As the Spring Festival approaches, "eating and drinking", the biggest theme in China people's holiday life, is suddenly examined under the magnifying glass of public opinion. Against waste, this top-down rectification has forced the once fearless official banquets to converge. At the same time, this fresh wind against waste has also blown to the dining table of ordinary citizens. It is understood that there are currently more than 3,111 large-scale restaurants in Lanzhou. If one restaurant saves 81 kilograms of leftovers every day, the whole city of Lanzhou will save 241,111 kilograms of food every day. According to the calculation that a family of three uses 1 kilograms of vegetables every day, the saved meals can be eaten by 721 thousand people a day. In this case, how to achieve "civilized dining, frugality and cherish blessings", "advocate saving, no food left", "reasonable ordering, and resist waste" is particularly important to form a civilized table.

1. The waste we have experienced

This is a VIP box. Just after 6 pm, the host came, and a group of three people were carrying a box of white wine and a box of red wine. Xia Rong introduced the guests into the box and presented them with exquisite recipes with both hands. The guests obviously knew the way to order food, and the cold, hot, vegetarian and seafood were properly matched. Xia Rong skillfully entered the names of the dishes on the ordering machine. Xia Rong said that such guests often patronize high-end dining places at first sight, so she would not take the initiative to remind guests to order on demand, which would easily arouse guests' resentment. As a waiter in a restaurant, Xia Rong has seen all kinds of dinners. After each dinner, the table was full of mess, which shocked the little girl from the countryside: "It is good to eat half of a table of dishes; A fish with a few hundred yuan didn't move a few chopsticks, and it looked like a whole fish, so it was dumped. "

"will someone pack it for such an occasion?" Xia Rong looked at the reporter with a little surprise and asked, "Will you pack it and take it away?" The reporter was also speechless for a while. Xia Rong said that no matter the dishes with chopsticks or those without chopsticks at all, they are all leftovers in their eyes, and there is only one place for them to go to the slop bucket. Xia Rong tone don't recognize a pity.

Hu Quan is the head of the office in Gansu Branch of a national insurance company. When talking about the waste of eating, he said metaphorically: "Eating is actually a drug introduction in traditional Chinese medicine. The key is to drink alcohol. Who cares about eating?" In Hu Quan's view, if you don't drink, the dinner will be very dull, and it will be difficult to talk about things without atmosphere.

In addition to official consumption, Xia Rong said that it is not uncommon for some ordinary consumption to be wasted. Most of them are all kinds of banquets, such as wedding banquets, full moon banquets and school banquets. There is a special phenomenon in such occasions. Most of the guests sit at the same table but no one introduces them. They are strangers to each other, and they are embarrassed to leave an impression of "eating food" to strangers. Therefore, most of the chopsticks are touched by the water, so most of the dishes on a table are left.

Although all the cafeterias popular with diners are marked as taking meals on demand, it is believed that "if you spend the same amount of money, you must have enough to eat", which actually makes the cafeteria the hardest hit area for food waste. A friend said, "Although the store has indicated that if the leftover food exceeds a certain weight, it will be charged half of the buffet fee, but the waiter rarely really weighs it." His trick is to pour food into hot pot, and some people even deliberately throw food on the ground.

2. The reasons for wasting that we know

There was a once-popular joke that said, "When I have money, I will buy two bowls of soybean milk and drink one bowl and pour one." Sun Feng, a professor of sociology in Tsinghua University, commented sharply on the social phenomenon reflected in the joke. "In recent years, people have become rich, social transformation has accelerated, and consumerism has proliferated. Behind the waste, it actually represents" success "and" status. "

Wan Yan agrees with the professor's judgment very much. After a rather awkward dinner, Wan Yan said bitterly, "Face kills people." Wan Yan is 26 years old. After graduating from college, he entered a public institution. Although his income is not rich, he is already a respectable figure in his hometown village. One day, a visitor from his hometown was the headmaster of a rural school district, and he was also a prominent figure in the village. He was also an uncle of Wan Yan in terms of seniority, and he was always good at discussing people's length. Wan Yan recalled that his first thought after receiving the phone call was never to lose face in front of this person. In the end, Wan Yan struggled to find a good place to eat in Gannan Road, which had both face and no money, and invited several fellow villagers to sit with him for dinner. Five people broke up, the cups and plates were messy, and the checkout actually cost nearly a thousand yuan. Of course, Wan Yan not only got the bill, but also returned to his hometown. Wan Yan keenly found that compared with before, his hometown people felt that he was getting along better.

In the view of citizen Liu Ranran, in fact, too many leftovers on the table have something to do with the merchants. For large banquets such as wedding banquets, merchants usually offer various sets of dishes, and consumers can't change dishes. No matter whether they are interested in the taste or not, they have to accept it all, and choose the guests with lower prices who are afraid of inviting them. "You can't make people feel that the guests are stingy." If you choose a higher price, it is inevitable that the dishes will be wasted when they are rich. Besides, the leftovers in this place are crowded, and who wants to pack them?

although the relevant departments require that the catering industry is not allowed to set minimum consumption standards, there are still many people who set minimum consumption standards in some middle and high-end restaurant boxes. The lobby manager of a catering enterprise said that their boxes are very popular. If the minimum consumption is not limited, some consumers may go into the boxes for saving face, which is also a waste of the box resources of the restaurant. The manager admitted that the minimum consumption price of the box would objectively lead to the tendency of ordering too much food or ordering more expensive dishes.

Compared with restaurants, the food waste of individual families belongs to the type of "a long stream of water", and many people are unaware of it. Dan has a habit of buying food, asking for two copies of everything. For this reason, he has been scolded by his wife, but he just can't change it. Once the unit issued a shopping card on New Year's Day, Dan En thought that his son would eat eggs every day, so he went to the supermarket to pick the most expensive free-range eggs, took two boxes first, and saw that there were two boxes left on the shelf, so he took all four boxes. However, the shelf life of fresh eggs at room temperature is about one month. Finally, a box of eggs went into the trash can. Dan said that every time I clean the refrigerator, I will find a lot of expired food and have to throw it away.

Shan En comes from the countryside. He said that his hometown is like this, and the standard of treating people for dinner has not been upgraded from "full" to "good". Even if it is upgraded, the standard of inspection will be until you can't eat any more. Shan En said that his mother still keeps this habit: every time she cooks, there will be some left. Shan En also reminded her mother, but her mother always said, "I'm always afraid that you won't have enough." Dan felt that, in his mother's view, the remaining half bowl of rice was finally fed to the chickens or pigs at home, which was not a waste.

3. Waste, and what we don't know

According to the survey data of Lanzhou Statistics Department, in the first July of 2112, the catering industry above designated size achieved a cumulative turnover of 1.76 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24%, of which the catering industry completed a turnover of 1.15 billion yuan. With the improvement of urban and rural residents' living standards and the accelerated pace of life, the number of people eating out and reuniting with relatives and friends has gradually increased, and holiday consumption and wedding consumption have become the driving points to promote the rapid growth of Lanzhou catering industry consumption.

according to media reports, the total amount of food wasted in China every year is equivalent to about 51 billion kilograms of grain, which is almost 1.11 of the total grain output in China. According to conservative calculation, Chinese consumers only dump at least about 211 million people's food or rations every year in the catering consumption of restaurants above medium scale. This "waste on the tip of the tongue" is not only a waste of food, but also a waste of resources. According to some data, the expert group of China Agricultural University has systematically analyzed the protein and fat of the leftovers in 2,711 tables of different sizes in large, medium and small cities. It is conservatively estimated that the protein of food wasted in China from 2117 to 2118 alone reached 8 million tons, which is equivalent to the needs of 261 million people in a year.

wasting food is not a unique phenomenon in China. According to the statistics of FAO, 1/3 (about 1.3 billion tons) of the food made in the world every year is wasted. European and American countries waste 95-115 kilograms of food per person per year, while Asian and African countries waste 6-11 kilograms of food per person per year. Although China is not the most wasteful, China has always had a tradition of frugality, and this kind of waste cannot but arouse people's deep thoughts.

4. Civilized dining table behaviors that we should have

In order to resist dining table waste and advocate civilized, economical and healthy eating habits, Chengguan District of Lanzhou City has put forward civilized dining table action since May 2112. Signs of civilized dining table action were put up at the entrances of pilot catering units and canteens, and the slogan "Eat in a civilized way, be thrifty and cherish your blessings" was hung in the lobby, and "Who knows that every grain of Chinese food is hard" was hung in the cafeteria. Through persistent publicity and advocacy, a new concept of diet has been established, which has changed from "saving face" to "emphasizing the truth" and from "stressing ostentation and extravagance" to "seeking health", forming a strong frugal fashion in the whole society.

On October 25th, 2113, the Civilization Office of Chengguan District issued the action proposal of "civilized dining table", focusing on star-rated restaurants, urban restaurants, school (unit) canteens and other catering units, actively promoting the knowledge and behavior of civilized dining table, vigorously advocating the good atmosphere of "ordering food reasonably without leftovers", cultivating a healthy and civilized dining table culture and purifying a good social environment.

In addition to publicity, the Civilization Office of Chengguan District also strongly encourages customers to pack unused meals. Hotels and canteens should provide free environmentally-friendly packed lunch boxes and carry out "packing courtesy" activities. It is understood that 31 key catering enterprises and 26,111 waiters have participated in the civilized dining table action since it was launched in Chengguan District. Since the launch of the event, more than 2,111 copies of promotional materials entitled "Table Civilization starts with you and me" have been distributed to 1,177 catering enterprises, 3,742 individual catering owners and the general public. The number of restaurants in the region has decreased by about 211 tons, and the number of packaged customers has increased by 55%.

Some restaurants have explicitly asked waiters to remind customers how much to eat, and some restaurants have begun to change their sales methods and offer half or small portions of food for customers to choose from, which is not only conducive to saving, but also gives customers more choices.

The civilized dining table can't be confined to the form. Only when everyone takes action to change those bad eating habits will the civilized dining table get closer and closer to us. From the fact that during the Anti-Japanese War, the officers and men of the two armies of our country did not have enough food to eat (except that the five main forces of the national army were well paid),

Two or three soldiers are often unable to fight a Japanese invaders on the battlefield,

Why? Not enough to eat! ! !

It's fashionable for the national army not to fight and have two meals.

It's even worse for the * * * army without government supply, and sometimes it can't even drink porridge!

how to train if you are hungry?

insufficient training will inevitably lead to weak combat effectiveness.

The contrast between the national army and the Japanese aggressors is 25-1!

what a terrible war this is!

In Chongqing, Chiang Kai-shek stamped his feet and wept for this war with wide casualties.

The most tragic thing in the Anti-Japanese War is the Anti-Japanese Alliance.

Cruel fighting in the freezing cold of minus 31-41 degrees

Often you can't have a full meal.

unforgettable General Yang Jingyu

On the 16th day of the first month, the traditional Lantern Festival in China,

When everyone sat around a hot kang to eat Yuanxiao and jiaozi

General Yang Jingyu had not eaten a bite of food for more than half a month.

conquered people's firm belief of not swearing to death alone

chewing the bark and cotton wool at the grass roots and relying on the magic bullet to deal with more than 611 enemies and bandits,

This weak body fought back and killed dozens of enemies and puppets in the last few days of life

Finally, it was outnumbered and died in the battlefield!

The enemy chieftain never understood what supported General Yang Jingyu to kill the enemy so bravely.

The autopsy results made the Japanese invaders and doctors present cry!

There are only a few dead tree skins, straw sticks and broken cotton wool in the general's stomach! !

The enemy has to bow to the great General Yang Jingyu!

It was this kind of talent in China that made the Japanese aggressors invincible and eventually failed.

General Yang Jingyu should be taken as a model when promoting frugality to the troops,

Call on the soldiers to save every grain and vegetable,

Let the rations be maximized.

We seized power, the new China Ran Ran rose,

The war to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea followed,

A more violent and cruel war than World War II was imposed on us-

Without the air force, how passive was the party that lost the air superiority? What a cold and hunger-

The soldiers of the Ninth Corps ambushed the moldy army in Lake Changjin.

However, due to lack of food and cotton-padded clothes,

before fighting, they froze to death, maimed and frostbitten nearly 51,111 veterans who came during the Anti-Japanese War!

who is the best citizen of a country-the hundreds of thousands of veterans who would rather freeze to death than retreat on the banks of Lake Changjin!

In the subsequent strangulation war launched by Li Qiwei,

The logistics supply of volunteers fell into a great panic:

Our soldiers were extremely difficult to supply fried noodles, let alone eat fresh vegetables? !

Due to long-term continuous fatigue and lack of vitamins for vegetables and fruits,

Even more, because we can't rest and breathe, our soldiers suffer from terrible night blindness!

Russian experts have exhausted the methods of western medicine and supplemented vitamin tablets, but to no avail.

this is a bolt from the blue for an army that has no air superiority and often relies on night battles and close combat to win!

Later, Chinese traditional medicine asked General Peng: What is the most on the front line of North Korea?

after a moment's reflection, Mr. Peng said, Pine trees!

Chinese medicine says, just use all the pine bark, leaves and pines to boil water.

On that day, the soldiers sawed the huge pine trees that had been blown down by mold into small pieces to boil water, and a miracle appeared-

At night, volunteers were vigorously inserted into the US military positions to fight for life and death. The food wasted by China people on the dining table was as high as 211 billion yuan a year, and the food dumped was equivalent to the annual rations of more than 211 million people. therewith