Food is meant to be eaten.

[Food is meant to be eaten] There is a 54-year-old restaurant called "Big Dining Hall" next to the "Kazakhstan Kitako Park Course" in Nishimiya City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. The restaurant’s signature dish is "Big Bowl of Pork Chop". This "big bowl of pork chop" rice is about 6 bowls of ordinary rice bowl! Not only does it have a lot of weight, but it also has a very high price-performance ratio. This share is only 800 yen (about 53.2 yuan), which is rare and cheap for Japan’s consumption level.
Shopkeepers can insist on selling such large bowls of cheap pork chops for the sake of taking care of the students and players who play baseball… The shopkeeper said, "The players will thank me and I will wish them a chance to play again next year."
But the Big Dining Hall suddenly announced this week that the big bowl of pork chops was not for sale. The unexpected announcement caught the old customers who loved the big bowl of pork chops by surprise. Why did the manager make this decision?
Shop Manager: "More and more people order large bowls of pork chops just for photography. Most of them will be thrown away after taking pictures. It’s really sad."
Originally, the big bowl of pork chops was easy to cheat. Under the guidance of the Internet, many people ordered meals in order to punch in and take pictures, regardless of whether they could eat. This situation made the shop manager unable to see it, so they decided not to sell the big bowl of pork chops.
In fact, this is not the first time that food is wasted because of photography. A similar problem occurred in an ice-cream dessert shop in Nagoya, LITTLE BABY DOG’S, long ago. Many people, attracted by the Internet, regard the lovely ice cream as a "photographic prop" and do not want it after the shooting. Therefore, the garbage cans in the shop are full of sweetpots! _________
The phenomenon of food waste is very serious in Japan. Last year, the knowledge program of Asahi Television in Japan, "Takashi Ikezawa", "Food Waste" discussed the problem of food waste. According to the data given in the program, the amount of food aid in the world is about 3.2 million tons per year, while the amount of food wasted in Japan is about this amount. Twice, about 6.21 million tons.
There will be such a serious waste of food, mainly because the Japanese are too persistent in the pursuit of food freshness, generally beyond the appreciation period of food will be directly disposed of.
Japanese food is generally divided into "consumption period" and "taste period". "Appreciation period" refers to the period when the taste can maintain the highest level, and "consumption period" refers to the period when the taste can be safely eaten. That is to say, Japanese food beyond the "taste period" but still within the "consumption period" is still edible, but it is impossible to taste the best flavor!
However, although food beyond the taste period is still edible, many Japanese families or stores will discard their products after the food exceeds the "taste period". Everyone wants to give consideration to both delicacy and safety, which causes a lot of food to be wasted…
In May this year, Japan passed the Food Waste Reduction Promotion Act, which calls for waste reduction in all sectors, from food production to consumption, and will be implemented by the end of November this year. Local governments in Japan are also stepping up propaganda to reduce food waste.
The earth’s resources are limited, food needs to be cherished!