First off, Merry Christmas!
Many of us will enjoy a nice family dinner on Christmas–and I hope you do enjoy it! I also hope you make good use of your leftovers. As does my man Hilary Benn, UK Environment Secretary, who hit out at the practice of binning Christmas leftovers.
Meanwhile, in a related topic, the City of Denver has made their position clear: If you don’t want your fruit cake, they’ll take it. Same goes for your turkey carcass, unwanted pumpkin pie (surely an oxymoron) and all other food waste.
That Denver Recycles flyer declares that Americans waste 25 percent more food between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Don’t be part of those numbers! Enjoy your leftovers (and loved ones) this year.
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3 responses to “A Message for December 25…and after”
This year I’ve wished everybody I know a sane (which also includes “leftovers-free”) and slow Christmas: http://stop.zona-m.net/node/59
Marco
I had a relatively waste free Xmas. I had a full house (7 adult guests plus kidlets) so there was no such thing as food waste! The turkey carcass stock was immediately used for turkey mushroom risotto; more turkey, the mashed carrots & parsnips, and some of the mashed potatoes became turkey-tater muffins (2 c turkey, 1 c mashed taters, 1/2 c. cheese, 1 egg, spices, spoon into muffin tins, bake at 350F till hot in the middle); the rest got eaten as is. I think the only food that got so far as the compost pile was clementine peels and onion skins.
We also kept for reuse as much gift wrapping as possible and recycled what couldn’t be reused (kid do love to tear wrapping paper!), and the ornaments were almost all hand-me-downs. No tinsel!
yeah we did have a lot of waste last christmas, however it was actually a lesson for us not to cook more than we can consume