NYC power outage and fresh food

**Jesus** · 07-22-2006

After reading the following, I have a big doubt:
NEW YORK - A mysterious blackout during the hottest week of the year left tens of thousands of New Yorkers without power for a fifth day Friday as residents sweltered, businesses idled and city officials seethed after the power company revealed the outages were 10 times larger than previously reported.
"It's a total catastrophe. We've been throwing things out for four days," restaurant owner Louis Panazakos lamented as workers threw out garbage bags full of fresh pasta and sauces
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How do you get fresh pasta spoiled after 4 days if you make the pasta daily? I mean, I can do pasta, you need flour, eggs, a bit of water and oil, salt. Why would you have to threw the pasta in the garbage if you make it daily? Same for sauce, you only make enought to serve your customers for the day, if both are freshly made you don´t have leaftovers, Do you?

MWC · 07-22-2006

If there are no takers, you can't save unrefrigerated pasta and sauce, I guess. Maybe he makes a batch each morning, full of hope for the day ahead, then has to throw it out later.

Maybe they have been throwing other stuff out for four days, and the reporter was simply describing that moment's refuse?

This area of NYC has been without power since Monday. Ick! So I don't think they're agonizing too much over semantics right now.

07-22-2006	#1 (permalink)
Jesus Nutty Peep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mexico City, Mexico Posts: 4,776	NYC power outage and fresh food After reading the following, I have a big doubt: NEW YORK - A mysterious blackout during the hottest week of the year left tens of thousands of New Yorkers without power for a fifth day Friday as residents sweltered, businesses idled and city officials seethed after the power company revealed the outages were 10 times larger than previously reported. "It's a total catastrophe. We've been throwing things out for four days," restaurant owner Louis Panazakos lamented as workers threw out garbage bags full of fresh pasta and sauces --------------- How do you get fresh pasta spoiled after 4 days if you make the pasta daily? I mean, I can do pasta, you need flour, eggs, a bit of water and oil, salt. Why would you have to threw the pasta in the garbage if you make it daily? Same for sauce, you only make enought to serve your customers for the day, if both are freshly made you don´t have leaftovers, Do you?

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07-22-2006	#2 (permalink)
MWC añejo Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Connecticut Posts: 6,014	If there are no takers, you can't save unrefrigerated pasta and sauce, I guess. Maybe he makes a batch each morning, full of hope for the day ahead, then has to throw it out later. Maybe they have been throwing other stuff out for four days, and the reporter was simply describing that moment's refuse? This area of NYC has been without power since Monday. Ick! So I don't think they're agonizing too much over semantics right now.

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