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Default Breakfast from Leftovers


"aem" > schreef in bericht
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> Went out to brunch/breakfast yesterday. One had French toast, the
> other had chilaquiles. Both excellent. It occurred to me that both
> dishes were created in order to use up old food -- stale bread and
> stale tortillas. What are some other favorite things that started as
> ways to deal with leftovers? -aem
>

Bread salds: fattoush, panzanella etc.

Papa di pomodoro (soup) uses stale bread, too and so , knödel and klösse.

Somehow I am only coming with bready things.

Wasn't pizza also used as a way to use up left overs? With the dough acting
as a plazte AND as food?