Ed Pawlowski wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On 1/26/2017 8:22 PM, cshenk wrote:
> > Bruce wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> >
> >>On Tue, 24 Jan 2017 18:57:57 -0500, Ed Pawlowski >
> wrote:
> > >
> > > > We decided to give Hello Fresh a try. I realize one meal is
> > > > not a guarantee of an entire corporation, but we are off to a
> > > > good start.
> > > >
> > > > We received the package yesterday as requested but it was not
> > > > convenient to make a meal last night, but I did tonight. We had
> > > > dinner tonight.
> > > >
> > > > The box arrived on time by UPS. Ir was shipped to CT from
> > > > Saddle Brook NJ on Sunday night. Everything was nice and cold
> > > > from the ice pack in the package.
> > >
> > > Two days of frozen transport from another state for a dinner... I
> > > never worry much about my "footprint", but this is rather extreme.
> >
> > I to took that feeling but I grant the same truck had a lot of other
> > stuff I am sure. It probably went with a bunch of other foods from
> > that area.
> >
> >
> >
>
> The packing material went out in the recycle bin tonight for pickup
> tomorrow morning. I don't think it is all that bad compared to
> running around to a couple of stores to get the same ingredients.
>
> Tonight I made the stir fry beef. There was a piece of ginger and
> two scallions. Both were completely used. Had I bought them in a
> bunch at the market, chances are, some would have been wasted.
> Tomorrow we are going shopping at Wegman's. That will be a 40 mile
> round trip. Maybe not so bad to have three meals for two delivered.
> No worse than the Sachertorte I had shipped from Austria.
>
> The beef stir fry was very good. My original concern was portion
> size, but they are very adequate. In fact, there is enough left over
> for a lunch.
>
> Very happy so far. We will probably do this once a month or so just
> for the variety of the menu.

I understand that you are happy and thats fine. You miss a point on
'being green' though as you are only thinking your personal end of
shopping. The others are looking at the products shipped to the
production site then compiled, and then reshipped to you.

I don't mind you enjoying it, but the fire you get is from some trying
to actually live a little closer to 'green' than what that sounds like.
It may not be that far off, but it *sounds* far off.



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