The UK's first food waste supermarket opens!

joe516 said:

The UK's first food waste supermarket has opened in Pudsey, near Leeds, and it looks brilliant.

The warehouse store on the Grangefield Industrial Estate sells food that's been thrown away by supermarkets and other businesses on a "pay as a feel" basis.

This new store has already helped a number of people who have been struggling to feed their children, including Kirsty Rhodes, who was diagnosed with a chronic pain condition, leaving her husband with no other choice than to quit his job and look after their children. This meant the family's household income was reduced to almost nothing
The UK’s first food waste supermarket opens!

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countryboy said:

As a chef mate I can tell you that sell by dates mean nothing . It's a guide . Use by dates on the other hand need to be adhered to . Though even some of these are bollocks

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Spectre said:

I rarely throw food out, maybe bread if it has gotten a bit too furry to just pick it off .

Just go by what you can see or unfortunately smell.

I had a 500g box of mince in the fridge for weeks and before that it had been in the freezer for about a year. I cooked half of it and then decided to cook the other half while I ate the first bit as it was getting that shiny look to it. I couldn't quite decide how to eat it but I was determined not to waste it.

So, I decided to try blending the second half with warm water (expecting a sort of "meat suspension" that I could drink). This does not work. What happens is you end up with sand-like grains of meat at the bottom of the liquid with small beads of fat, as this seems to bounce off the blades rather than getting cut up.

The worst of this is that it brings out the smell of the fat, which is somewhat unwelcome when trying to drink 500ml water with this stuff at the bottom.

However, I did actually drink it. With the aid of the smelling-salts I use before heavy deadlifts. Although this didn't completely remove the retching reflex .

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Spectre said:

I rarely throw food out, maybe bread if it has gotten a bit too furry to just pick it off .

Just go by what you can see or unfortunately smell.

I had a 500g box of mince in the fridge for weeks and before that it had been in the freezer for about a year. I cooked half of it and then decided to cook the other half while I ate the first bit as it was getting that shiny look to it. I couldn't quite decide how to eat it but I was determined not to waste it.

So, I decided to try blending the second half with warm water (expecting a sort of "meat suspension" that I could drink). This does not work. What happens is you end up with sand-like grains of meat at the bottom of the liquid with small beads of fat, as this seems to bounce off the blades rather than getting cut up.

The worst of this is that it brings out the smell of the fat, which is somewhat unwelcome when trying to drink 500ml water with this stuff at the bottom.

However, I did actually drink it. With the aid of the smelling-salts I use before heavy deadlifts. Although this didn't completely remove the retching reflex .

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miggy said:

uke:

3 words, sell by dates. uke:

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