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

aem wrote:
> 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

Are you talking breakfast-type foods only? How about a quiche, frittata or
omelet filled with last night's meat? Breakfast tacos could be another
leftover idea.

kili

On 10 Dec 2006 10:31:14 -0800, "aem" > wrote:

>What are some other favorite things that started as
>ways to deal with leftovers? -aem

Hash, such as corned beef hash. I suppose you could put roast beef
hash in there too, although I think more of corned beef hash as a
breakfast dish.

Breakfast potato dishes...often the aftermath of cold boiled
potatoes... I know a lot of them start out with fresh potatoes, but
some use already cooked potatoes. Can't remember exactly which ones
right now.

Christine

kilikini wrote:
>
> Are you talking breakfast-type foods only? How about a quiche, frittata or
> omelet filled with last night's meat? Breakfast tacos could be another
> leftover idea.
>
Well, not exactly. You're right of course that leftovers can be used
in those things, but I was just wondering if there were other dishes
that only got created in the first place because of the desire to do
something with stale or old ingredients. -aem

aem wrote:
> kilikini wrote:
>>
>> Are you talking breakfast-type foods only? How about a quiche,
>> frittata or omelet filled with last night's meat? Breakfast tacos
>> could be another leftover idea.
>>
> Well, not exactly. You're right of course that leftovers can be used
> in those things, but I was just wondering if there were other dishes
> that only got created in the first place because of the desire to do
> something with stale or old ingredients. -aem

Ah, in that case, I'd say casserole or soup.

kili

In article .com>,
"aem" > wrote:

> kilikini wrote:
> >
> > Are you talking breakfast-type foods only? How about a quiche, frittata or
> > omelet filled with last night's meat? Breakfast tacos could be another
> > leftover idea.
> >
> Well, not exactly. You're right of course that leftovers can be used
> in those things, but I was just wondering if there were other dishes
> that only got created in the first place because of the desire to do
> something with stale or old ingredients. -aem

Bread pudding comes to mind. A requirement is stale bread, no?
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On Sun, 10 Dec 2006 13:18:46 -0600, Melba's Jammin'
> wrote:

>Bread pudding comes to mind. A requirement is stale bread, no?
>--

On that same theme, strata...which is probably a version of bread
pudding..

Christine

In article . com>,
says...
> 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
>
>
NOT favorites of mine, by any means, but folks *do* like them, and they
definitely do deal with leftovers:

- head cheese
- scrapple
- potted meat
- pigs' feet
- haggis
- blood pudding/sausage
- various other "variety" meats
- etc.

Ham hocks, beef tongue and oxtails, now *those* I can handle.

Bob

In article . com>,
"aem" > wrote:

> 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

Omelets and fritattas, and breakfast tacos.
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In article >,
"kilikini" > wrote:

> aem wrote:
> > 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
>
> Are you talking breakfast-type foods only? How about a quiche, frittata or
> omelet filled with last night's meat? Breakfast tacos could be another
> leftover idea.
>
> kili

<lol>

Great minds....... ;-D
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In article .com>,
"aem" > wrote:

> kilikini wrote:
> >
> > Are you talking breakfast-type foods only? How about a quiche, frittata or
> > omelet filled with last night's meat? Breakfast tacos could be another
> > leftover idea.
> >
> Well, not exactly. You're right of course that leftovers can be used
> in those things, but I was just wondering if there were other dishes
> that only got created in the first place because of the desire to do
> something with stale or old ingredients. -aem

Bread pudding.
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Omelet wrote:
> In article >,
> "kilikini" > wrote:
>
>> aem wrote:
>>> 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
>>
>> Are you talking breakfast-type foods only? How about a quiche,
>> frittata or omelet filled with last night's meat? Breakfast tacos
>> could be another leftover idea.
>>
>> kili
>
> <lol>
>
> Great minds....... ;-D

I was just gonna say the same thing! :~)

kili

"kilikini" > scripsit in
:

> Are you talking breakfast-type foods only?

Yesterday's cake :-)

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yetanotherBob wrote:

> NOT favorites of mine, by any means, but folks *do* like them, and they
> definitely do deal with leftovers:
>
> - head cheese
> - scrapple
> - potted meat
> - pigs' feet
> - haggis
> - blood pudding/sausage
> - various other "variety" meats
> - etc.

Now that's an interesting list. From the other answers, corned beef
hash I know, and strata. Should have thought of those myself. I've
long been intrigued by the idea of scrapple but never had it, 'sfar as
I know. Likewise bread pudding -- there seems to be an endless variety
of them possible, but I've always visualized it as a custardy kind of
thing where the bread was just to stretch it to feed a big crew. Is it
actually better than that? -aem

"aem" > schreef in bericht
ups.com...
> 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?

In article . com>,
"aem" > wrote:

> 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

Gosh, tons of recipes fit that category. An omelet can be made from left
over meats and vegetables. Chili, tacos, and burritos can all be made
from left over hamburger. Soup is the perfect food to make from
leftovers. Baked chicken or turkey makes for a nice salad the next day.
Mashed potatoes can be turned into fried potato patties. Baked potatoes
can be made into home fried potatoes for breakfast.

aem wrote:
>
> 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


Trifle is a way to use leftover cake. Home fries use leftover
potatoes.

My oldest brother used to have leftovers for breakfast. Leftover
spaghetti and meat sauce, leftover stew, leftover roast pork,
leftover chilli. He would just reheat it and have it for
breakfast.

In article . com>,
says...
>
> yetanotherBob wrote:
>
> > NOT favorites of mine, by any means, but folks *do* like them, and they
> > definitely do deal with leftovers:
> >
> > - head cheese
> > - scrapple
> > - potted meat
> > - pigs' feet
> > - haggis
> > - blood pudding/sausage
> > - various other "variety" meats
> > - etc.
>
> Now that's an interesting list. From the other answers, corned beef
> hash I know, and strata. Should have thought of those myself. I've
> long been intrigued by the idea of scrapple but never had it, 'sfar as
> I know. Likewise bread pudding -- there seems to be an endless variety
> of them possible, but I've always visualized it as a custardy kind of
> thing where the bread was just to stretch it to feed a big crew. Is it
> actually better than that? -aem
>
>
My list was just meant to highlight another aspect of the world of
"leftovers", at the production end vs. the consumption end of the
equation.

You'd probably recall if you had scrapple, I'd guess. Most folks either
love it or hate it, with few in between. Count me among those in the
"Ugh" column. Same for most of the other stuff on the list, and a few
other "delicacies" I neglected to mention.

You're probably right about the bread being the extender in bread
pudding. Bread often seems to serve that purpose in dishes where it's
used, sandwiches and toast being obvious exceptions. My personal take
on bread pudding is to ask why the birds are being deprived of a meal so
that we can have a so-called "dessert".

Bob

Dave Smith wrote:
> aem wrote:
>> 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
>
>
> Trifle is a way to use leftover cake. Home fries use leftover
> potatoes.
>

I make a frittata with leftover potatoes.


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