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Topic: Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall.
Posted by: James Petri
Date/Time: 28/10/15 11:41:00

I quite agree with all the points you make Jonathon.  But it doesn't answer why F-W says "But watching 20 tonnes of freshly dug parsnips consigned to the rubbish heap in a Norfolk farmyard - purely because they didn't look pretty enough - is still one of the most shocking things I've ever seen. That's not just a few sackfuls of parsnips, it's not a skip-load. It's a colossal mountain of them - enough to fill nearly 300 shopping trolleys. And, more importantly perhaps, to feed 100,000 people with a generous portion of roast parsnips. As a chef, I can tell you there was absolutely nothing wrong with them. In fact, they were beautiful. I would have been delighted to cook with them. They may not have been perfectly straight, or utterly without blemish, or conformed to a robot's laser vision of a perfect parsnip. But they were all just great to me.

Yet the supermarket client found them wanting. They "failed" the "cosmetic standards". They weren't wonky, or forked, or bruised or even "ugly". They just departed, sometimes by a matter of millimetres, from some bizarre set of specifications that defines, with apparent omniscience, what it is that we, the customers, demand our parsnips to be. Not that anyone's asked us.


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Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 09:41:00 James Petri
   Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 10:10:00 Jonathan Bingham
      Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 11:41:00 James Petri
         Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 12:34:00 Rima Jones
         Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 13:14:00 Loraine Pemberton
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 13:19:00 Rima Jones
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 13:30:00 Loraine Pemberton
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 13:38:00 Rima Jones
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 13:56:00 Loraine Pemberton
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 13:38:00 Russell Pearson
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 13:56:00 Rima Jones
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 14:06:00 James Petri
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 14:20:00 Rima Jones
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 14:23:00 Jonathan Bingham
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 14:29:00 Rima Jones
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 14:27:00 Philippa Bond
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 14:45:00 Rima Jones
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 14:39:00 Philippa Bond
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 14:50:00 George Turner
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 18:36:00 Philippa Bond
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 19:52:00 James Petri
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 20:35:00 Rima Jones
                                    Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 22:04:00 Philippa Bond
                                       Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 28/10/15 22:19:00 Rima Jones
                                          Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 29/10/15 11:17:00 Philippa Bond
   Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 29/10/15 11:25:00 Philippa Bond
      Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 29/10/15 17:00:00 Anne Brown
         Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 30/10/15 11:23:00 Rima Jones
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 30/10/15 11:35:00 Paul Wright
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 30/10/15 13:55:00 Philippa Bond
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 30/10/15 19:03:00 Rima Jones
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 30/10/15 21:06:00 Philippa Bond
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 31/10/15 08:22:00 Philippa Bond
                           RE: https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-rot-end-supply-chain-food-waste01/11/15 18:59:00 Philippa Bond
   Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 02/11/15 21:27:00 James Petri
      Re: Too fat, too short.... too ugly03/11/15 10:55:00 Philippa Bond
         Re:Re: Too fat, too short.... too ugly03/11/15 13:23:00 Rima Jones
            Re:Re:Re: Too fat, too short.... too ugly03/11/15 19:51:00 Philippa Bond
               Re:Re:Re:Re: Too fat, too short.... too ugly03/11/15 20:20:00 Rima Jones
                  Re: https://wastenotuk.com/04/11/15 06:10:00 Philippa Bond
                     Re:Re: https://wastenotuk.com/05/11/15 10:12:00 Philippa Bond
   Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 09/11/15 19:06:00 James Petri
      Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 09/11/15 22:13:00 Philippa Bond
         Re:Re:Re:Food waste. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. 10/11/15 11:19:00 Philippa Bond
            Re: Food Waste:  Asda extends range of wonky vegetables13/11/15 07:20:00 Philippa Bond
               Re:Re: Food Waste:  Asda extends range of wonky vegetables13/11/15 08:47:00 Julian Pavey
                  Re:  Just look at the waste!18/11/15 09:54:00 Philippa Bond
                     Re:Re:  Just look at the waste!04/12/15 21:15:00 Philippa Bond
                        Re:  France leads on  laws for unsold supermarket food11/12/15 17:51:00 Philippa Bond
                           Re:Re:  Watch the Bill progress through Parliament here:12/12/15 09:57:00 Philippa Bond
                              Re:Re:Re:  Watch the Bill progress through Parliament here:14/12/15 20:57:00 Philippa Bond
                                 Re: We need 100 MPs! – Update on "Stop the Rot! End supply chain food waste"22/01/16 21:56:00 Philippa Bond
                                    Re:Re: We need 100 MPs! – Update on "Stop the Rot! End supply chain food waste"22/01/16 22:53:00 Julian Pavey
                                       Re:  Email your MP  - 100 MPs needed23/01/16 11:53:00 Philippa Bond
                                          Re:Re:  Email your MP  - 100 MPs needed28/01/16 08:14:00 Philippa Bond
                                             Re:Re:Re:  Email your MP  - 100 MPs needed28/01/16 12:09:00 James Petri
                                                Re:Re:Re:Re:  Email your MP  - 100 MPs needed28/01/16 12:23:00 Rima Jones

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