Biscuit bizness
Can you help Gervase, my eco sceptic live-in lover, with his biscuit troubles? Most days, he wraps up a couple of chocolate biscuits in silver foil to take to work along with his Tupperware box full of lunch. Very sweet, I know. And yet, it is an unnecessary use of silver foil, there's no two ways about it. He says if puts the biscuits in with his lunch, they taste of salami. If they travel loose or in a little bag, they go stale. Is there such a thing as a biscuit Tupperware container? And can you believe that my life consists of worries such as these?
I can’t help thinking that A Nice Cup of Tea and a Sit Down will have an answer, if anyone will. Have you seen the site? An expert in all teatime rituals, its author runs a Biscuit of the Week section and in depth analysis of common - or garden - biscuits of the digestive and gingernut variety.
Yes there is:
http://www.lakeland.co.uk/product.aspx/!3756
Posted by: yorkie | 25 Oct 2007 13:24:21
Could he put them in a poly bag of some sort? I save bread bags and bagel bags for these miscellaneous sorts of things.
Posted by: Karen | 25 Oct 2007 13:39:49
Your eco-sceptic live in lover should not care about silver foil if he is truly eco-sceptic. But if he does, he should think about bringing back the silver foil to use the following day. There is no reason why foil can't be used again, especially with something dry like biscuits.
Posted by: Ben | 25 Oct 2007 14:27:45
Bravo Ben. That's a great idea. If you can't reduce, then reuse.
Posted by: Tracy | 25 Oct 2007 15:56:58
Even here in the tawdry states, we reuse foil all the time. And I even wash and reuse ziplock bags, only to be caught up in the "But if I'm using extra water to wash them, then how good is it for the planet really..."
That said, the biscuit carrier linked looks ADORABLE and like the perfect solution.
I use small, washable ziplock containers for general food giveaways. But if I knew I'd be packing three cookies daily and didn't want them crushed - the twee biscuit box it would be!
Posted by: ohiogirl | 26 Oct 2007 05:08:06
How about some recycled foil which can then be reused and recycled again... and again... and again. Or how about just keeping a packet of biscuits at work, no extra packaging required. Although I can see the problem with this could be eating more than the allotted 3 per day!
Posted by: Jess | 26 Oct 2007 16:15:05
Now this is interesting. I use foil to wrap things in my children's lunches on the basis that it can be reused more easily than a plastic bag, isn't plastic in the first place, and when eventually put in the recycling will have a better chance of actually getting recycled, as metal values are higher than paper or plastic. Am I right or wrong?
Posted by: margot | 26 Oct 2007 17:05:29
Hi! I use small (washable) ziplock containers, that works well in this case.
Posted by: solarium | 28 Oct 2007 18:05:57
i buy my ground espresso coffee in elegant rounded tin cans (250g - like these: http://www.illy.com/wps/wcm/connect/f652178046a46acea78baf04e7b86588/caffe-in-grani-per-espresso-345x200-thumb.jpg?MOD=AJPERES). when you empty one, simply wash & re-use as a portable cookie container.
cheers from slovenia :)
Posted by: katarina | 2 Nov 2007 12:59:23
Why not just stock some biscuits at office?
Posted by: subra | 2 Nov 2007 17:35:04
What's wrong with good old greaseproof paper? Perhaps not always suitable for breakable items, but rarely used now for sandwiches. A nifty bit of tucking in the edges as you go along will prevent it unravelling in your bag. Otherwise paper bags, although you rarely see them outside greengrocers
Posted by: julia | 4 Nov 2007 08:05:24
What's wrong with good old greaseproof paper? Perhaps not always suitable for breakable items, but rarely used now for sandwiches. A nifty bit of tucking in the edges as you go along will prevent it unravelling in your bag. Otherwise paper bags, although you rarely see them outside greengrocers
Posted by: julia | 4 Nov 2007 08:06:52
How much money and carbon can you save by making your own biscuits?
Almond cookies don't go stale cause they don't contain wheat or any other grain. This recipe has rapadura instead of sugar (another saving on carbon, rapadura is fair trade, hand harvested and better for your body)
http://editor.nourishedmagazine.com.au/articles/almond-biscuits-for-fussy-rug-rats
Blessings
The Nourisher
Posted by: Joanne | 7 Nov 2007 02:43:28
Biscuits/
Are these not bad for your health and should be avoided at all costs?
Sugar
carbos
Cocoa workers explotation
transport
fossil fuel powered ovens
= Avoid and be green and smug
Problem solved
Posted by: Captain Archie | 14 Nov 2007 09:30:03