Use by Dates... Do you follow?

Sorry,Animoso but "Ye shall reap what ye sow" make the "tribe" "bring their own" then you'll only have to cook it!

Bug, my friend...feed people is what I do best...in fact it is possibly the only thing that I am any good at!...
...and they do come with "offerings"...and since the Mags are all on a celiac's diet...I get presented with all sort of weird and wonderful products to experiment with!

PS
should you ever find out how to use Mung beans...I would be most interested to hear...

Your starter for one:

http://fooddownunder.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=mung+bean

Thanks...went down that list before...
have you EVER tried to get the skin off of the mung beans?????
That is an exercise for masochists!!!....
than I thought...wellllllll. I'll "sprout them than....and use them in salad....than I investigated the "sprouting" business....well...I got warned about all sort of dire things happening if I did not know the exact "provenance"...Heck!!!I did not even know what shop they came from!!!! so I found a good use for them...I use them for "blind backing!!! LOL

they are easy to sprout - just lay them on wet blotting paper or in a jar - keep them wet and the will sprout....

I never skin them....but if you want to this nifty 'little' gadget does it for you LOL

A MUNG BEAN PEELER................

thanks again...but if they are not "grown in the right condition"...they can be lethal...I'll keep blind baking with them...or feed to to the birds

I eat enough of them - not to mention my daughter and grandson and we live to tell the tale (in fact Zara grows them permanetly!!)

karma do you eat or smoke them? :Steve1:

Thats for me to know and you to find out 8)

How?...............any clues?.......................Oops........getting of track again..............karma you are a bad influence!

The Co-operative Group is claiming to be the first retailer in the UK planning to include storage instructions for fruit and vegetables on its fresh produce bags, "to help tackle the growing problem of household food waste".

The storage instructions relate to a selection of loose fruit and veg that The Co-operative stocks and indicate the optimum conditions under which each of the products should be kept to maintain freshness.

As the instructions are printed on the bags themselves, customers have the information to take home with them.

The initiative is part of the retailer's support for the Government-funded "Love Food Hate Waste" campaign, which aims to raise awareness of the need to reduce food waste, as well as providing practical tips and solutions to help consumers waste less food.

According to the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP), UK households throw away 6.7 million tonnes of food every year - 70% of which could have been eaten. This works out at a cost of £617 per household, and creates the same amount of CO2 as one-fifth of cars on UK roads.

Richard Swannell, director of retail, WRAP, commented: "We welcome this latest initiative from The Co-operative, which makes it easier for their customers to know how to best store fresh fruit and vegetables.

"For example, apples kept in the fridge can keep for an extra two weeks.

"This is the latest example of how The Co-operative is supporting the Love Food Hate Waste campaign, helping customers to save money by throwing away less food."

The Co-operative is also supporting The Love Food Hate Waste campaign by switching the emphasis of its promotional offers - particularly on perishable goods, such as fruit and veg - from bogofs to half-price offers.

By doing so, the community-based retailer hopes to further reduce food waste in the home by helping customers buy what they actually need, rather than doubling up on items they don't necessarily want simply to take advantage of the promotional deal.

Debbie Robinson, director of food marketing at The Co-operative Group, said: "Household food waste is a growing problem and, as the UK's largest convenience store retailer, we are determined to do all we can to help our customers tackle this issue, as well as helping them to spend wisely in these difficult times."
Later in the year, The Co-operative's membership teams will also be running a series of "Watch your Waste" events throughout the UK, featuring cookery demonstrations and tips on how to reduce waste.

Chefs will be cooking up a selection of recipes using food items that are commonly thrown away, including dishes such as vegetable curry, Moroccan chickpea soup and a baked banana passion( from retail news)

Moroccan chickpea soup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do you make that from your left over chickpeas or leftover Moroccans?

Bug!!!! :roll:
from your leftover water, of course.... :-)

absolutely yes - anything that is past its date goes in the bin - It's not worth the risk and anyhting that looks dodgy I throw away 

Why throw it away when it can be composted?

Why buy it if you don't need it ???? My Gran's words come to mind 'more money than sense'!!!!