tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post3391017629772530131..comments2024-03-28T04:18:22.794-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Sooooo..... Now they've really gone and peeved me off immensely!OldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-4442633510776811002021-01-03T15:19:43.195-08:002021-01-03T15:19:43.195-08:00Leftovers? Let me AT 'em! nom, nom, nom.. :) O...Leftovers? Let me AT 'em! nom, nom, nom.. :) Of course my Creole farmgirl wife being a scratch cook of note, between me & our grown son when he's around they're rarely <i>are</i> any. :) And AMEN to the space aliens bit!virgil xenophonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14577165785872035948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-5013854601569351582021-01-02T12:03:59.629-08:002021-01-02T12:03:59.629-08:00We love leftovers. Always have. You can't just...We love leftovers. Always have. You can't just nuke 'em though, you have to break out the skillet or turn the oven back on for the proper reheat of things like lasagna. Learning how to reheat left over pizza is well worth the trouble. Still working out the method for reheating some kinds of potatoes although au gratin and scalloped are dead easy. Tater tots are another story. Crispy leftovers....gooood for the soul.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-49224163340982418312021-01-02T07:22:48.246-08:002021-01-02T07:22:48.246-08:00We had guests over for dinner one night.
My wife w...We had guests over for dinner one night.<br />My wife was asked how she prepared such a wonderful meal.<br />She then listed the leftovers that were combined to make the meal.Ed Bonderenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03724552853113809036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-568333172215337882021-01-02T04:42:23.380-08:002021-01-02T04:42:23.380-08:00This topic hits very close to home. Having lived t...This topic hits very close to home. Having lived through the rationing and Victory Gardening era (1941-46) with an Irish grandmother who taught us it was bad luck to eat the potato peels because they were for the hens and the pig I still live by the axiom "Eat it up, wear it out, make it do or do without!". Vegetable scraps unfit for soup go into the compost bin, bones get boiled down for stock, we even bring our own takeout containers for the leftovers when we eat out. Old Guns.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02690195704568635237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-48502569379425980302021-01-02T01:43:56.327-08:002021-01-02T01:43:56.327-08:00Around here, cheesecake and poppy cake are staples...Around here, cheesecake and poppy cake are staples...Paweł Kasperekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17636249014878876718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-77712768382423670492021-01-01T21:22:49.192-08:002021-01-01T21:22:49.192-08:00Sounds like you guys cook the way my Sweet Little ...Sounds like you guys cook the way my Sweet Little Wife cooks. When she makes lasagna, we wind up with enough frozen for at least three more meals. Same with spaghetti sauce, beef stew, and my soups and chili. When I bake bread I do a two-loaf recipe, and it lasts us two weeks; one goes on the table, the other gets wrapped and frozen for a week.<br /><br />And finally going to try cinnamon rolls on Saturday, but I've never had to worry about cinnamon rolls going stale!drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2531525029669910422021-01-01T21:18:01.715-08:002021-01-01T21:18:01.715-08:00I eat leftovers nearly every day for lunch. I don&...I eat leftovers nearly every day for lunch. I don't mind it at all and it definitely saves money. Wife and daughter? Not so much, but they're usually not going out and spending $10-$20 fortunately. I did grow really tired of turkey after Thanksgiving though. By Tuesday I gave up. Our too large bird pushed my limit. The Christmas ham only lasted another day.Tunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04930237104692982421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-2687519718471976542021-01-01T15:54:20.032-08:002021-01-01T15:54:20.032-08:00Up until the start of this holiday season, Mrs J a...Up until the start of this holiday season, Mrs J and I had fine tuned our meals to "The Meal" and one round of leftovers. With all the wonderful folks visiting over the various holidays, (and I do mean wonderful, I mean someone different to talk to? Love Mrs J dearly but when we can finish each other's sentences it's nice to hear a different voice once in a while), the ramping back up of the meal size planning algorithm has taken some extra effort. We've ranged from "eating it all" to "way too many leftovers" and hit most of the points in between. But, unfortunately, the good times must end and we'll be back to just us two. Wonder how long the sizing algorithm will take to reset.<br /><br />Good Post, and Happy New Years to all. I called the New Years at 2400 Reykjavik standard time and went to bed. 'Tis what it 'tis.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51566885926068140632021-01-01T14:51:41.653-08:002021-01-01T14:51:41.653-08:00A prudent process Beans. We keep experimenting to...A prudent process Beans. We keep experimenting to see what is "great". Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-37317191331589605952021-01-01T14:18:23.053-08:002021-01-01T14:18:23.053-08:00I have maintained for years that the only truly go...I have maintained for years that the only truly good leftovers is turkey stuffing. <br /><br />I could eat that stuff almost every dayWilliamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05720206407574457665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-4548798005158739992021-01-01T12:22:01.456-08:002021-01-01T12:22:01.456-08:00We did leftover tacos de carne asada for breakfast...We did leftover tacos de carne asada for breakfast. Had too many last night, so no sound sleep even I started trying at around nine-thirty or so. Slow day today. Come to think about it, maybe Mister Bacardi is talking to me this AM.<br />Good post. Expresses just right my sentiments. Mixing leftover stuff to create new stuff is always a good option, no matter what some say. Why do they need to use the word "leftover" in the new name?Dave's Daily Day Dreamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17491764990082380190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-78167054616310849932021-01-01T11:20:06.773-08:002021-01-01T11:20:06.773-08:00Assumption Abby fruitcake. Made by the Trappist M...Assumption Abby fruitcake. Made by the Trappist Monks. There be rum in there! Kinda pricey, but I've never found better!Tank Killerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01955019760069183088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-51709077552057878152021-01-01T10:04:01.876-08:002021-01-01T10:04:01.876-08:00Well, I'm glad my intro got someone. I worked...Well, I'm glad my intro got someone. I worked a whole 4 minutes to make it intriguing...<br /><br />The key to sizing is to stop fixing 'okay' recipes and just cook great ones. Life is too short to cook or eat 'okay' food. Here in Beansland, my wife and I have striven to make every meal pert near exceptional, to the point that oftentimes it's a struggle to figure out which one to fix because the valid options are all too darned tasty. Meh meals are to be saved when she's sick and I just need to stoke the fires. Which means usually grits and ham, or tuna sandwiches, or ham and swiss sandwiches or something..Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-4005528328878069162021-01-01T10:00:15.352-08:002021-01-01T10:00:15.352-08:00Totally love leftovers. Back when we used to do t...Totally love leftovers. Back when we used to do the Thanksgiving and Christmas pilgrimages to the respective families, we'd still plan on cooking OUR dinner the day after we got back. Because, well, leftovers.<br /><br />Thanks.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-72889519528976094412021-01-01T09:58:48.878-08:002021-01-01T09:58:48.878-08:00When I worked at the local anti-drug unit, the cop...When I worked at the local anti-drug unit, the cops would come in, have roll-call, go to lunch, come back and bitch all the time about how they didn't have any money. Buying lunch daily is for suckers and rich people.<br /><br />And, yeah, stretching leftovers. It's something I've done, something my wife's done, something my parents did.<br /><br />Then there's commercially available food. Too much salt and other stuff. There's a great Cuban joint in town, but it takes my body a week to process all the salt. Need to just learn to make more of my own.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-84608210511312270882021-01-01T09:55:58.044-08:002021-01-01T09:55:58.044-08:00Planned-overs. Good phrase, I'll steal that t...Planned-overs. Good phrase, I'll steal that thankyouverymuch. Yes. Each big meal has plans for parcelling out for following lunches and dinners. <br /><br />As to showing up at Casa de Beaner, let me just get my shotgun nice and warmed up... :)<br /><br />I do a major shopping twice a month, with most of the proteins bought during one trip. Some minor shoppings between, once or twice a week, maybe. The people who shop daily on the way home from work? Crazy (and I used to be one of those. Still kicking myself for wasting all that money...)Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-10849249424947165862021-01-01T09:52:47.717-08:002021-01-01T09:52:47.717-08:00Well, I mean, I actually have heard people say the...Well, I mean, I actually have heard people say they hate Christmas dinner because of the leftovers. What? I look at them like they have three heads or something. Leftovers are where it's at. Unless you're primitive camping in the summer...<br /><br />But, yeah. Heat stove/oven once, use microwave for 4-5 days more. Talk about energy efficient!Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-13666964104527568612021-01-01T09:50:39.778-08:002021-01-01T09:50:39.778-08:00I actually do dream about what to do with leftover...I actually do dream about what to do with leftovers.<br /><br />Then again, I have a seal's body. Not a Navy SEAL. Nope, more like one of those harbor seal, where the body just keeps getting wider until the midsection, then shrinks down again. At least I still have a neck...Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-76858399935956148672021-01-01T09:49:16.378-08:002021-01-01T09:49:16.378-08:00It depends on the Christmas Cake. One year my dad...It depends on the Christmas Cake. One year my dad and mom were out of state and I got to tell my grandmother the news that nobody except the local pothead would eat her Christmas cake. Sad times.<br /><br />Now... A good Yule Kage or a Collins Street Bakery Fruitcake? I'll eat those all year long. Especially the bourbon-soaked Collins Street Bakery one...<br /><br />Quality of the Christmas Cake matters.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-59020702683747246332021-01-01T09:46:52.604-08:002021-01-01T09:46:52.604-08:00Parents were both Depression Babies. And after th...Parents were both Depression Babies. And after they got money they were, and mom still is, tight with a dollar. So, well, learn to cook well and cheap meats taste better than other people's expensive foods.<br /><br />I grew up only having dessert on special days. And so we ate lots of really good food. Bread was always available to make sandwiches after school.<br /><br />Learning to eat what you can and use every bit of food is very much a survival skill. I keep hearing about people who throw away 1/4 or more of the food they buy. I only throw away spoiled food. Anything that has food value gets used up, or frozen for future use.<br /><br />Like... Onions. Two people, not a lot of onion usage. So I buy the largest onion I can find, mince the whole thing, use what I need right away and the rest gets frozen, already cut. Since I use onions usually after being sauteed in butter, frozen works fine. Same with celery. A head of celery will last me a year. Green/Red peppers? Same. Yet I know people who will use a 1/3rd of an onion and throw away the rest.<br /><br />Crazy.Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-12130426912911214622021-01-01T09:41:20.568-08:002021-01-01T09:41:20.568-08:00One of the best things about going out to a steak ...One of the best things about going out to a steak joint used to be leftover steak for steak sandwiches the next day. Then I finally learned to make my own steaks properly. So now, when I can afford it, I can have all the steak I want. Sigh. Kinda takes the fun out of it.<br /><br />But yeah, I've eaten cold spaghetti sandwiches before. Tasty. As to starving kids in Africa, they can have all the stuffed eggplant and organ meat they want, and green peppers...Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-18503080371956104962021-01-01T09:38:30.522-08:002021-01-01T09:38:30.522-08:00It's actually one of the documented reasons fo...It's actually one of the documented reasons for big holiday meals. Is the leftovers available in a non-refrigerated world. Roast and serve the first day, everything else goes into a soup or stew pot. <br /><br />Just with the advent of refrigeration and home-freezing, leftovers have become much more accessible for longer periods of time.<br /><br />I mentioned I live in an apartment complex. I see lots of young people getting takeout or delivery all the time. And hear them bitching about not having any money. I've actually asked them why they don't cook more, and the look they give me is one of a vampire looking at a blessed cross during bright daylight. <br /><br />Yet the bags of trash they throw away are full of meal trays and beer bottles/booze empties. Geee.... wonder why they're always complaining about being broke. I mean, a 50lb bag of rice from Sams is $19.00, and you can get chicken breasts for $1.98 a pound...Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-4176695776680605762021-01-01T09:33:50.272-08:002021-01-01T09:33:50.272-08:00You can have leftovers of... spagetti and meatball...You can have leftovers of... spagetti and meatballs? (Looks down at me own corpulent belly... Maybe I'll try that for the new year...)<br /><br />Meatloaf sandwiches, with mustard and lettuce. I'll eat them for breakfast and lunch, either fried or just plain cold.<br /><br />Hmmmm... now I've got a hankering for some sliced tongue sandwiches, except that tongue is more expensive than sirloin...Beanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15293778848879361153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-86083271449433710872021-01-01T07:44:45.293-08:002021-01-01T07:44:45.293-08:00Beans, I admit you fooled me with the intro!
We m...Beans, I admit you fooled me with the intro!<br /><br />We make use of all the leftovers here. I think the one thing that we are working on is sizing appropriately as the children leave. If not, you run the risk of at least a week of an "okay" recipe.Toirdhealbheach Beucailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872794169534403463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-6044628589518092502021-01-01T07:16:24.653-08:002021-01-01T07:16:24.653-08:00I love leftovers. Turkey with all the trimmings, h...I love leftovers. Turkey with all the trimmings, ham, lasagna, spaghetti (oh Lord, second-day spaghetti, proof that God loves us). So many delicious varieties and combinations. People hate leftovers? I'd argue that they're not really people, space aliens in disguise or something, leftovers, love 'em.<br /><br />Oh yeah, great post Beans.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.com