I've been told not to compost cooked food (vegetables - obviously not meat!)

Why is this - what difference could it make?

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: I've been told not to compost cooked food (vegetables - obviously not
: meat!)
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: Why is this - what difference could it make?
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: Thanks
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One good reason is that it can attract rats and another is that it all
settles into a 'mush' that does not allow air in for the proper composting
to occur

In article 4kL2c.3018$54.1804@newsfe1-win, Trevor Tyrrell
writes
I've been told not to compost cooked food (vegetables - obviously not meat!)

Why is this - what difference could it make?

People think it attracts rats.

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Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

In article 4kL2c.3018$54.1804@newsfe1-win, Trevor Tyrrell
writes
I've been told not to compost cooked food (vegetables - obviously not meat!)

Why is this - what difference could it make?

People think it attracts rats.

--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

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from "Trevor Tyrrell" contains these words:

I've been told not to compost cooked food (vegetables - obviously not meat!)

Why is this - what difference could it make?

I do - and meat - if there is any left. Bones go in too. Especially
bones. As long as you put in plenty of fibrous stuff to allow air to it,
and you can keep the rats out there's no reason why you shouldn't.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

In article ,
(Robert) wrote:

One good reason is that it can attract rats

How did rats survive before the cooker was invented?

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

The message 4kL2c.3018$54.1804@newsfe1-win
from "Trevor Tyrrell" contains these words:

I've been told not to compost cooked food (vegetables - obviously not meat!)

Why is this - what difference could it make?

I do - and meat - if there is any left. Bones go in too. Especially
bones. As long as you put in plenty of fibrous stuff to allow air to it,
and you can keep the rats out there's no reason why you shouldn't.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

In article ,
(Robert) wrote:

One good reason is that it can attract rats

How did rats survive before the cooker was invented?

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

The message 4kL2c.3018$54.1804@newsfe1-win
from "Trevor Tyrrell" contains these words:

I've been told not to compost cooked food (vegetables - obviously not meat!)

Why is this - what difference could it make?

I do - and meat - if there is any left. Bones go in too. Especially
bones. As long as you put in plenty of fibrous stuff to allow air to it,
and you can keep the rats out there's no reason why you shouldn't.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

In article ,
(Robert) wrote:

One good reason is that it can attract rats

How did rats survive before the cooker was invented?

Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

: In article ,
: (Robert) wrote:
:
:: One good reason is that it can attract rats
:
: How did rats survive before the cooker was invented?
:
: Steve Harris - Cheltenham - Real address steve AT netservs DOT com
: A useful bit of gardening software at http://www.netservs.com/garden/

They were a lot slimmer and indeed all the fitter for it, in those days!

On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 00:36 +0000 (GMT), (Steve Harris)
wrote:

In article ,
(Robert) wrote:

One good reason is that it can attract rats

How did rats survive before the cooker was invented?

The same way as people.
--

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad

On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 00:36 +0000 (GMT), (Steve Harris)
wrote:

In article ,
(Robert) wrote:

One good reason is that it can attract rats

How did rats survive before the cooker was invented?

The same way as people.
--

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad

On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 00:36 +0000 (GMT), (Steve Harris)
wrote:

In article ,
(Robert) wrote:

One good reason is that it can attract rats

How did rats survive before the cooker was invented?

The same way as people.
--

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit;
Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad

On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 20:10:39 -0000, "Trevor Tyrrell"
wrote:

I've been told not to compost cooked food (vegetables - obviously not meat!)

Why is this - what difference could it make?

I have a vegetarian compost pile. That is, only raw veg and fruit
trimmings, coffee grounds, rinsed&crushed eggshells, etc. (plus the
other usual non-food items). I don't add any cooked or prepared food
leftovers unless they contain no butter, oil, salt, (salad dressing)
because I don't want any grease or salt in my compost. Except for the
first day after I put out a canteloupe rind, the pile is virtually
odor-free.