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The Wonders of Left-Over Foods
We've learned that a good many of our neighbors and friends have a disdain for leftover food.   Several have said that don't want leftovers in their refrigerator unless it's for their kids.  It's funny how all this came up, but nevertheless we really enjoy leftovers.  In fact, some of  DW's best meals are the results of leftovers mixed with something else.  Since our leftovers are never the same, replication is often a hit or miss affair.  I have fond memories of special leftover meals on some of our recent travels.  And what's for dinner ...  wonderful leftovers.
Re: The Wonders of Left-Over Foods
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"We've learned that a good many of our neighbors and friends have a disdain for leftover food.   Several have said that don't want leftovers in their refrigerator unless it's for their kids.  It's funny how all this came up, but nevertheless we really enjoy leftovers.  In fact, some of  DW's best meals are the results of leftovers mixed with something else.  Since our leftovers are never the same, replication is often a hit or miss affair.  I have fond memories of special leftover meals on some of our recent travels.  And what's for dinner ...  wonderful leftovers."

Anyone who knows me, or reads my blog, will know how very much I agree with this!  So much so, that I look on them as "planned overs" - not really leftovers.  After all, what is pre-prepared food (frozen, or otherwise) that you buy in the store but "leftovers"?  I love having one or two parts of my courses already at hand when I start up a meal, or at least a head start on the main course.

A column of "food/kitchen hints" will sometimes suggest that you stop at a salad bar at your local grocery store to get pre-chopped ingredients to cook up at home.  I can't believe that making a stop at a grocery store after a long day at work is any faster than using a knife to chop up a few vegetables on one's own, or perhaps opening a jar of olives.

And, yes, it is just a coincidence that my blog for yesterday was called "Leftover Leftovers"!  Today it is "Impulse Biscuits" for anyone interested in really great, homemade biscuits that happen almost instantaneously.

   Virtual hugs,

   Judie  <-- Sierra Vista, Arizona
   Adventures of Dorrie Anne | Photographing the West

   Today:     Impulse Biscuits
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Re: The Wonders of Left-Over Foods
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No leftovers means no chili, beans, soup or stew type dishes. And an ethic that seems leftovers OK for kids but not for "us "? Shocking!

I can't fathom how to make decent food without interesting leftovers.

Back in the days of Leave it to Beaver,  mom worked Saturday and dad led us three boys in the house weekly House cleaning. About 10:00 he went through the fridge. All the compatible food went into a pot. It cooked while the refrigerator was cleaned. That was lunch. Sometimes it was less than tasty. But only once a complaint was voiced. Dad's rejoinder? "Oh, here is another spoonful, you'll learn to like it!"
Paul
'92 Mid Bath
Re: The Wonders of Left-Over Foods
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Paul,--

Mother's middle sister was the family RN (WW II Cadet Nurse Corps at Mizzou & Barnes Hospital/Wash. U in St. Louis).  Her inspiration was her grandfather's cousin (called Aunt Ethlyn) who had been a WW I Army nurse--you know she'd seen some horrible things & certainly long before penicillin.  Apparently Aunt Ethlyn's sister Lois was a very fastidious & fashionable person (nail polish, lipstick, etc., back in the '20s, oh my), & the story is that Aunt Ethlyn used to say, "When Lois gets sick, she goes to the DR & gets a shot of penicillin; when I'm sick, I just go to the refrigerator & eat mine."   ;D

While I don't self-medicate, I must acknowledge that sometimes the leftovers turn into biology experiments...   ;D

Lynne
Lynne
LDy Lulubelle, Green '05 31' TB
Lilly, the 4-Legged Alarm
 
Re: The Wonders of Left-Over Foods
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With 3 hungry boys and a house cleaned every Saturday the GI way (yes, we made beds so a quarter could be bounced off em), there was nothing going bad in that fridge!
Paul
'92 Mid Bath