It is quite educating to have a list of all the food that went bad and has been thrown away. 2013 saw these things gone beyond edibility:
- 6 apples
- 1 pear
- 1/2 bell pepper
- 150g toast
- 200g cooked cereal and smoked tofu
- 200ml joghurt
- 2 garlic bulbs
- 4 tomatoes
- 2 naan breads (before I discovered that I shouldn’t be a wuss; these things are vacuum-packed and last quite a while)
- 1 citron
- 1/2 portion curry and rice
- 1/2 pineapple
- 100g smoked tofu
Most of it went bad during a heat wave (I wanted to eat nothing at all). Fruit on the other hand, if not taken from its packaging immediately after bringing home, tended to get mouldy.
I hope I’m able to reduce this amount of wasted nom next year.