> wrote in message
...
> On Mon, 15 Jan 2018 16:14:35 -0600, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>>On Mon, 15 Jan 2018 11:08:49 -0500, Gary wrote:
>>
>>> Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>
>>>> "jmcquown" wrote: (about mogovian)
>>>>> A term that has a long history of use on RFC.
>>>>
>>>> Ohhhh. I call that "clean out the refrigerator".
>>>
>>> You usually say "using up things". And none of those descriptions
>>> sound very appealing although resulting meals can sometimes turn
>>> out very well.
>>>
>>> Imagine a restaurant menu describing "left-overs stew"
>>
>>These aren't leftovers, but fresh vegetables that need to used up.
>>Restaurants do something similar and call it the "catch of the day".
>
> Soup du jour.

Yep. Most restaurants here seem to use premade, often Campbell's, but Family
Pancake House makes from scratch. It's always good but sometimes really
good. And it's often some kind of vegetable that will vary dramatically from
time to time. One time thick, one time thin, different veggies, etc.