Lynn from Fargo wrote:
> The thread about the abundance of olives got me thinking about what I
> used to eat mumble mumble years ago when I was a poor student (instead
> of a poor retired person),
>
> I would make fried potatoes and carrots. Thinly sliced raw potatoes,
> carrots and onions fried in bacon fat or butter. If there was actual
> bacon that was even better.
>
> How about you?

When I was a struggling single mom with three hungry kids, I would make
a sort of "cholent" from one lamb shank, potato, onion, barley and dried
navy and lima beans, some garlic, salt and pepper. I'd soak the beans
overnight then cook up everything before putting it with plenty of water
into the slow cooker for a day (a lot of hours).

The kids would scoop some into a bowl and nuke it. It filled their
tummies, gave them some protein and carbs and kept them warm at night,
too <g>

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Janet Wilder
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