Most “ugly” produce gets turned into soups, sauces, salsa, jam

Post by ryanlol » Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 9:34 AM UTC

lucideer wrote: post #90

feross wrote: post #3

> The "eat ugly fruit!" movement is classist as FUCK. You've got to have a debilitating level of ignorance to assume that if Whole Paycheck Market doesn't stock ugly fruit, it must be getting "wasted." It is possible to not know much about the agricultural industry without being "classist as fuck." There are an infinite number of things one can learn about and a finite amount of time. While the content is interesting…

The offputting tone wouldn't be quite as objectionable (imo) if the argument wasn't so FUCKing wrong. > Most "ugly" produce gets turned into soups, sauces, salsa, jam, ice cream, etc. You think that stuff gets made from the pretty fruit & veggies?! jeebus, think about it for a minute I've thought about it, and yes, that stuff gets made from the pretty fruit & veggies. Sure, a LOT of it gets made from the rejected "ug…

Post by icebraining » Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 9:36 AM UTC

oasisbob wrote: post #82

mijamo wrote: post #59

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Depends where you live and your household consumption . In Sweden milk expires usually 3-7 days after you buy it. If you are alone and don't drink that much, it does make a big difference buying the one that expires in 7 days vs the one in 3-4 days (there is no discount except if it expires 1 day after purchasing)

Very true. The last milk I bought was Darigold here in the US, and the sell-by date was sometime in March. I don't know what they're doing to extend its shelf life so much, but as a childless sometimes-uses-milk home, I love it, and couldn't care less about the exact dates.

Post by usrusr » Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 9:37 AM UTC

loosetypes wrote: post #32

It's good that the less shopper-favorable produce is put to use, but I'm always curious about the somewhat analogous-to-ugly-fruits case with milk: Looking at the dairy fridge and choosing solely by expiration date. Naturally, I choose the latest to expire to maximize my options within the consumption time-frame. And I think everyone does? But do you actually care about food waste if every time you make that decision…

Post by lm28469 » Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 9:38 AM UTC

dagw wrote: post #61

travisjungroth wrote: post #37

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I have never done this, and I gently suggest you stop. Do you really need those extra few days of milk expiration? If the milk with the soonest expiration date was the only one available, would you buy it or just walk out without milk? A good rule to avoid tragedy of the commons situations is to think “what if everyone did as I do?”. This is a pretty classic example here.

Do you really need those extra few days of milk expiration? Absolutely. Even when getting the milk with the farthest away expiration data I rarely end up finishing a whole carton of milk until 1 or 2 days after that date. Without those few extra days, half the milk risks getting poured down the sink. If the milk with the soonest expiration date was the only one available, would you buy it or just walk out without mil…

Post by Dylan16807 » Mon, Jan 21, 2019, 9:48 AM UTC

mrob wrote: post #80

suvelx wrote: post #72

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This is just bad produce management from the shops. Longer-Expiry products at the back, newer at the front. But I know at my local supermarkets nobody gives a shit, Frequently I'll buy the same product twice in a row, and the item on the second day expires before the one on the first. All their staff just chucks the new shit at the front. The milk is even worse, as they just combine the half-empty early-date trollies…

But they are all sold for the same price, and it takes about 1 second to reach for the back of the shelf. There's nothing stopping this, and I refuse to pay the same price for an inferior product. There should be automatically applied increasing discounts as the product approaches the expiration date, so there's some reason beyond laziness to pick the less fresh ones.