Thank You, I’m Good
Closing in on the featured topic, “Reduce Waste”. Some ideas on the subtext.
As I am putting a full stop behind all that has been mentioned in the past three-and-a-half months about reducing waste on this blog so far, I have come to realize something: The whole matter is not about reduction, but about the right measure. Which, again, is really important in cooking and baking. If you do not pay attention to the right measure, everything will … well, in the best case, just look weird.
Like, if I buy food that I do not use, it will turn my monthly budget cake to mush. Or, if I pile up a lot of household waste, the waste bin soufflés will overflow again, and the courageous waste workers (thank you people for your hard work!!!) will have no way to maneuver the mess out. Also, buying food out of season will probably raise the waste soup level over the brim, and hence, also the prices the stores have to distribute on all merchandise they sell. And letting good food go to waste might not only attract insects, but also strain the local food supply. Not to mention the resulting mess, aka loss, created where the food came from (fields, agricultural producers).
I could take the same issues easily to the global level, but you know what? It’s so obvious, I’ll just leave it at that.
Side Notes:
- Here comes the list of all the posts beside this one that have been marked “featured posts” in connection with the topic “Reduce Waste”:
- Curious Customs (Table Talk with Restlos Glücklich e.V.)
- Garbage Re-engineering (about managing household waste)
- Sidewalk Scenes July 2025 (donate your extra garden bounty)
- Liquid Truth (about the precious resource water)
- Sidewalk Scenes June 2025 (small overview over ways to reduce waste)
- Lickhob Rapraccio (recipe with the ingredient special on kohlrabi)
- All in One (ingredient special on kohlrabi, a leaf to bulb champion)
- Alongside (ideas about reducing food waste while travelling)
- King of Spears (two in one recipe with ingredient special on asparagus)
- Candelaborous (ingredient special on asparagus, a zero waste champion)
- Learning from Scraps (about a main category of the blog on respecting food)
- AnyBroth (versatile way to use up cutting scraps for making a good broth)
- Seasonable (some ideas on why buying in season reduces waste)
- Harvest (about the implications of respect for food)
- Anystew (the soup that uses up all the harvest gives, even withering herb plants)
- Picalotta Fusion Salad (recipe for a modular party dish that will have no leftovers)
- Another Angle (examples how to refurnish your balcony with old stuff)
- Bold Kitchen (Table Talk with FoodCycle from the UK, a soup kitchen project)
- Art or Edible? (about how perfect shapes can be … relative)
- A Helping of Happiness (the Okinawa Principle and how to make most of your resources)
- The Princess of Oil Fruit (preserving the last herbs and ginger of the season)
- Pumpkin, My Love (about one of the most amazing fruits and zero waste champions)
- A Matter of Edibility (on food that grows for free in cities)
- Multi-Meal Prep II – The Sequel (yes, meal prep is a perfect way to prevent food waste)
- Boxed up for Good (re-using vessels from the household to plant food)
- Cupcake Carnival (recipe for a versatile muffin that uses up leftover flour)
- The Good Greens (about how nutritious food sometimes grows in unexpected places)
- Multi-Meal Prep (recipes introducing modular preparation for take-outs)
- Multi-Meal Prep (about making perfect use of leftovers)
- Covered Cake (this recipe came into being because I had flours that needed to go)
- Using up the Flour (the story behind how expiration can be turned into inspiration)
- Flying Lessons: ‘I’ll just wing it!’ (try a different angle, create new food)
- Tella Peel Soup (a recipe that honors my favorite pumpkin)
- No Hokkaido is Ever Wasted (take a close look: maybe you are wasting food)
- Pulp Friction (our rabbit would not eat this, so we made pizza)
- Don’t Freeze those Eggs (on the plant-based predator version of eggs)
- The featured posts on reducing waste will be marked until the beginning of October 2025. After that, the feature will change. I will give you more information on that in the ‘Sidewalk Scenes’ of September 2025.