# Don't Waste That Food!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-waste-that-food/337656>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 30, 2005, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-waste-that-food/337656 "2005-12-30T00:24:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![pin\_number\_82765](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@pin\_number\_82765](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pin_number_82765)\
**Post date:** [March 2, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-waste-that-food/337656/61 "2006-03-02T18:57:58Z")

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> [@dalej42](#):
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> Still, I feel there is always going to be some waste. A loaf of bread that has gotten stale because fewer sandwiches were made. Condiments which were left over from the 4th of July cookout. Eggs which have sat around too long. Sometimes, the leftovers get tossed if no one has had a chance to eat them in a few days.

Don’t you have a freezer for God’s sake? Frozen bread never goes stale. And leftover condiments? Mustard and ketchup keep forever in the fridge. Eggs keep for weeks. How hard is it to use them up? Your problem isn’t being middle class, it’s being selfish. The middle class invented the motto Reduce Reuse Recycle. Don’t pin your wasteful habits on them.

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