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In article >, says...
>
> "Steve B" wrote
>
> > Can you give some examples of the use of left overs or things less prissy
> > people will keep instead of tossing. Using once brewed coffee grounds has
> > been mentioned. Twice cooked potatos don't qualify.
>
> Sure Steve. Some of these are just for 'family use' where it makes sense
> but not for guests who might get upset.
>
> Save usable peelings and vegetable ends to make stock of. These are fresh
> bits, just the parts normally discarded. Add carrot bits, onion ends and
> skins, leek roots, spinach stems, and such to the chicken bone carcass and
> simmer as normal then strain. Sure you can use carrot middle parts but
> there's noting wrong with the ends of a fresh carrot frozen up in baggies
> until you have enough.
>
> or use in-family, Don often makes too many ribs. The uneaten ones, get
> recycled to the crockpot.
>
> We are currently recyling lots of an 11lb ham into different things. Thin
> slivers of it were topped with horseradish and flipped over onto hot green
> fried tomatoes for lunch. The flour from the green fried tomato dip, is
> saved to coat catfish tonight then egg and milk will be mixed with it to fry
> 'hush puppies' along side the fish.

This is a great post, really got me thinking here...

Scotty