topic Re: Garbage Bowl in Kitchen

Garbage Bowl

CherryHugs — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 20:14:25 GMT

Do you have a garbage bowl in your kitchen when you are cooking? I just put my scraps into a big ziploc and then put in the trash or sit it in the sink until its mostly full with it zipped closed. Sometimes too, I will stick that into the freezer and add to it to mostly full.

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I am still oxox — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 20:00:10 GMT

Things go in the trash as they are disposed of, I am not imagine the smell of the vegetable and meat trash after it has sat for a week

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SXMGirl — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 20:02:45 GMT

I have a garbage bowl that is emptied and washed after every use. It is very helpful when I am doing a lot of chopping.

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tansy — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 20:04:15 GMT

@SXMGirl wrote:
I have a garbage bowl that is emptied and washed after every use. It is very helpful when I am doing a lot of chopping.

I do the same. It was something I picked up from Rachel Ray.

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CherryHugs — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 20:13:21 GMT

Rachaels show was the first time I ever heard of the garbage bowl. Its a good idea.

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SharkE — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 20:26:29 GMT

Just pull the garbage can up to where your working LOL

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CrazyKittyLvr2 — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 20:28:20 GMT

@CherryHugs I do the same with zip lock bags. I have a round plastic container (I forget what came in it) and I put a zip lock bag in it and fold the top of the zip lock over the edge of the container. It stays open to dispose of things.

It's not large and it fills quickly. I zip it up, no oder and into hte trash. I wash the plastic container and insert another zip lock.

I use zip locks to empty the litter box too.

I never understood spending almost $20 on a garbage bowl. You can get a plastic bowl at Walmart for a couple of bucks.

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alicedee — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 20:31:33 GMT

I never heard of a "garbage bowl" either until I watched Rachel Ray!

I either toss stuff down the garbage disposal or use a piece of plastic wrap, foil, or a plastic bag to wrap the stuff in...that is immediately taken out to the apartment trash dumpster. I don't leave anything potentially "smelly" in the kitchen trash can overnight.

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PamelaSue72 — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 20:41:36 GMT

I have what I call a "composting" bowl. It contains egg shells, coffee or tea grounds, vegetable peelings, and the like. No meat or actual eggs. I keep it in the fridge and twice a week, I'll take the full bowl up to our Mantis composter and dump it into the compost. Add grass clippings and leaves in the fall. It usually takes about three weeks to have a good bit of nice compost for the vegetable garden. Between our compost and our recycling, our trash is almost non-existent.

Now, if somebody could come up with a good way to re-use used cat litter, I'd do really well!

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4kitties — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 20:45:39 GMT

I just put veggie scraps down the garbage disposal and anything else directly into my kitchen trash can. I take the kitchen trash out each evening to the large trash can.

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ciao_bella — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 21:31:36 GMT

I also can't see spending $20 on a garbage bowl. I use a throw away plastic bag (like the kind you get at a grocery store) each time I have scraps, tie it off and take it out to the main garbage. No extra cost and the end result is the same.

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proudlyfromNJ — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 21:56:35 GMT

There's no reason anyone would have to buy a garbage bowl. Doesn't everyone have bowls in their kitchen? Use them.

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skatting44 — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 22:00:29 GMT

For me , plant scraps are put out in a bucket next to my back door then are discarded in my yard compost pile daily . Meat / fat scraps go in the trash . I can't see letting all that waste sit in my home to attract bugs and odors .

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itsmagic — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 22:00:39 GMT

I remember my mother in law had a garbage bowl. She lived in an old farmhouse with no garbage disposal and I think they took the scraps out to the hogs. They didn’t have any kind of trash pickup.

I put everything that cant go down the disposal into a plastic bag (and add to it during the week) and then into the freezer (to control odors) until garbage pickup day.

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Drythe — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 22:05:24 GMT

@PamelaSue72 wrote:
I have what I call a "composting" bowl. It contains egg shells, coffee or tea grounds, vegetable peelings, and the like. No meat or actual eggs. I keep it in the fridge and twice a week, I'll take the full bowl up to our Mantis composter and dump it into the compost. Add grass clippings and leaves in the fall. It usually takes about three weeks to have a good bit of nice compost for the vegetable garden. Between our compost and our recycling, our trash is almost non-existent.

Now, if somebody could come up with a good way to re-use used cat litter, I'd do really well!

@PamelaSue72

We have the same, just an old red bowl, picked up from somewhere years ago, we call it the ‘composting’ bowl.

Every night it is emptied into the closed composter.

Lordy, I Too wish there were an easy to recycle cat litter.

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Desertdi — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 22:30:31 GMT

No.............I only have wrapping paper or cartons from the deli

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Mz iMac — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 22:47:02 GMT

Garbage Bowl???? WT

Most of ya'll need to purchase the "SimpleHuman" trash can if worried about smells.

Agree w/Sharke 110% 👍🏾

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SeaMaiden — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 22:56:56 GMT

I have a small container on the floor that has a bag liner... has a step on pedal to open the lid. Everything stinky like onion skins etc...or wet or smelly goes in it each day. Each night the contents goes into the outside garbage. Start each day with a fresh bag.

I have a large garbage too...only non recycling, dry garbage goes in there...nothing that spoils.

I can not image combining all the garbage into one container! It would STINK💩

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jannabelle1 — Sun, 05 Jul 2020 23:11:53 GMT

I don't keep or collect any scraps for disposal later, and I never use my disposal for veggie scraps since I've had too many clogs. I use a couple of paper towels on the counter for potato peelings, outer onion skin, ends of celery, etc. It all goes immediately in the trash when I'm finished chopping. No fuss, no mess and no keeping any of it.

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lovesrecess — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 00:15:59 GMT

I drop all my food trimmings into the disposal as I get them....everything else goes directly into the trash can. That goes outside to the bin after dinner. I never keep food of any kind in the trash inside overnight. Had a terrible time with fruit flies once and hated it, so no fruits, vegetables in the trash even for a little while.