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The author is not wrong, but if the goal is food waste reduction one could start with buying less in the first place.
by Propelloni 3y ago
The author is not wrong, but if the goal is food waste reduction one could start with buying less in the first place.
- terminalcommand 3y agoThe author doesn't mainly intend to reduce food waste. He says aged cheese develop flavors that you cannot find in fresh cheese.
- vidarh 3y agoWhile she argues the flavour angle, she also does point out the amount of food waste caused several times.
- xyzelement 3y agoI am biased from growing up in a place with food shortages: food waste is not a “problem.” When it comes to food, you want margin for error. You want your home, your store, your agriculture system, etc to have more food than is necessary. Because if something goes wrong, you have a bit of slack before everyone starves. If your system produces the “perfect” amount of food with no waste, it means the very first crop failure, trucking disruption, etc. puts you into a dire situation. I’d rather throw out a thing of moldy cheese once in a while.
- vidarh 3y agoYou don't need to end up with a lot of food waste to have a lot of slack.
- ericfrazier 3y agoWe are talking about buying less food or going shopping more often and with recipes in mind and just get those ingredients. The Costco bulk shopping where a sizeable portion becomes out of date and thrown away can be pretty easily prevented with forethought.
- inglor_cz 3y agoThat was my idea as well. In my household, we rarely throw away any food. More likely, we run out of food entirely, which necessitates a short trip to nearby Tesco (7 minutes on foot). I just don't get why people buy mountains of food. It is not just food waste, but money waste as well, and most people ought to respond to financial incentives.
- xyzelement 3y agoThere’s an evolutionary advantage for those whose children don’t starve if the Tesco has a brief supply disruption
- john61 3y agoIntermediate fasting is healthy, so it is probably the other way round.
- inglor_cz 3y agoSo many interesting takes in this hypothetical. Fatter people have bigger reserves to lean on, but leaner people can hunt the fatties down and, uh, consume their fat in a certain non-consensual way.
- xyzelement 3y agoThe simple answer is that you should keep some “just in case” calories in your pantry, not in fat rolls. Best of both worlds.
- kergonath 3y agoIf the local Tesco has a disruption, there’s always the Morrison, Asda, or Sainsbury a slightly longer walk or a short drive away. There are many problems in the UK, but there is still food.
- xyzelement 3y ago
- noduerme 3y agoWhat's the difference between buying cheese now and buying it later if you're going to keep it permanently either way?
- aaron695 3y ago[dead]