BBQ sauce, garlic & herb as well as mayonnaise. There may be other flavours that I have not tried. Any McDonald's staff here that could let us know?

You could purchase one of each to see if you like those flavours. Not much money wasted if you decide that option is not for you.

gardengull

arbroath_lass wrote: »

Same here.

Same here too. I just checked, and our HP sauce is best before 2010. We're not dead yet (and it isn't stored in the fridge).:D
:coffee:

KxMx

Many eBay sellers sell small quantities of single use sachets, they're not only available to the catering trade by any means.

It's not expensive IMO and yes it is wasteful but as long as you don't make a habit of doing everything in a wasteful manner I don't see the problem.

forgotmyname

Have you checked the item to see how long its safe to use after the best before date?
We used to have sauces way after their best before. Never gone off or tasted any different.

Also the cost of a half sized bottle maybe more than the full size. My FIL tickles me with that one. He wants some baked beans and moans that he wastes half the tin when i buy a standard size one.
I tell him the 1/2 size tin is actually 1 or 2p MORE than the full sized one.

But to him its waste.

Owain_Moneysaver

VoucherMan wrote: »

Even got some mayonnaise from 2013 which is okay (has eggs in it so MUST be thrown out after 6 weeks )

Commercial mayonnaise is almost certainly pasteurised.

2013 is pushing it a bit though. :rotfl: I chuck any left out after about 3 months as it tastes a bit too eggy for my taste.