Comments on: The Bin Banquet http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 02:49:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Skipweasel http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/comment-page-1/#comment-1854227 Skipweasel Sun, 06 Sep 2009 20:04:07 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/#comment-1854227 Do your neighbours know you call them organic filth? Do your neighbours know you call them organic filth?

]]> By: felixthecat http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/comment-page-1/#comment-1853935 felixthecat Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:19:18 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/#comment-1853935 @skipweasel The garbage can is right outside the dining room window, so it easier to just toss stuff out the window than to tend a compost heap. Also, I can talk to the neighbors that way as I am scraping organic filth into the bins. @skipweasel

The garbage can is right outside the dining room window, so it easier to just toss stuff out the window than to tend a compost heap. Also, I can talk to the neighbors that way as I am scraping organic filth into the bins.

]]> By: felixthecat http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/comment-page-1/#comment-1853934 felixthecat Sat, 05 Sep 2009 22:15:45 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/#comment-1853934 @woogie I'd like to join you some day in throwing the rotted goods at the ne'er-do-wells. We should also go through the butcher's rubbish bin, and select choice cuts to throw. @woogie

I’d like to join you some day in throwing the rotted goods at the ne’er-do-wells. We should also go through the butcher’s rubbish bin, and select choice cuts to throw.

]]> By: Woogie http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/comment-page-1/#comment-1853901 Woogie Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:34:52 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/#comment-1853901 Skip: All these figures that get thrown around are nonsense. There's the study that said "Gamers aren't actually adolescents" and only interview people 19 and over. Then there was the study recently with the latest scaremongering about obesity and alzheimers, which studied less people than turn up to the average wedding. It's all bollocks. Used to route through the bins at the back of the supermarkets where I used to live. Mainly to get rotten vegetables to throw at the ne'er do wells who hung around the other side:) Don't ever recall seeing ANYTHING fresh in that. Skip: All these figures that get thrown around are nonsense. There’s the study that said “Gamers aren’t actually adolescents” and only interview people 19 and over. Then there was the study recently with the latest scaremongering about obesity and alzheimers, which studied less people than turn up to the average wedding.

It’s all bollocks. Used to route through the bins at the back of the supermarkets where I used to live. Mainly to get rotten vegetables to throw at the ne’er do wells who hung around the other side:) Don’t ever recall seeing ANYTHING fresh in that.

]]> By: Skipweasel http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/comment-page-1/#comment-1853899 Skipweasel Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:30:41 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/#comment-1853899 @felixthecat - that's that compost heaps are for! We had volunteer tomatoes and onions in the flower bed this year - and even a stray parsnip, presumably from a parsnip top that hadn't finished rotting down. @felixthecat – that’s that compost heaps are for!

We had volunteer tomatoes and onions in the flower bed this year – and even a stray parsnip, presumably from a parsnip top that hadn’t finished rotting down.

]]> By: Skipweasel http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/comment-page-1/#comment-1853898 Skipweasel Sat, 05 Sep 2009 18:29:39 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/#comment-1853898 Part of the problem with understanding this issue is the misleading nature of the statistics involved. For example, a while ago there were figures around saying that we threw away 30% of the food we bought. Closer inspection showed that this included used coffee grounds and vegetable peelings. There's nothing like stats for muddying the waters. Part of the problem with understanding this issue is the misleading nature of the statistics involved. For example, a while ago there were figures around saying that we threw away 30% of the food we bought. Closer inspection showed that this included used coffee grounds and vegetable peelings.

There’s nothing like stats for muddying the waters.

]]> By: ted http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/comment-page-1/#comment-1853845 ted Sat, 05 Sep 2009 14:36:33 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/#comment-1853845 This banquet was assembled from what supermarkets are throwing out, not what people left on their plates after eating. I find the "100% fresh" bit a little doubtful. This banquet was assembled from what supermarkets are throwing out, not what people left on their plates after eating.

I find the “100% fresh” bit a little doubtful.

]]> By: felixthecat http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/comment-page-1/#comment-1853838 felixthecat Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:56:13 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/#comment-1853838 I tend to not eat every available organic scrap lying about so I guess I throw out "edible" items like gristle, apple cores, crumbs, pulp, stale baked goods, other's leftovers, and cereal dust by the pound weekly. The pug does lick some jars of stuff clean, so that must help reduce my throw-a-ways some. I tend to not eat every available organic scrap lying about so I guess I throw out “edible” items like gristle, apple cores, crumbs, pulp, stale baked goods, other’s leftovers, and cereal dust by the pound weekly. The pug does lick some jars of stuff clean, so that must help reduce my throw-a-ways some.

]]> By: abdulhamid http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/comment-page-1/#comment-1853759 abdulhamid Sat, 05 Sep 2009 11:36:18 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/#comment-1853759 I have done this actually. Many delicious finds! I have done this actually. Many delicious finds!

]]> By: Miss Cellania http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/comment-page-1/#comment-1853710 Miss Cellania Sat, 05 Sep 2009 05:22:25 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/#comment-1853710 Thanks, bdz, I'll get that corrected. Thanks, bdz, I’ll get that corrected.

]]> By: bdz http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/comment-page-1/#comment-1853707 bdz Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:56:28 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/#comment-1853707 Borough Market is actually a big, outdoor market with some specialty food stores nearby. It's not a restaurant. Borough Market is actually a big, outdoor market with some specialty food stores nearby. It’s not a restaurant.

]]> By: Gauldar http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/comment-page-1/#comment-1853690 Gauldar Sat, 05 Sep 2009 04:07:38 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/04/the-bin-banquet/#comment-1853690 People complain about population out growing supply of food, but they have no idea how wasteful our society actually is. People complain about population out growing supply of food, but they have no idea how wasteful our society actually is.

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