Comments on: The First Step To Avoiding Food Waste: Efficient Storeroom Procedures http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2008/04/07/the-first-step-to-avoiding-food-waste-efficient-storeroom-procedures/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:45:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on The First Step To Avoiding Food Waste: Efficient Storeroom Procedures by: Harry http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2008/04/07/the-first-step-to-avoiding-food-waste-efficient-storeroom-procedures/#comment-54503 Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:23:37 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2008/04/07/the-first-step-to-avoiding-food-waste-efficient-storeroom-procedures/#comment-54503 Castiron: when my family got a separate freezer I started keeping a simple list of what was there. It's just an excel sheet with item, approximate amount, and date. I hang it in the kitchen and annotate by pen. Every couple of weeks I print out a new one. Don't forget to date the package as it goes into the freezer. It takes very little time to keep current - the hard part is the remembering, not the doing. I find that I stock the same items, so often all that needs changing is date. An added benefit: I don't need to open the freezer and waste energy, just to see what's available. Castiron: when my family got a separate freezer I started keeping a simple list of what was there. It’s just an excel sheet with item, approximate amount, and date. I hang it in the kitchen and annotate by pen. Every couple of weeks I print out a new one. Don’t forget to date the package as it goes into the freezer.

It takes very little time to keep current - the hard part is the remembering, not the doing. I find that I stock the same items, so often all that needs changing is date.

An added benefit: I don’t need to open the freezer and waste energy, just to see what’s available.

]]> Comment on The First Step To Avoiding Food Waste: Efficient Storeroom Procedures by: Castiron http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2008/04/07/the-first-step-to-avoiding-food-waste-efficient-storeroom-procedures/#comment-54077 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 23:09:56 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2008/04/07/the-first-step-to-avoiding-food-waste-efficient-storeroom-procedures/#comment-54077 I really appreciate this series. Way too much of the stuff from my CSA subscription ends up thrown in my compost heap, either because I don't get it processed and frozen as soon as I know I'm not going to use it right away and it ends up rotting in the fridge, or else because I forget it's in the freezer and discover it buried under stuff three years later. It's a sad fate for tasty vegetables that good people worked really hard to grow. I really appreciate this series. Way too much of the stuff from my CSA subscription ends up thrown in my compost heap, either because I don’t get it processed and frozen as soon as I know I’m not going to use it right away and it ends up rotting in the fridge, or else because I forget it’s in the freezer and discover it buried under stuff three years later. It’s a sad fate for tasty vegetables that good people worked really hard to grow.

]]> Comment on The First Step To Avoiding Food Waste: Efficient Storeroom Procedures by: Roxanne http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2008/04/07/the-first-step-to-avoiding-food-waste-efficient-storeroom-procedures/#comment-54073 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 19:28:34 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2008/04/07/the-first-step-to-avoiding-food-waste-efficient-storeroom-procedures/#comment-54073 Thanks Barbara! You explained the whole FIFO concept extremely well, and how to properly stock and manage a refrigerator unit! Lots of home cooks have no idea of the proper areas to store raw meats and such (always on the bottom!) As for potatoes and onions, in extremely dry climates (like where I live), it's better for home cooks to store them in a vegetable bin the fridge--since home cooks don't use them as fast as professional kitchens. If I store onions and potatoes in my dark pantry closet, they just dry out and become rather nasty. Cooks Illustrated, some months ago, did a test of storing potatoes and onions together in a vegetable bin in the fridge over a couple of weeks, neither item suffered much in quality at all. Oh..I also am in the habit of dating EVERYTHING that comes in at the bakery, both with the receiving date and with the expiration date. I am so completely anal about my food cost, I don't let anyone else but me do the inventory and place delivery orders :). Thanks Barbara! You explained the whole FIFO concept extremely well, and how to properly stock and manage a refrigerator unit! Lots of home cooks have no idea of the proper areas to store raw meats and such (always on the bottom!)

As for potatoes and onions, in extremely dry climates (like where I live), it’s better for home cooks to store them in a vegetable bin the fridge–since home cooks don’t use them as fast as professional kitchens. If I store onions and potatoes in my dark pantry closet, they just dry out and become rather nasty. Cooks Illustrated, some months ago, did a test of storing potatoes and onions together in a vegetable bin in the fridge over a couple of weeks, neither item suffered much in quality at all.

Oh..I also am in the habit of dating EVERYTHING that comes in at the bakery, both with the receiving date and with the expiration date.

I am so completely anal about my food cost, I don’t let anyone else but me do the inventory and place delivery orders :) .

]]> Comment on The First Step To Avoiding Food Waste: Efficient Storeroom Procedures by: shibani http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2008/04/07/the-first-step-to-avoiding-food-waste-efficient-storeroom-procedures/#comment-53730 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 14:09:33 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2008/04/07/the-first-step-to-avoiding-food-waste-efficient-storeroom-procedures/#comment-53730 Very elaborate and informative article.I haven take note of few things. Thanks for sharing. Very elaborate and informative article.I haven take note of few things.
Thanks for sharing.

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