Wasting food

[mark_a]

I’m pretty sure wasting anything is a sin, but wasting food really bugs me. I’m looking for some thoughts or wise expressions (ammo )from others to use, believe it or not, at home.

 

[On_my_way]

I don’t like it when people waste food. To me, when a family member wastes food I use the people who don’t have food talk. My nephew is famous for that. He tells my sister in law that he is hungry, then takes one bite and throws the rest away. I can’t stand it. No matter what we tell people about wasting, it is still going to happen because some people just take it for granted.

 

[puzzleannie]

food wasted is food taken out of the mouths of the poor - my Methodist grandmother used to say that, but it sounds like Mother Teresa

 

[mercygate]

More people in in the US should think about “wasting” food before they do the cooking or before serving themselves. A lot of people justify eating like pigs because they don’t want to “waste” the extra food they should not have taken in the first place. In a restaurant where portions are oversized, it is not a “waste” to leave what you don’t need (if doggy bags are unavailable).

With 60% of our population overweight, we need to do some soul searching. Sixty percent of the population does NOT have a medical reason for retaining unhealthy weight.

And yes, our overage would go a long way toward feeding the poor – if we could get it to 'em.

 

[Shlemele]

The sad thing is that there is enough food to go around but that isn’t the problem. The problem is that even though we send food to another country there is no guerantee that it will be distributed. So much forign aid rots on the tarmac (sp?) it’s disgusting. Not wasting food is all fine and grand but the real problem with world hunger isn’t lack of food but rather lack of world-wide distrobution.

 

[Pug]

puzzleannie:

food wasted is food taken out of the mouths of the poor - my Methodist grandmother used to say that, but it sounds like Mother Teresa

Oh, no, that definitly sounds like an older generation Methodist grandmother to me. If you put it on your plate, you’ve got to eat it (come hell or high water, but the grandmother won’t put it that way).

 

[movingmom]

I was recently spending time with a girlfriend and her two kids - I saw more food wasted in three days than would be wasted in months at my house. She would ask her children what then wanted to eat and then oblige. More times than not the kids would change their minds, want something else (after it was cooked and on the plate) and she would oblige AGAIN! My kids sat dumbfounded - I had to give them “the eye” letting them know that they shouldn’t attempt this tactic for themselves.

My mom (irish and german) always said to us when we didn’t like what was served - which was most of the time - mom wasn’t a great cook - “hope you like the next meal better!” Wouldn’t dream of offering something else or an interim snack. I do this with my kids and they eat most everything because they are actually hungry when they sit down to a meal. Snacks are a huge problem of this generation - my opinion!