Work. We have been losing food for weeks now. We buy it, hurl it in the abyss that is the larder and when we can't find it buy more stuff which also gets lost. Today I've realised this is pathological. So spent the morning throwing away all the tinned stuff that is out of date (ten year old octopus in tomato sauce among other things).
What's the worst that can happen? An apocalypse and we might need these vital supplies? No matter we can live off pickled onions and sushi ginger.
My friend who lost her house (and its contents) to the tornado has been an ongoing lesson in the difference between what is basic necessity and what is not. We too have cans and boxes (even frozen food) that are out of date, mostly because we buy food we enjoyed at first but then grew tired of eating.
ReplyDeleteLike clearing a wardrobe it has been a good lesson in what not to buy. How is your friend?
DeleteJust putting one foot in front of the other, trying to take one task at a time. Recovery will be long-term.
DeleteI only have a small freezer (two drawers beneath my fridge) and a hall closet with some shelves fro tines etc. Reading this I am grateful for not having more space because I would fill it all up!
ReplyDeleteWe are actually lucky to have tiny kitchen few surfaces on which to make a mess :)
DeleteRob's Aunt Edie was like that. When we cleaned out the house and garage we had a pickup truck with a bed full of hoarded food going ack twenty years. I have a photo of Rob's hoarding problem, I'll send it to you in a minute :) Carry on...if we were perfect everyone would want to be us.
ReplyDeleteReading this I'm glad I've taken action! As it stands there's about a car boot full left :)
DeleteMy Mother held onto most everything, seven children could explain the reasoning. After we all left she still held onto most everything. Old habits are hard to change.
ReplyDeleteYour comment makes me think of how frugality and excess are intimately related.
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