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Not in the same quantities you can't. If something calls for, say, eggs, you aren't going to buy a single egg, you're buying six at a minimum. If something call

Not in the same quantities you can't. If something calls for, say, eggs, you aren't going to buy a single egg, you're buying six at a minimum. If something calls for fresh cilantro, you're buying a whole bunch. If you're cooking for a family, fine, but cooking for one or two? The food waste problem sucks, and you can't really get around it unless you like eating the same thing for days in a row.

ghaff 8y ago
Eggs last for quite some time. Yeah, herbs are an issue if you don't grow them. But not all recipes that call for them really need them. And you can also freeze leftovers that are useful for some purposes. I cook for one during the week. I do eat leftovers but I also repurpose ingredients, freeze things, and definitely don't eat the same thing for days in a row.
StillBored 8y ago
Please, you do what we have been doing for the last 100 years. Freeze the extra. So you get 1 meal that is fresh and two that are frozen you can eat in a couple weeks. Do you honestly think that when you go to applebee's (or similar) the food didn't come out of a freezer? But maybe the real problem here is lack of "cooking" knowledge. Grinding that cilantro up and mixing it with some garlic and olive oil will extend its life in the fridge for weeks. Or just freeze it, or dry it. Yes, food waste sucks, but that is because a lot of traditional skills have been lost. My wife thinks I'm weird for taking chicken/turkey bones/necks/etc and making stock, but it turns a pile of bones meat scraps into a nice soup. This is also how to (apparently) run a profitable restaurant. Food rolls down from the fresh vegetables/meat, through the casserole stages until it ends up in a soup somewhere. Really it doesn't take much effort, but really after a day of work + driving/etc I'm lucky if I have the motivation to tear open a frozen bag of stir fry.
- ghaff 8y ago
  >My wife thinks I'm weird for taking chicken/turkey bones/necks/etc and making stock, but it turns a pile of bones meat scraps into a nice soup. I was at my dad's over Thanksgiving and we had a pretty good-size turkey. Saved some leftover meat for sandwiches. And then I made turkey soup and stock out of the carcass and some more of the leftover meat. Maybe this is considered weird by SV standards but I'm by no means a pioneer homesteader and this seems absolutely normal to me.

ghaff 8y ago

Eggs last for quite some time. Yeah, herbs are an issue if you don't grow them. But not all recipes that call for them really need them. And you can also freeze leftovers that are useful for some purposes. I cook for one during the week. I do eat leftovers but I also repurpose ingredients, freeze things, and definitely don't eat the same thing for days in a row.

StillBored 8y ago

Please, you do what we have been doing for the last 100 years. Freeze the extra. So you get 1 meal that is fresh and two that are frozen you can eat in a couple weeks. Do you honestly think that when you go to applebee's (or similar) the food didn't come out of a freezer? But maybe the real problem here is lack of "cooking" knowledge. Grinding that cilantro up and mixing it with some garlic and olive oil will extend its life in the fridge for weeks. Or just freeze it, or dry it. Yes, food waste sucks, but that is because a lot of traditional skills have been lost. My wife thinks I'm weird for taking chicken/turkey bones/necks/etc and making stock, but it turns a pile of bones meat scraps into a nice soup. This is also how to (apparently) run a profitable restaurant. Food rolls down from the fresh vegetables/meat, through the casserole stages until it ends up in a soup somewhere. Really it doesn't take much effort, but really after a day of work + driving/etc I'm lucky if I have the motivation to tear open a frozen bag of stir fry.

ghaff 8y ago
>My wife thinks I'm weird for taking chicken/turkey bones/necks/etc and making stock, but it turns a pile of bones meat scraps into a nice soup. I was at my dad's over Thanksgiving and we had a pretty good-size turkey. Saved some leftover meat for sandwiches. And then I made turkey soup and stock out of the carcass and some more of the leftover meat. Maybe this is considered weird by SV standards but I'm by no means a pioneer homesteader and this seems absolutely normal to me.