To all you Garbage Pickers

yager8725
yager8725 Posts: 267 Member
edited October 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I will be the first to admit it. If i dont want to eat something I have to put it in trash. NOT only in trash but way down deeeeep. Under the gross stuff that smells! I have been known to go back to the garbage pull out the chips on top and eat them....NO WILL POWER!! I say we start a Garbage Pickers support group!! What is your WORST-Weakest moment story?? My little group of MFP friends and I have been talking about this lately and I wanted to know if there are more of us out there....dont lie...you know you have done it.
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  • UponThisRock
    UponThisRock Posts: 4,519 Member
    You could save money by just not buying it
  • seehawkmomma
    seehawkmomma Posts: 793 Member
    I can honestly say I haven't.

    What A boring life I lead being a germaphob :)
  • seehawkmomma
    seehawkmomma Posts: 793 Member
    **stupid double post**
  • BeeElMarvin
    BeeElMarvin Posts: 2,086 Member
    gross
  • bh12058
    bh12058 Posts: 18 Member
    I have to admit... I pulled out my sons burrito that he threw in... it was right on top... no germs, right ????
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Wasn't this an episode of Seinfeld?
  • ilookthetype
    ilookthetype Posts: 3,021 Member
    You could save money by just not buying it

    I don't think we've progressed to that level of sensible yet. Don't rush.
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    I have to admit... I pulled out my sons burrito that he threw in... it was right on top... no germs, right ????
    Yeah, clean as a toilet seat. Bon appetite :drinker:
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,434 Member
    Wasn't this an episode of Seinfeld?
    The eclair that was "above the rim" and "still had the doily"!

    eclair.jpg
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,434 Member
    Yeah, MythBusters busted the five second rule in '05.
  • engineman312
    engineman312 Posts: 3,449 Member
    i honestly have never been that hungry.
  • DKBelle
    DKBelle Posts: 585 Member
    I don't have :) I moderate everything so when I am carving for sweet I bake some moderated cake, if I want salty I make something salty :) I don't eat garbage I eat healthy :)
    Check out my site if you need some ideas, recipes.
    https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cooking-ideasHomemade-Healthy-Foods/179121125503371
  • JPsFunkyMojo
    JPsFunkyMojo Posts: 72 Member
    I have to admit... I pulled out my sons burrito that he threw in... it was right on top... no germs, right ????
    Yeah, clean as a toilet seat. Bon appetite :drinker:

    Suprisingly, a toilet seat isn't as dirty as most people think. It's actually one of the cleanest serfaces in the home.
  • Pocket_Pixi
    Pocket_Pixi Posts: 1,167 Member
    I have to admit... I pulled out my sons burrito that he threw in... it was right on top... no germs, right ????
    Yeah, clean as a toilet seat. Bon appetite :drinker:

    Suprisingly, a toilet seat isn't as dirty as most people think. It's actually one of the cleanest serfaces in the home.

    TV Remote and Toothbrush are among the dirtiest.. and if you use a public bathroom use the first stall closest to the door, its the cleanest.

    I have never ever picked food out of the garbage on top or otherwise.. I had a co-worker that would do it though, and sometimes it was the food I threw away. :sick:
  • RyanDanielle5101
    RyanDanielle5101 Posts: 533 Member
    I have never been that hungry....eww!!
  • vanessa40
    vanessa40 Posts: 328 Member
    I will be the first to admit it. If i dont want to eat something I have to put it in trash. NOT only in trash but way down deeeeep. Under the gross stuff that smells! I have been known to go back to the garbage pull out the chips on top and eat them....NO WILL POWER!! I say we start a Garbage Pickers support group!! What is your WORST-Weakest moment story?? My little group of MFP friends and I have been talking about this lately and I wanted to know if there are more of us out there....dont lie...you know you have done it.

    I will admit it..Yes i have..not my proudest moment but hey...

    I sent you a Youtube video..but i will post it here too

    It is too funny...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0xRAju32tc
  • shanolap
    shanolap Posts: 1,204 Member
    I've never done it for food, but have for a pack of cigarettes I intended to quit.
  • ivyjbres
    ivyjbres Posts: 612 Member
    I have to admit... I pulled out my sons burrito that he threw in... it was right on top... no germs, right ????
    Yeah, clean as a toilet seat. Bon appetite :drinker:

    Suprisingly, a toilet seat isn't as dirty as most people think. It's actually one of the cleanest serfaces in the home.

    In fact, cleaner than the inside of most people's mouths
  • brooklynsfinestballerina
    brooklynsfinestballerina Posts: 136 Member
    Wasn't this an episode of Seinfeld?
    The eclair that was "above the rim" and "still had the doily"!

    eclair.jpg

    haha i remember this episode. but seriously uh ew?
  • vinylscratch
    vinylscratch Posts: 218 Member
    I will shamelessly admit I have done this and pass no judgement on people who pass judgement on us because they have never felt the panic of realizing there was some perfectly good food in the trash.
  • killagb
    killagb Posts: 3,280 Member
    I have to admit... I pulled out my sons burrito that he threw in... it was right on top... no germs, right ????
    Yeah, clean as a toilet seat. Bon appetite :drinker:

    Suprisingly, a toilet seat isn't as dirty as most people think. It's actually one of the cleanest serfaces in the home.

    In fact, cleaner than the inside of most people's mouths
    Then I suggest having a nice meal served on a toilet seat, there's no silly fecal coliform, of course not.
  • Diary_Queen
    Diary_Queen Posts: 1,314 Member
    I've pulled people's take out boxes out of the trash before. There was a place I loved to eat and they served every meal in a styrofoam take away box even if people were going to eat at the restaurant. Some folks would eat a bit and toss the rest, so I would hang around and take the 'good' boxes. It became kind of like a game for us college kids that were working & going to school & barely making ends meet.
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,158 Member
    I don't throw perfectly good food away. And I certainly wouldn't eat something that had been in the garbage. To each her own?
  • SimplyShanRunning
    SimplyShanRunning Posts: 884 Member
    No I haven't done it......Just....Why? Errr I can go without the food
  • solpwr
    solpwr Posts: 1,039 Member
    What Qarol said, and add: food only belongs in the trash if it is no longer edible. If it is still perfectly edible, it should be preserved for later consumption, rather than discarded. To do otherwise is very wasteful, and a product of an over-indulged society.
  • BeeElMarvin
    BeeElMarvin Posts: 2,086 Member
    I will shamelessly admit I have done this and pass no judgement on people who pass judgement on us because they have never felt the panic of realizing there was some perfectly good food in the trash.

    ehhh ok
  • amysj303
    amysj303 Posts: 5,086 Member
    I can't believe i am admitting this but I removed from the trash and ate junior mints after throwing them away because they were covered in ants. :blushing: don't judge me:embarassed:
  • leynak
    leynak Posts: 963 Member
    I will shamelessly admit I have done this and pass no judgement on people who pass judgement on us because they have never felt the panic of realizing there was some perfectly good food in the trash.

    If it's in the trash it is no longer perfectly good food.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    What Qarol said, and add: food only belongs in the trash if it is no longer edible. If it is still perfectly edible, it should be preserved for later consumption, rather than discarded. To do otherwise is very wasteful, and a product of an over-indulged society.
    So if you have leftovers that you know no one is going to eat, you should keep it around until it spoils and then throw it away? Or are you suggesting we should force ourselves to eat foods that we don't want or need just so they won't go to waste?
  • solpwr
    solpwr Posts: 1,039 Member
    What Qarol said, and add: food only belongs in the trash if it is no longer edible. If it is still perfectly edible, it should be preserved for later consumption, rather than discarded. To do otherwise is very wasteful, and a product of an over-indulged society.
    So if you have leftovers that you know no one is going to eat, you should keep it around until it spoils and then throw it away? Or are you suggesting we should force ourselves to eat foods that we don't want or need just so they won't go to waste?

    I am suggesting that one plans better, minimizes left overs in households that have a disdain for them, incorporates left overs appropriately into menu planning to avoid spoilage, or uses the freezer to extend their shelf life if necessary. All within their calorie budget of course.
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