Food Waste Friday | the last of 2011!

Every week, I post a picture of the food that has gone bad over the last seven days. Why do I do this? Because in March of 2008, I finally got fed up with the amount of food I was wasting, and I thought that showing my waste to other people would motivate me to use up my food instead of wasting it. Because this often embarrassing practice was so helpful for me, I invited other bloggers to join me in posting their food waste photos, and Food Waste Friday was born. If you’re not a blogger but still want some food waste accountability, feel free to participate by leaving a comment.

Cantaloupe has been really cheap of late, probably because a lot of people are still nervous about buying it after the listeria problem.

I’ve bought quite a few, and they’ve been surprisingly good, considering that it’s not exactly cantaloupe-growing season. But, the last two I bought were not so tasty. I cut some up to throw into smoothies, and we ate some, but we were just not up for consuming this last half.

So of course, I just let it sit in my fridge until it got moldy.

Because that is very sensible.

I’ll probably refrain from buying cantaloupe again until the winter is over because the odds of getting a tasteless melon are just too good right now.

I will not be tempted by low prices! I will not!

Ok.

I also wanted to tell you that this will be the last Food Waste Friday for 2011. The next two Fridays are right before Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve, and I think most of us will be far too busy to think about food waste!

And because this is a very busy time of year for you and for me, posts for the next week or two will be a little more hit and miss than usual…we’ll probably skip some of the regular features, and I might even skip some days.

So, don’t worry about me if I don’t post. I’m probably just baking cookies or something. 😉

Oh, and I want to tell you about a new glass straw that I have, but I’ll do that this afternoon in a separate post.

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