After the Mid-Autumn Festival, many people have difficulties with the mooncakes stored at home. I bought it myself, plus sent by relatives and friends, and the family saved several packs, and they couldn't eat it. Many people can only throw away the mooncake in the end, resulting in serious food waste. How to put an end to this phenomenon, let's look at a "mooncake transformation" activity in Shanghai.
In a garden in Shanghai, a "mooncake overhaul" is underway. Under the modification of the two chefs, the five kernel fillings were served with dates to make an energy bar. The cut crust is served with yogurt and fruit, and it becomes a yogurt fruit cup with both appearance and taste.
Feng Jing, initiator of the "Road of Tomorrow": We hope that everyone will change their thinking to look at the mooncake, that is, it is not something that should be thrown away, and in the end, in fact, what we hope everyone should not do is to throw it away directly.
In the face of a large number of mooncakes that were lost at home and not eaten, Li Shuzheng said that Professor Chef's transformation plan made her feel relieved.
Shanghai citizen Li Shuzheng: First of all, one of the most happy things is that my mooncake this year was not wasted, he gave me a way of thinking, you don't just look at what the food it makes looks like, don't limit itself to the function of just a festival food.
Mooncake recycling Secondary distribution utilization
Although food modification can solve the situation that some mooncakes are wasted, there are many more mooncakes that cannot be avoided by transforming this way. So, what to do?
In order to avoid waste, Feng Jing sent the unused mooncakes to a food bank in Shanghai for secondary distribution.
Wang Mingjie, project manager of Oasis Food Bank: Since the 16th, we have received a total of more than 5,000 mooncakes, just individual donations, of course, there are many corporate donations, we have not yet counted it, the amount of corporate donations may be much more than individual donations. This year there will be many, many more individual donations than in previous years.
This food bank usually mainly recycles some food that is about to be wasted, receives and sends it by mail, and distributes the recycled food that has not expired. Wang Mingjie said that today will distribute and collect the unexpired mooncakes received recently.
Oasis Food Bank Project Manager Wang Mingjie: There are also some other vulnerable groups, we focus on them, can give these temporary food to them, because they usually do not buy this, especially a lot of temporary food is very high-end, but also very expensive, we give these foods to them, they are also very happy.
Source: CCTV News Client