Posted by artgeek on 2006-10-05 17:37:59
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I'm among those who repurpose leftovers, but hopefully not in the gag-stella way. ;)
For example, tonight my husband repurposed the leftover chicken from one meal and the leftover burrito fillings from another to make us both a plate of nachos. Leftovers from two different meals make up a brand new third meal.
Talking about scraps as opposed to leftovers, I always have two large ziploc bags in the freezer: one of the cut ends and peelings from carrots, onions, celery, etc for stock and one of bread bits and bobs (eg, the last piece in the loaf, a lonely hot dog bun) for stuffing.
A lot of my meals come about from a desire to use up leftover food; in my house, that's where bread pudding comes from.And where rice pudding comes from too! Store-bought rice pudding and bread pudding always cracks me up for that reason.
Also, I'd never tried putting cheese rind in my soup stock. What kind of soup stock does this work best with or does it not matter?
Posted by Parel on 2005-01-30 13:25:29
Post Subject: how often do you think about food?
I think about food all the time-- in a good way.
I don't really think "Oh, I had too much for breakfast, so many calories, la dee dah; maybe I shouldn't have any lunch."
I'm more of a "Dang, lunch was good! Maybe I should try that Indian lentil recipe for dinner... and maybe some spiked rice pudding for dessert......" type.
Posted by anjalouise on 2007-09-09 12:16:32
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I definitely second the recommendation for Beacon's Closet. I never had any money when I was living in NYC so I only bought something there once or twice, it definitely is more pricey than an actual thrift store, but they have lots of cool stuff.
OH! You guys should go to this crazy rice pudding place that is not-so-secretly run by the mob. It is called Rice to Riches and they have all sorts of super delicious rice pudding. I know it might sound gross, but I had this pumkin pie stuff that was AMAZING. There are also weird things in the store, like signs that end in "...and no one gets hurt." It's a WEIRD place!
