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Is ugly fruit/veg a significant cause of food waste? My understanding was that ugly fruit/veg gets turned into soup or sauces.
by afarrell 7y ago
Is ugly fruit/veg a significant cause of food waste? My understanding was that ugly fruit/veg gets turned into soup or sauces.
- gambiting 7y agoYeah there was definitely an article on HN some time ago explaining how the "imperfect" produce movement achieves exactly nothing - ugly fruits and veggies are used for other things, so to actually bring those to the stores you're not taking them from a supply going to waste - you're taking it from a supply that would be fully utilized anyway.
- gruez 7y ago>article I remember it was a Twitter rant edit: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18954018 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18954018
- sureaboutthis 7y agoYou can do that but most home cooks don't make soups or sauces from scratch and don't know how.
- randomdata 7y agoHome cooks may not, but industry does.
- sureaboutthis 7y agoThe subject is wasted food at home.
- randomdata 7y agoThe subject of this thread is ugly fruit and vegetables. They don't make it into the grocery store, let alone all the way to ones home (in fresh form).
- sureaboutthis 7y agoWhich has nothing to do with my comment to the poster.
- vonmoltke 7y agoI think the issue there is ugly produce that makes it to the supermarket. After some period of not selling, the supermarket needs to dispose of it.
- Scoundreller 7y agoSoups are how I prevent food from wasting. Usually I use a store-bought broth or soup mix, but the other 3/4 is stuff that may soon go bad, but will survive another extra week after a good boil.