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Julie

Once a week roughly, I have a fridge purge and several times a year, a freezer purge.
This involves finding everything that wants using up and making a meal of it to avoid waste. Given the amount of wasted food in some modern households, I thought it would be fun to start a thread for this....sort of what did you make with what today?
I do it cause I'm hard up and tight fisted, but it gets your brain working.
We could also use the thread as a way of asking other friends what they think we could do with our perishable odds and ends, so I'm making it into a sticky so it's always handy and, of course, green

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andybebbington · Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:26 pm Post subject:

tonight we had a ham shank with cauliflower cheese made with frozen cauli reduced to clear milk and the last bit of cheese and some salad that would be to passed it tomorrow

we are always having a freezer purge they are full between pork, lamb mutton chickens and whatevers reduced when we go shopping
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Diana · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:20 am Post subject:

can we add cupboard purge to that list too please - I keep trying, but get halfway through and then start buying again!
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Ina · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 9:32 am Post subject:

Best way not to let stuff build up - switch off fridge and freezer, and just buy what you need... OK, that's a bit difficult in summer (although a pot-in-pot cooler can keep milk fresh long enough), and even more difficult if you want to store large quantities od meat. But I've not had the fridge on since I moved into the caravan (and never had it on during winter before either). Result? Very little waste!
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Julie · Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2009 5:44 pm Post subject:

That's a good idea Diana. I don't know how to edit the title of a thred though so can you do it please?

Switching off the fridge and freezer is not a very green idea if you have a 25 mile round trip to the shops every couple of days instead.
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Diana · Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:16 am Post subject:

Tis done (edit your original post and you can access the title too).

I agree with the mileage thing - not just the distance either. We both work from home and until recently didn't have reason to go anywhere near shops when they were open on a regular basis, so we tended to shop once a month.

We're not hermits anymore though.
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Ina · Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:07 am Post subject: