Bin Cooking—A Smart Lifestyle

I like the logo of British’s supermarket Sainsbury: Live well for less! The idea behind is ‘Waste less, Save more’ & ‘Food Rescue’.

Its meaning can apply to our modern life—many of us own too much material as well as waste the same amount of them. Why we do such a thing? It is partly because lacking of a good plan before shopping and partly due to viewing spending money as a fun or pressure -release.

*How to save your food (Sainsbury website)

*The Secret To Eternal Carrot Youth (Sainsbury website)

A very useful and environmental-friendly seminar—Bin cooking was hosted by a neighbour community at a pub (as photo). It taught people how to choose fresh food in supermarkets, and how to preserve cooking materials separately and correctly. 

For example, sometimes, you purchase too many eggs (because the more you buy, the cheaper they are), and you start to worry about the freshness after several days; here is a simple way to check it. Put them in the water, if they sink into the water, it shows that it has rotten, DON’T EAT! In addition, you may boil some eggs after shopping and put them in the freezer and that is a way to preserve them longer.

The core value and theme of the bin-cooking seminar is using some residual materials to become a good meal. It does not necessarily need any professional skill. Menus such as a mixed salad bowl, an apple pie, or potato pastry are easy to do. This is a good and varied way to make best use of all materials.

My partner and I made these.

It is a great idea for those who shop daily food too much, and as a result have to throw them out after expire. This sunny afternoon, we have cooperated to make different dishes and ate together in the evening to be a good ending for this course and pay our gratitude for food. 

 Bin(賸餘食物)烹飪 - 一個聰明的生活方式我喜歡英國超市Sainsbury的標語：減量使生活更美好。背後的想法是“減少浪費會節省更多”，這是關於智慧購物和“食物救援”;降低成本，但獲得更多的價值。
它的意義可以應用於我們現代生活 - 我們許多人擁有太多的物質及浪費相同的數量。為什麼我們做這樣的事情？部分原因在購物之前缺乏一個好的計劃，還有部分原因是把花錢當作樂趣或壓力釋放。 

*如何保存你的食物：（Sainsbury網站:)

*使胡蘿蔔年保持輕的秘密（Sainsbury的網站）

這是一個非常有用和環保的研討會 – 廢料烹飪由一個鄰居社區在一家酒館舉辦（如照片）。它教會人們如何在超市中選擇新鮮食物，以及如何分別地和正確地保存烹飪食物。 例如，有時候，你購買太多的雞蛋（因為您購買的越多，價格越便宜），並且幾天后就開始擔心新鮮度;有一個簡單的方法來檢查它。把它們放在水中，如果他們沉入水中，就表明它已經腐爛，不要吃了！另外，你可以在購買後煮一些雞蛋，把它們放在冰箱裡，這樣可以讓它們放更長。 

烹飪研討會的核心價值和主題是使用一些殘留材料作一頓美食。它不一定需要任何專業技能。菜單如混合沙拉碗，蘋果派或馬鈴薯酥餅很容易做到。這是充分利用所有材料的多元化方式。對於每天購買太多食物的人，在過期後不得不把它們丟棄來說,這是一個好主意。這個陽光明媚的下午，我們合力做了不同的菜餚，晚上一起吃飯，作為本課程的一個很好的結尾，並對食物感恩。

The Romantic Part of Diaspora Life

The following words are cited from Robin Cohen’s (2008, p.8) book—Global Diasporas:

In his book, he tries to tell his reader that migrants sometimes have an imaginary picture of living overseas and have a pretty dream for the future; this story just tell us it is a romantic part of all the reality. It is a diaspora describes the place he lives (ps: an unknown place).

‘I have been convinced that I was living abroad and, at a push, overseas. It now turns out, however, that I have actually been living in the diaspora. This sounds like a very lovely place, with flora and fauna,[ …], blue skies and a certain je ne sais quoi. The sort of place where you can tiptoe through the tulips, stopping every so often to smell Rose, […], and any other delicacies that take your fancy…’

In the surrounding place I live, it is not a dream, This is Preston Park, a place as big as a football field, has two gardens (Rose garden and Rock garden, I will introduce tem next time) and one church inside. Very often, I walk only 5 minutes to there from my living place to take a fresh air and stretch my body. It is truly beautiful there! 

Cohen, R. (2008) Global diasporas : An introduction (2nd ed., Global diasporas). London: Routledge.
以下文字來自Robin Cohen 2008年的書’全球移民’：

在他的書中，他試圖告訴讀者，移民有時對海外生活會有一番想像，對未來有著美好的夢想; 這個故事告訴我們，這只是所有現實中的浪漫的一部分。這是一個移民描述他所住的地方（ps：一個未知的地方） 

“我已確信我住在國外，並且在動力驅使下來到海外。然而，事實證明，我實際上一直是像浪跡天涯般的生活。這聽起來像一個非常美好的地方，植物和動物，[...]，藍天和一些【法語】無法描述的事物。這種地方，你可以腳伸到鬱金香裡，每隔一段時間就停下來聞到玫瑰，[...]和任何其他你會想吃的美味佳餚...“
(文字摘錄自: Cohen, R. (2008) Global diasporas : An introduction)

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在我生活周遭,這不是一個夢想，這裡是普雷斯頓公園，一個像足球場一樣大的地方，裡面有兩個花園（玫瑰花園和岩石花園，我下次會介紹）和一個教堂。很多時候，我從住的的地方走到那只有5分鐘，去呼吸一下新鮮空氣，伸展身體。那裡真的是美!