I have the world’s greatest garbage disposal.
And he’s cute too.
My husband is the most awesome leftover eater ever. That man will eat food days past the point when I would never touch it.
You may be grossed out and you may worry about his health.
It’s OK. I understand.
I used to worry about him too, but finally just decided to trust him. So far, he’s lived to tell stories of eating fried shrimp left in the garage overnight.
In the summer.
Yep. He hates to see food go to waste.
But then, a few weeks ago . . . I made Cabbage Soup. There was cabbage in our Bountiful Basket that week, and I happened to see a tweet about a beef and cabbage soup that I had the ingredients for.
I was proud of me. He was proud of me. And we ate the soup. We even forced the children to eat it.
And it wasn’t horrible.
Really.
But then I put it in the fridge. I assume I was in a hurry and felt justified putting the entire crock pot into the fridge.
Into the really big, open part of my fridge.
But strangely, even though there was PLENTY of Cabbage Soup left over, Hubby never ate another bite. And neither did I.
The soup sat there. And the crock pot sat there. (Thankfully, I have another crock pot that I was able to use when I needed one . . . )
The convenient placement of that big ol’ crock pot in a convenient spot became a total inconvenience.
See, it’s also the best place to put our two/three/sometimes-four gallons of milk for the week.
Or apple-juice, or grape juice, or whatever. But even though I was irritated every time I had to angle the milk onto other shelves where it barely fit, I left the cabbage soup. Long past the point where even Hubby would risk it.
So tonight, I held my breath and dumped that soup down the disposal.
The real one, not Hubby.
And that took a whole 45-or-so seconds. Much less time than I’ve spent re-arranging butter and parmesan and angling milk jugs to KEEP from doing that for the last week few weeks almost-a-month.
Oh. And do you know what amazed me? That month-old cabbage soup didn’t stink. Seriously.
The day you make it? Stinks like garbage. Three weeksish later? Not a scent.
Ha! That cracks me up!! What a great hubby to let you post a picture of him!
He is brave! Shrimp in the garage overnight? Wow!!
My husband’s cousin eats leftovers like that. It was long ago decided that he has a steel stomach because he can eat anything (seriously, even leftovers that are getting moldy) and has never once gotten sick. It’s mind boggling. And disgusting.
I’ve done this same thing with my crock pot! And had the same thought about having a spare. Of course, I had no problem cleaning the spare crock though, go figure.
My husband is the blue eyed blonde version of yours….I baked a derby pie one time and it slipped off the cooling rack balanced (not) over the sink. He got a spoon and shoveled it in his mouth asap….before it all went down the drain.
I am not grossed out by your husband. Mine is the same way. He is a cook in the navy so I figure he knows what he can and can’t eat.
My mom is pretty bad about serving old food. I learned from this (and my dad) to put date labels on almost all leftovers. (Sometimes I get lax, but it’s my goal.) My dad is not as resistant to food poisoning as your husband apparently is and Mom has made him sick more than once. 😛 My dad finally put his foot down pretty forcefully after one episode and she was pretty good for awhile. Then she did it again, only that time it finally actually made her sick too. I think she has been more careful since then! 🙂 If people want to eat old food themselves that’s fine, but we can’t all take it and I really object to them feeding it to those of us who don’t want it. 😉 lol
My mom’s grandmother had an almost miraculous resistance to old food! Actually, it may have been more the mercy of God than a strong system! 🙂
I’m cracking up because we just poured 3 week old cabbage soup down OUR disposal. Several hours of avoiding the task (split up over the past two weeks) and 30 seconds of doing.
whacking head against the wall
Why oh why oh why do I do this?????
So we made cabbage soup on the same day? So funny!
not only did we make it the same day, but we apparently threw it out the same day. that’s just too funny!
I wish my husband was more like yours! He steers clear of all leftovers & I eventually end up throwing a lot of food out. I hate it! New follower here.. stopping by from runninglikeamother.com 🙂
At our house, we have been known to intentionally let food hang around until its safety is a bit iffy. Hubby and I were brought up to not waste food, or waste anything. It just seems wrong to throw away food that is still “good” even if we don’t want to it. So we just wait until it’s not “good” anymore, then we don’t feel guilty about throwing it away.
I hate to admit it but I have left crockpots full of food in the fridge so long I am scared to open them and would rather throw the pot away then crack the seal
When I stick our crockpot or any large pot in the fridge, I usually turn the lid upside down so I can stick something else on top of it!
Your voicing the same song and dance I do sometimes. Thanks for sharing this gem, plus pics!!
We often get fruit/veggies in our bountiful basket that I have no idea what to do with so they just sit… and sit. Yesterday I emptied out 18lbs of wrinkly, moldy, stinking food from our fridge. I’m so embarrassed, and so disgusted. But now there’s room for the final harvest from my garden.
Instead of letting it sit past all possibility of usage, find someone who keeps animals, esp pigs (although our goats & chickens give the pigs a run for their money). Donate your scraps to them. Then you don’t have to feel guilty anymore. FFA or 4H spring to mind. Or a gardener who composts for the veggies. That’s what I did before I got my own. They even came & picked them up at my place!