To think flushing food down the toilet is disguisting?

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I was staying with my in laws last week. They had cooked a big pot of curry and had some leftovers in the pot that they wished to dispose of. So FIL marched upstairs with his large pot in hand, straight in to the toilet, scooped the contents down the toilet and flushed.

I genuinely found it repulsive. AIBU?

It had never occurred to me that anyone would flush food.

Everyday is a school day on MN not envy face.

I don't understand why people are wringing their hands about hygiene and their pots being near a toilet... I expect the man washed the pot afterwards didn't he?

As for the issue, I have put leftover soup down the toilet before and lived to tell the tale.

I do it With soup. Not sure how else you chuck old soup away?

Why didn't they eat or freeze the leftovers or if they don't eat leftovers, cook less in the first place?

I don't think putting undigested food down the toilet is the same as poo, as it's not been chewed and digested.

If you have to throw food away and it's too sloppy for the bin, bag it up. We don't have bio bins either but generally eat our leftovers - why wouldn't you - food you can eat without having to cook, what's not to like?

I wouldn't do this for fear of blockages. However, on the rare occasion I have waste sloppy food that can't be consumed, I wonder what I'm supposed to do with it? Put it in a jar and bin? But then it can't be recycled. Put it in a bag in the food waste bin? But then it turns the whole lot to slop which festers until the next bin collection.
What do you all do?

@Whisky2014 put it in a plastic bag then put it in the bin.

I thought fatbergs were largely made up of wet wipes, san pro, nappies and vegetable oil.

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I can't work out what's wrong except that left overs should be kept.

I do it once in a while but the pot always gets thoroughly washed and doesn't touch the toilet seat.

Oh, and solidified fat.

Sloppy leftovers? Pour them into a sieve in the sink, let them drain and then bin the solids.

Whats the difference between predigested and post digested food?

What if he got splash backs on his pots. Grim.
It never occurred to me to do this ever. Too sloppy for bin? It's a bin bag, it doesn't have holes in it (though I have been known to poke cereal etc down the plug hole.

One of the girls at uni used to tip left over cereal into the communal toilet -it used to make me feel pretty sick to be honest.

I threw some leftover butter beans down the loo yesterday.

Doesn't it just end up as rat food? So you're keeping the rat population going...nice.

I chuck the dregs of a pot of soup down. Can't really see why that would cause a blockage more than a solid shit.

Also what is the problem with holding a pot 'near' a toilet? You've heard of...washing dishes, right?

I do it with soup too

I'm not sure I'm entirely responsible for the rat population.

Toilet not bin. Learn the difference. How skanky.

And food waste also means people have too much money.

ILikeYourHairyHands I cant believe I've not thought of that . How incredibly obvious!

Well not just you UrsulaPandress

I'm going to have to hide this thread. I didn't realise I had such a queasy stomach!

Sheesh. I ate a tin of butter beans for my lunch and left six. And I am quite happy to throw them down the loo. If I'd eaten them then thrown up in the loo what would the difference be?

I have never heard of anyone flushing food down the toilet before .

We would eat it if possible. Or put it on5rhe bin.