According to reports, our country wastes about 12% on the table every year, and 38% for large gatherings.
Stop catering waste and solve the three major misunderstandings (Health Through Train (29th stop))
Our reporter Xiong Jian
Food waste will ring the alarm again; CD operations will have to work harder.
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission recently issued important instructions on stopping food waste. He pointed out that the phenomenon of food waste is shocking and distressing! "Who knows that Chinese food is hard." Although my country's grain production has been harvested year after year, it is still necessary to be crisis-conscious in food security. The impact of the global new crown pneumonia epidemic this year has sounded the alarm for us.
, And 1/3 of student lunches are thrown away.
No matter how thick the family is, it can't help being built. The days are better, and you can't be extravagant. These are the simple principles that the Chinese have always believed in and uphold, and they are golden words for maintaining a healthy life. But in recent years, some bad habits of extravagance and waste have been on the rise. Although the basic consensus of the whole society on cherishing food cannot be shaken, if it is allowed to spread, it will be harmful. Therefore, those unhealthy behaviors and ideas about food waste must be eliminated.
According to reports, our country wastes about 12% on the table every year, and 38% for large gatherings.
Misunderstanding 1: More dishes are good
The occasion where food waste occurs most often is probably on the dining table.
"Today I invited my old classmates to dinner. For 6 people, you have to order 4 cold dishes and 8 hot dishes. Soup is not included." Not long ago, the reporter heard a gentleman ordering food in the lobby of a restaurant in Beijing. "Planning", according to this order scale, I am afraid that leftovers are inevitable.
The Chinese are good-looking, respectful, and ostentatious. Inviting people to dinner, if there are fewer orders, it feels disinterested. It seems that the more dishes you order and the more dishes you have left, the more enthusiastic and sincere you will appear.
A restaurant waiter told reporters: "In the restaurants I worked in before, some owners wanted us to'flick' others to order more dishes, but now they don’t have any. We usually remind consumers to order the right amount based on the number of guests. But if they If you have to make more, we can’t just stop it. For example, some guys who invite girls to dinner on a date, and customers who are soliciting clients are particularly good-faced. For fear of improper reception, I would rather order more dishes to be left there. Will pack."
In fact, this is a nouveau riche mentality, and an unhealthy mentality is at work. If your own economic conditions are not very good, it is even more of a swollen face to fill a fat man, why bother? Honesty is the key to dealing with people. A person who wastes food and wastes food can hardly be trusted.
In this regard, the relevant person in charge of the Henan Provincial Catering and Hotel Association once suggested that in the whole society, in-depth promotion and promotion of "no discs can only lose face", starting from changing the concept, let the concept of conservation take root.
In short, linking face and waste together is not a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation. Food waste is not a "small problem" on the tip of the tongue, but a big problem in ideology. If everyone allows this mentality to develop, the phenomenon of food waste will intensify, and this must be observed.
Misunderstanding 2: Waste can expand consumption
There is a scene in a TV series: In a high-end restaurant with bright lights but no customers, grandma Yan from the countryside asks: "Professor Fei, you said that this lamp just stays lit, how much does it cost? Electricity? That country doesn't care?"
Professor Fei said: "Oh, grandma, you can't say that. You still have to get some electricity. Only when the electricity is turned on can the electric workers earn money and can buy vegetables and food, so that the farmer brothers can earn money again. Up."
There are quite a few people who hold Professor Fei’s views in life. Especially on the issue of food waste, a friend of the reporter thinks like this: “I order more, restaurants earn more, buy more goods, and employees earn more. I’m stimulating domestic demand. And, isn’t the leftover food also selling swill? It’s another income."
This kind of "waste is justified and beneficial" is absolutely unacceptable!
It is true that moderate, reasonable and effective consumption is an indispensable prerequisite for the normal operation of social life and development and progress. But not all consumption is conducive to the healthy development of the economy. If consumption takes one more step, it often becomes waste. Development driven by waste is watery and unsustainable. Life based on waste is an out-and-out violent thing.
China does not have enough food to be squandered, so we must not tolerate food waste. In terms of public psychological construction, thrift must be clearly promoted.
Misunderstanding 3: Overeating is a "CD"
The "CD-ROM operation" of "I CD-ROM is glorious" has been implemented for many years, and the phenomenon of "waste on the tip of the tongue" has changed. But in this process, there is a voice who believes that the promotion of "CDs" will easily lead to eating more, and as a result, eating fat and eating unhealthy.
A friend “showed the CD” on Weibo and WeChat. After more than 5 years, the biggest change was that he lost more than 10 kilograms of weight. The fatty liver in the original physical examination report disappeared. Many people were puzzled and asked him, isn't it easy to eat too much and fatter "CDs"? Why did you lose weight? This friend said it well: "The CD-ROM campaign advocates conscious CD-ROMs and easy CD-ROMs instead of "hard-supported CDs."
Some people eat a buffet, and one person uses two large plates to fill it up like a hill. If you "disc" it like this, you will definitely have to eat. Why can't you do "get as much as you eat"? Can't you take it after eating? Therefore, thinking that "CDs" will lead to more eating is not a problem caused by the economy advocated by "CDs".
Eating 80% full rice is an important principle of healthy eating. It’s not called a "CD," but it's overeating.
In the final analysis, the "CD Action" is not only a virtue, but also a concept closely related to lifestyle, a good habit of saving, environmental protection, health and public welfare that everyone can practice. In short, don't misrepresent the "CD".
Remember: Live a good life and don’t forget your roots
Food waste is not a new phenomenon, nor is it a common phenomenon.
China has historically been a farming society with long-term low-level development and starvation is the norm for most people. Those who can be extravagant and wasteful are either the emperor who "why not eat meat" or the high-ranking officials who "crush the coral." Common people, overcharged three or five more, still inevitably go hungry; encountering a famine year, chewing bark and eating Guanyin soil is an endless history and waste of food? Fantastic Nights.
Today’s days are better, but you can’t forget Gu Youming’s advice: One porridge, one meal, when thinking is hard to come by;
In order to create an atmosphere of "shameful waste and glorious saving" in the whole society, various places are trying to find ways and new tricks.
“The food in the first canteen is too much. It’s a pity that I have to eat it every time and I have to dump some!” In response to students’ messages in the logistics service hall, Ocean University of China used a big data system to find out the needs of teachers and students and launched Modes such as half-serving, small and small portions, weighing optional, order-to-order production, etc. make advocating economy a school fashion.
"Hello, this restaurant is carrying out the'CD Action' of civilized dining. Since you have eaten all the ingredients for this meal, we will give you a small gift. Thank you for your savings!" Ms. Zhang, a citizen of Shijiazhuang, checked out after the meal. Facing the "prize" handed over by the waiter, I was really surprised.
In addition, some merchants kindly remind customers when they order more dishes, some service staff actively suggest consumers to pack after meals, and some agencies play a rigid role in the system for eating and drinking... The overall social environment is focusing on " CD", promote "CD". As individuals, if we want to live a healthy life, we should never waste food.