I’ve cut way back on buying condiments and now make my own mayonnaise and mustard in small, usable batchs. Ketchup seems to keep forever so I don’t worry too much about that.

As for the mint jelly, all I can think of is starting a consumer co-op and sharing or splitting what you purchase. I’ve done that with friends with lettuce and other large produce and for Costco quantities.

At any rate I’m interested in your blog and this article too, just found the only comment I had to add was the question about where you got that image!

So thanks

As with most of my illustrations, I got that photo from Creative Commons. It’s an aggregation of works that people have generously shared for use.

If you hover over images on my site, it’ll give the photo credit. To answer your question, the photographer, Oriol Llado, is Spanish, er, Catalan. And given the inclusion of brown and mint sauce, I’m thinking Britain. But most likely somewhere in Europe.

You can contact Oriol through his page on Flickr to ask him where he got these condiments.

The most interesting thing about this article to me is the picture you display of what looks like larger condiment packages.

Are these available for consumer purchase? A quick internet search and review of Heinz website did not reveal anything.

-Danielle

I doubt that freezerburned food is bad for you, probably more that it tastes gross. If you can harness those little packets of condiments to make items edible…you’re more resourceful than me.

Interesting that you mention the freezer-burn. My husband contends that freezer-burned food is not good for you and should always be thrown out. [Also that the sin of eating terrible ice cream is worse than that of throwing it away.] I contend that it’s merely a bit dehydrated and a good sauce will bring most freezer-burned food back to edibility.

(You can guess where each of us falls on the expiration heeder / expiration disregarder scale!)

I had issued a “Waste-No-Food Challenge” on my blog in May and have been working very hard to be the pinnacle of non-food wastage. I am doing so much better, but am still tossing a small amount of food.

My husband seems to feel he’s an army cook, and buys enough groceries to keep the challenge, well . . . challenging.

Just because the scallions are priced “3 for whatever” doesn’t mean he needs to buy 3. Yet he does.

The idea of “waste delay” is interesting. I have a container of homemade hummus that I added too much garlic to. I had planned on thinning it out with extra garbanzo beans, but then I would have way too much. So instead, it sits there, mocking me.

“Hey Katy, look at me, I’m food wastage! Bwa, ha, ha!”

You get the idea.

Join my challenge. We’re eating great and saving money to boot!

-Katy Wolk-Stanley
The Non-Consumer Advocate

http://thenonconsumeradvocate.com

P.S. My 12-year-old told me last night that he’s doing a “Waste-No-Meat Challenge.”