Hugh's War on Waste

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Pollycat wrote: »

Hmmm.
You respect her wishes but she gives you a regular ear-bashing for eating meat.
I'd say that at age 18 she should be old enough to have more respect for alternative viewpoints.

We had some friends - well she was a meat-eater but got together with a vergetarian - who kept banging on about the fab meals they cooked.
We tried a few of them at home but always seemed to end up saying 'Well, yes, it is nice but it would be improved with a bit of minced beef'. :rotfl:

DD is 18 and no clue about 'real life', for months she has been critisising me for occasionally feeding them 'nuggets & chips' when they were younger. When I tried to explain that I was a single parent at the time, working from 8am - 6pm, picking up hungry kids and feeding them whatever was quick she told me it was 'no excuse'.....this week she is working 8am - 6pm and comes home and has a 'nap' for a couple of hours before cooking herself anything! :rotfl:

I do eat some vegetarian meals and have enjoyed some of them but I also enjoy eating meat, bacon and eggs on a Saturday morning can't be beaten in my humble opinion.

VfM4meplse

Pollycat wrote: »

Hence my comment about Tom Kerridge - it was crass, insensitive and lacked knowledge about a lot of people's struggles.

Why would anyone pay attention to him?

A) he sounds so thick (I suppose that's one thing HFW has over him)
he is so ridiculously overweight that I cannot believe he applies any selectivity to what he eats....hence can he be an authority on food?

It takes all sorts but I cannot stand self-appointed "experts".

RAS

jack_pott wrote: »

Many of the comments on this thread have been about farmers ploughing mis-shapes back into the ground, but the average family is throwing away £700 worth of food a year, and I think that HFW will have an uphill slog trying to change that.

Think about it; if those misshapes went to market, a small portion would end up in the compost bin and most would end up in the refuse and sewage systems. All at great cost in terms of fuel.

Trash mulching (ploughing back in) ensures that at least the nutrients and the carbon are re-incorporated straight into the soil to compost in situ. That improves the capacity of the ground to grow another crop.

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RAS wrote: »

Think about it; if those misshapes went to market, a small portion would end up in the compost bin and most would end up in the refuse and sewage systems. All at great cost in terms of fuel.

Trash mulching (ploughing back in) ensures that at least the nutrients and the carbon are re-incorporated straight into the soil to compost in situ. That improves the capacity of the ground to grow another crop.

And the relevance of that is?

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jack_pott wrote: »

the average family is throwing away £700 worth of food a year, and I think that HFW will have an uphill slog trying to change that.

I don't even spend £700.00 a year on food, let alone waste any of it. Last Sunday I came home from my DDs with enough on a plate for Monday night dinner from left overs from Sunday nights dinner.

On Tuesday as usual I carved the remainder of the leg of lamb joint for DD and brought the bone home for rendering down for stock.i did this in my slow cooker and with the bits of meat that had been missed when carving I minced up and made two cottage pies with extra 'padding' out added of carrots and half a diced onion and a couple of chopped up mushrooms.I also added a handful of lentils to stretch it out a bit.This gave me two cottage pies which I topped with cheesy mash and are now in my freezer.The remaining stock I used when making a vat of leek and potato soup.The last of which I shall have tomorrow for lunch. As to using half or a quarter of a stock cube I am happy to do this as that way again I will have little or no waste.Food ,especially meat, if far too expensive to waste,and being brought up by a canny little Scots Mum who could make a shilling do the work of five I too can expand food to make things stretch when needed.

I tend to spend about a quarter of my food bill at the very least on fruit and veg and enjoy veggie lasagne's just as much as meat ones I also like veggie curries or chillies and when I make one its usually large enough for me to get four or five portions out of it for freezing.

I will watch the programme when its on next week to see what sort of things he thinks are ways to eat better without breaking the bank.

By the way in my freezer I have about half a dozen already cooked chicken drumsticks which I was given and will when I defrost them use to make a curry with.portions of the curry will be used in various ways ,with rice ,as a jacket potato topping,or even to stuff a pepper with.mixing and matching smaller quantities of food with other stuff is a great and inexpensive way to stretch what you have to make even more meals out of very little. herbs and spices help to make meals even more easy I find and cost very little to grow on a sunny window sill

JIL

VfM4meplse wrote: »

Why would anyone pay attention to him?

A) he sounds so thick (I suppose that's one thing HFW has over him)
he is so ridiculously overweight that I cannot believe he applies any selectivity to what he eats....hence can he be an authority on food?

It takes all sorts but I cannot stand self-appointed "experts".

He has lost over half his bodyweight. So he has some idea on what makes people fat and what makes people thin.
Not saying he is an expert but credit where its due.
I understand he learned to cook as his single parent mother who was out at work couldn't, so he did.

As for self appointed experts, every thing that needs to change has to start somewhere. What's needed is a bit of passion. Look at Bandaid that all started from someone wanting to change something.

Jamie Oliver had a go with school meals and is still trying, you don't have to follow their lead but I respect them for putting their heads up and asking the questions.

Pollycat

JIL wrote: »

He has lost over half his bodyweight. So he has some idea on what makes people fat and what makes people thin.
Not saying he is an expert but credit where its due.
I understand he learned to cook as his single parent mother who was out at work couldn't, so he did.

As for self appointed experts, every thing that needs to change has to start somewhere. What's needed is a bit of passion. Look at Bandaid that all started from someone wanting to change something.

Jamie Oliver had a go with school meals and is still trying, you don't have to follow their lead but I respect them for putting their heads up and asking the questions.

Oh, Tom Kerridge had passion, all right (on the programme I referred to).
Sadly his 'passion' was for only buying meat that can be traced right back to the farm.
Now that may be admirable and that may be far better for animal welfare within the food chain but not many people could afford to do that.

He was condescending in the extreme - and from somebody who boasts about his less-than-privileged upbringing, I expected better of him.

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JackieO wrote: »

I don't even spend £700.00 a year on food, let alone waste any of it.

No, I don't waste food either, but the figure is an average, and for a family not an individual. I suppose we may see where it derives from when the program is aired, but it's commonly reported that about 30% of food goes to waste.

The actual quantity wasn't my point, what I was driving at is that when it comes to waste by consumers rather than suppliers it will be an uphill struggle to get any change. People don't generally realise that wasting money is a means of displaying that you have wealth to waste. A fridge the size of a wardrobe stuffed with food you can't eat is just the same as driving a Ferrari or wearing a Rolex. Martin Lewis was on the radio once puzzling about why someone he overheard whilst queuing was telling a mate that he spends hundreds on gym membership that he never uses, the reason is that he was advertising his wealth.

barneydee_2

I will be watching this,one I love Hugh's style of cooking,two I sadly have not been as carful as I am normally & have been feeling very cross with the amount I have been waseting lately I have not been so focused, getting back on this site & watching Hugh my give me some insperation that I need
Dee x

barneydee_2

Just been watching Nigel Slater on dish of the day know there is someone who should do this type of program as his program dish of the day he shows how to use up every last bit I love his recipes dose any one else like Nigel Slater ?
Dee x