Comments on: stop wasting food!

By: mom in training

mom in training — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:53:57 +0000

Hi Texasblu,

Thanks for leaving a comment, an insightful one, I may add. It never occured to me that your reason might be one behind people leaving food in restaurants. Thanks for sharing your experience.

And yeah, you should not go back to that restaurant again so you’ll not have to leave your food untouched again.

By: Granny Smith

Granny Smith — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:33:58 +0000

My husband and I are old enough to have had mothers who told us to “think of the starving Africans.” There was a time that this seemed like an old-fashioned sentiment, but now we wee that they were right. Since we both watch our diets for health reasons, we carry small plastic freezer bags or sandwich bags in my capacious purse so that we can corral and left-over food and take it home to be incorporated into future meals. And many of the restaurants we go to will provide take=out containers for left-over food from our plates.

By: Chefdruck

Chefdruck — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 03:03:04 +0000

I too get turned off my food when my portions are too big. If more people complain, restaurants will start to listen.

By: Gemma

Gemma — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:06:05 +0000

I too have a thing about wasting food. I am not a big eater and, if I see my plate piled, instantly my hunger reduces and I eat less than usual.

Small portions are inviting and perhaps even healthy.

Gemma

By: texasblu

texasblu — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:12:32 +0000

I understand what you are saying, and I agree for the most part. However, due to a recent experience I had, I’d like to say something about leaving food in a resturant.

I recently ordered food that I specifically asked to be prepared differently (no spices) than usual. The reason for this was I am allergic to dairy, and this particular establishment had worked with me before, so I thought it was no problem. When the waitress came back, she set the plate in front of me, and started to leave. I looked down, and asked my husband, “does that look like spices to you?” So he asked her, and she said, “Well, the chef assures me there is just a LITTLE on there.” She got very irrate when we explained that a LITTLE spices (which had whey in them) was to a person allergic to dairy like telling her there was only a LITTLE rat poison on it. It was unedible. She took the plate off in a huff, and returned with a new one - the sides were still unedible (they didn’t bother to fix those), and the meat was so tough I could not chew it. We gave up, and left my plate there, filled with food. We recieved dirty looks from people across the asile.

I guess what I’m saying is, sometimes it looks like people are being wasteful, but they have a good reason for leaving food behind. I think resturants need to quit serving supersized plates - we always bag up our leftovers and take them home. I know your point is the wasteful people in life - and to that, I agree.

And no, I will never step foot in the Texas Roadhouse again.

By: Kisha

Kisha — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:32:48 +0000

I hte throwing food away. I keep telling hubby to not put so much on her plate. My thinking is you can always add more to your plate it’s harder to take it off. Now that we are composting I know what little doesn’t gt eaten, or given to the dog lol, will be going into my garden.

By: gautami tripathy

gautami tripathy — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:24:21 +0000

BTW, my post: watered down

By: gautami tripathy

gautami tripathy — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:24:05 +0000

I simply hate it when parents pile their children’s plate to the hilt and majority of it gets thrown.