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 can look at the mooncake differently, that is, it is not something that should be thrown away.
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.
Li Shuzheng, a shanghai citizen: First of all, one of the most happy things is that my mooncakes this year were not wasted, and he gave me a way of thinking, not to limit it to 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.
Oasis Food Bank Project Manager Wang Mingjie: 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, corporate donations may be much more than individual donations. This year there will be 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, project manager of Oasis Food Bank: We focus on some other vulnerable groups, because they usually don't buy this, especially many of the temporary foods are very high-end, the price is also very expensive, we give these foods to them, they are also very happy.