>idiot flatmate loves to throw food away
>whole butternut pumpkin trash with slight discolouration and miniscule smattering of mold on stem.
>I fish it out. wash it. cut it open. No mold in sight. Make delicious soup out of it.
>unpeeled carrots in trash, some have some brown spots. nothing soft though.
>wash, peel, wash again. completely fine. >steamed carrots with salt and butter for dinner that night.
>jars of jam half full, about 750g in total?
also in trash. jar and all. fucker doesn't even sort out glass from trash.
>wtf
>fish them out, and some have a fine covering of mold.
>almost felt this was righteous disposal until I remembered that jam-mold is only surface-deep.
>scrape off mold, rescue rest. boil contents in pot for 10 minutes, add lemon juice and repour into sterilised jar.
>jam is fine, tastes like fresh from the store.
Seriously, why do people do this? I scrimp and save to put food on the table, yet flatmate would throw away anything that looks slightly....off.
I mean, feel free to call me a dirty whatever for fishing stuff out of the trash, but what this guy throws out is criminal.
