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"For one week buy no food where you have to throw away packaging after." What would that be? Where I live, you can't even buy lettuce without a package. The on

by kbart 10y ago

"For one week buy no food where you have to throw away packaging after." What would that be? Where I live, you can't even buy lettuce without a package. The only things I can think of that goes without packaging are potatoes, onions and some fruits and that's only if you don't count plastic bags to put them into, because I doubt a cashier would be impressed if you put a handful of dirty potatoes on a conveyer. Potatoes with fruits only doesn't strike me as a healthy diet anyway. "For most of human history, there was no food packaging" Yes, but contrary to my ancestors, I can't go hunting and have a nice, juicy steak afterwards with fresh greens I picked on my way back. Our ancestors lived in a different world, you can't compare apples to oranges.

ajuc 10y ago
> What would that be? Fresh meat, potatoes, vegetables? Perfectly doable. You don't count the bag you take yourself, otherways it's absurd (and gross:) ). > I can't go hunting You don't have these shops where they cut pieces of meat from refrigerator and give it to you? Anyway, I would just say outright - buy all raw ingredients and cook yourself, packaging or fiber is just a heuristic.
- Retric 10y ago
  That Fresh meat your talking about is actually processed. Cows don't show up as round balls of bloodless meat.
  - HemanHeartYou 10y ago
    >Cows don't show up as round balls of bloodless meat. It would be convenient though, those lazy bastards...
- jpindar 10y ago
  In the US, at least, butchers won't give you meat without wrapping it up in paper or plastic. Where do you live that they will just hand you a chunk of meat?
spodek 10y ago
> What would that be? Where I live, you can't even buy lettuce without a package. I thought like this before doing the experiment. That's why I'm suggesting doing the experiment, not just talking about it. This community is resourceful, full of entrepreneurs and engineers who take on bigger challenges than how to find the unpackaged food in a store. If you care about the answers, doing it will lead you to answer your own questions.
- kaishiro 10y ago
  This response seems like a cop out to me. I, too, would like to know where one can buy meat without any packaging whatsoever. I suspect the answer is (legally), no where.

by kbart 10y ago

ajuc 10y ago

> What would that be? Fresh meat, potatoes, vegetables? Perfectly doable. You don't count the bag you take yourself, otherways it's absurd (and gross:) ). > I can't go hunting You don't have these shops where they cut pieces of meat from refrigerator and give it to you? Anyway, I would just say outright - buy all raw ingredients and cook yourself, packaging or fiber is just a heuristic.

Retric 10y ago
That Fresh meat your talking about is actually processed. Cows don't show up as round balls of bloodless meat.
- HemanHeartYou 10y ago
  >Cows don't show up as round balls of bloodless meat. It would be convenient though, those lazy bastards...
jpindar 10y ago
In the US, at least, butchers won't give you meat without wrapping it up in paper or plastic. Where do you live that they will just hand you a chunk of meat?

spodek 10y ago

> What would that be? Where I live, you can't even buy lettuce without a package. I thought like this before doing the experiment. That's why I'm suggesting doing the experiment, not just talking about it. This community is resourceful, full of entrepreneurs and engineers who take on bigger challenges than how to find the unpackaged food in a store. If you care about the answers, doing it will lead you to answer your own questions.

kaishiro 10y ago
This response seems like a cop out to me. I, too, would like to know where one can buy meat without any packaging whatsoever. I suspect the answer is (legally), no where.