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I’ve been doing 1/2 menus - just ask for it. You chose either the 1st or 2nd course, wine or water and desert. Cost has been from 6-9€ instead of the usual 10-15€.When we eat from a menu del día, it’s impossible to eat all the soup we are served, or even the main course meats. What happens to the food we can’t eat? I try to eat as much as I can, but the servings are often enormous, and I hate to see food wasted.
Buen camino everyone!
I expect that it goes in the garbage - same as would happen in a restaurant at home. If it has been served to one customer, they can't very well give the leftovers to the next! (or to charity)
It might be true. I remember one day on Levante as I was approaching a huge pig farm there were lots of celophane wraps all around. Closer I got to the farm there were more of them. When I reached the open air farm and those black pigs I realized what those wraps actually were - from the sandwiches that are usually sold on petrol stations, supermercados and vending machines. I guess the owner got them for free after the expiry date...I read somewhere on this forum of a pilgrim seeing quantities of food waste put out for the black pigs, which are the source of the expensive jamon iberico, to eat. I hope that I read this wrong or the pilgrim saw this wrong, because it is a very dangerous practice which may bring disease into the pigs, besides being a fraud which pretends that the pigs are getting the special feed which provide the unique flavour of this ham.
Well, I think that the OP refers to menus del dia in Galicia where the custom is to put more food than the customer can eat, but in Galicia there isn't cerdo iberico.The pigs are generally white.I read somewhere on this forum of a pilgrim seeing quantities of food waste put out for the black pigs, which are the source of the expensive jamon iberico, to eat. I hope that I read this wrong or the pilgrim saw this wrong, because it is a very dangerous practice which may bring disease into the pigs, besides being a fraud which pretends that the pigs are getting the special feed which provide the unique flavour of this ham.
Very often after the starter, I cannot finish the main course. Most times, (without requesting it!), the restaurant has offered to wrap it up for me to take away. Not the soup, thoughWhen we eat from a menu del día, it’s impossible to eat all the soup we are served, or even the main course meats. What happens to the food we can’t eat? I try to eat as much as I can, but the servings are often enormous, and I hate to see food wasted.
Buen camino everyone!
Actually, what people do with clothing is very similar to ordering a banquet, taking a few bites, and leaving the rest on the plate. People might not leave a shirt in the shop, but they throw it away after one season, even though it could last for years. This has enormous environmental impact. Fashion accounts for 10% of the carbon footprint of the world. Clothes pollute rivers where they're made and landfills where they're thrown away.If you go to the store and buy, say, three shirts, pay for all three of them and leave one in the store on departure and never come back for it - most people would call this nuts, but they see no problem with doing the same when ordering food.
I love this suggestion! I didn't know I could request it! I may be in a quandary, however, since my husband usually eats his entire menu, PLUS my leftovers.I’ve been doing 1/2 menus - just ask for it. You chose either the 1st or 2nd course, wine or water and desert. Cost has been from 6-9€ instead of the usual 10-15€.
Once you have ordered a meal and it has been served, it is yours.
The restaurant does not see it as waste if you do not eat it, that waste is yours.
Waste to a restaurant is food that they purchased but did not manage to sell.
Your meal has been sold
So what happens to the food that you ordered but do not eat, is entirely up to you.
If you go to the store and buy, say, three shirts, pay for all three of them and leave one in the store on departure and never come back for it - most people would call this nuts, but they see no problem with doing the same when ordering food.
This is really odd, considering.
If you hate to see your food wasted, bring a small plastic container and take it with you. Or ask for smaller portions, or only half a menu. You have 100% influence on the food that you choose to waste, or not.
I wondered if this was an option, wouldnt even care if the price was the same, i hate wasting food. I’ll definitely request “ media” next Camino.I’ve been doing 1/2 menus - just ask for it. You chose either the 1st or 2nd course, wine or water and desert. Cost has been from 6-9€ instead of the usual 10-15€.
I was actually going to ask about that. My Camino starts next month and I wonder how everyone transports their perishables, such as leftovers or a bit of meat and cheese from the market. A lunch box of any kind is bulky and heavy. Neoprene lunch bag that stores flat and are light. I have no idea what all the options are. Thoughts?Having recently had a nasty bout of dizziness and vomiting after eating something which may have been well after its "best before" date, I suggest that pilgrims taking extra food with them after a meal be careful that it is not something likely to go bad in a short time if not refrigerated. Hot temperatures may speed up this process, and the resulting product is highly unpleasant to clear out of one's system.
Thank you!I carry small lightweight 15x15x7cm Tupperware box which can be also used in microwave ovens. Very useful for carrying tomatos which I love and they don't get mashed for example. I also use the lid as a cutting board.
If not the food other small items can go in there.
Whatever you use you can surround with things in your pack for insulationI was actually going to ask about that. My Camino starts next month and I wonder how everyone transports their perishables, such as leftovers or a bit of meat and cheese from the market. A lunch box of any kind is bulky and heavy. Neoprene lunch bag that stores flat and are light. I have no idea what all the options are. Thoughts?
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