Comments on: Sprout On http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/02/sprout-on/ a look at how America squanders nearly half of its food Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:03:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Dave http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/02/sprout-on/#comment-32333 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:29:53 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/02/sprout-on/#comment-32333 Sorry you don't like sprouts Jonathan. For those that do, sprouting your own at home is fun and cheap. I buy my seeds from http://www.sproutpeople.com/index.html but there are lots of sources on the Internet. You don't need an expensive sprouter either - I use a Ball jar with cheesecloth stretched across the top. Along similar lines (doing things at home in sizes you can eat) I now make my own mayonnaise and mustard. It's easy. Okay, I'm not raising my own pigs and cows but I'm cutting back on waste. Sorry you don’t like sprouts Jonathan. For those that do, sprouting your own at home is fun and cheap. I buy my seeds from http://www.sproutpeople.com/index.html but there are lots of sources on the Internet. You don’t need an expensive sprouter either - I use a Ball jar with cheesecloth stretched across the top.

Along similar lines (doing things at home in sizes you can eat) I now make my own mayonnaise and mustard. It’s easy.

Okay, I’m not raising my own pigs and cows but I’m cutting back on waste.

]]> by: Jonathan http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/02/sprout-on/#comment-27342 Mon, 19 May 2008 04:51:55 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/02/sprout-on/#comment-27342 I would never have considered sprouting my own. Thanks for the idea. Unfortunately for my home sprouting chances, I realized a few weeks ago that I don't even like bean sprouts. Any other ideas along similar lines? I would never have considered sprouting my own. Thanks for the idea.

Unfortunately for my home sprouting chances, I realized a few weeks ago that I don’t even like bean sprouts.

Any other ideas along similar lines?

]]> by: Ramya http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/02/sprout-on/#comment-27341 Mon, 19 May 2008 04:02:08 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/02/sprout-on/#comment-27341 Have you considered sprouting your own bean sprouts from dried mung beans. It requires a little more effort but its quite satisfying to sprout your own in the end. Have you considered sprouting your own bean sprouts from dried mung beans. It requires a little more effort but its quite satisfying to sprout your own in the end.

]]> by: Recovering Food Waster http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/02/sprout-on/#comment-24336 Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:00:45 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/02/sprout-on/#comment-24336 I had no idea you'd posted about that, Jonathan! lol I'm kinda new to your site...must do some more digging. I do sometimes buy large packages of produce at Costco, but I try really hard to plan my menus around those items. I just bought a gianormous bag of sweet red peppers, and so we're having all of my red pepper recipes in the next two weeks. =P I had no idea you’d posted about that, Jonathan! lol I’m kinda new to your site…must do some more digging.

I do sometimes buy large packages of produce at Costco, but I try really hard to plan my menus around those items. I just bought a gianormous bag of sweet red peppers, and so we’re having all of my red pepper recipes in the next two weeks. =P

]]> by: Jonathan http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/02/sprout-on/#comment-24264 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:24:15 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/02/sprout-on/#comment-24264 Megan, that's too bad about the greengrocer enforcing minimum poundage on the bean sprouts. Tell them to read this post!! Good point on the farmer's market, Jen. There's just so much to like about farmer's markets. And gosh those supermarket bags of apples are so <em>not </em>tempting. Hear, hear, R.F.W. I'm in total agreement on the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.wastedfood.com/2007/12/04/say-it-aint-so-joe/" rel="nofollow">Trader Joe's produce problem</a>. Megan, that’s too bad about the greengrocer enforcing minimum poundage on the bean sprouts. Tell them to read this post!!

Good point on the farmer’s market, Jen. There’s just so much to like about farmer’s markets. And gosh those supermarket bags of apples are so not tempting.

Hear, hear, R.F.W. I’m in total agreement on the Trader Joe’s produce problem.

]]> by: Recovering Food Waster http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/02/sprout-on/#comment-24262 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:11:50 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/02/sprout-on/#comment-24262 For me, the frozen shrimp work out fabulously...I defrost as many as I need, and the rest stay in the freezer. I run into problems more often when the food item in question is perishable(like bean sprouts!!). I adore Trader Joe's for just about everything except this...that their produce comes prepackaged. I often want to buy just a few of something(like mushrooms), and this is impossible there. At my other grocery store, I can buy 2-3 mushrooms, and then I'm way less likely to waste any. For me, the frozen shrimp work out fabulously…I defrost as many as I need, and the rest stay in the freezer. I run into problems more often when the food item in question is perishable(like bean sprouts!!).

I adore Trader Joe’s for just about everything except this…that their produce comes prepackaged. I often want to buy just a few of something(like mushrooms), and this is impossible there. At my other grocery store, I can buy 2-3 mushrooms, and then I’m way less likely to waste any.

]]> by: Jen http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/02/sprout-on/#comment-24255 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:20:17 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/02/sprout-on/#comment-24255 This is so true and half the reason why I try to shop at farmers markets. There are some weeks when all my neighborhood supermarket offers for produce are prepackaged 5 lb. bags of mealy apples and rows of plastic containers with three giant heads each of sub-par romaine lettuce shoved carelessly inside. For the single lady who barely makes it home for dinnertime on weeknights and only entertains the occasional dinner guest, this is way too much food! However, by frequenting my farmers market I find that I can choose whatever fruits/vegetables I like in the proper amounts. (Bonus: It just tastes better!) Awesome blog -- keep up the great work! This is so true and half the reason why I try to shop at farmers markets. There are some weeks when all my neighborhood supermarket offers for produce are prepackaged 5 lb. bags of mealy apples and rows of plastic containers with three giant heads each of sub-par romaine lettuce shoved carelessly inside. For the single lady who barely makes it home for dinnertime on weeknights and only entertains the occasional dinner guest, this is way too much food! However, by frequenting my farmers market I find that I can choose whatever fruits/vegetables I like in the proper amounts. (Bonus: It just tastes better!)

Awesome blog — keep up the great work!

]]> by: Megan http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/02/sprout-on/#comment-24253 Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:08:41 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/04/02/sprout-on/#comment-24253 The packaged food item that ends up in the trash? Bean sprouts. Every single time! And I went all the way down to Chinatown, seeking the solution you describe, and the lady selling them on the street made me buy a whole pound! Better luck next time... My best solution for this? I've stopped making recipes with bean sprouts, until I find a seller like yours. There are plenty of other yummy veggies. The packaged food item that ends up in the trash? Bean sprouts. Every single time! And I went all the way down to Chinatown, seeking the solution you describe, and the lady selling them on the street made me buy a whole pound! Better luck next time…

My best solution for this? I’ve stopped making recipes with bean sprouts, until I find a seller like yours. There are plenty of other yummy veggies.

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