This Week's Food Waste
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I saved shriveled potatoes this week by soaking them in cold water until they were plump enough to peel. After they were cooked, they made some pretty good mashed potatoes. I also cooked a carrot that was starting to go bad. All I had to do for that save was cut a little of it off the top. However, there are several more carrots that are going to need that attention soon. I hope I am not reporting about them next week.
This Week's True Food Confessions
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The Week of the Chicken
If I'm remembering it right, we had chicken every night for supper last week. It all started with a roast chicken from Costco ($4.99). We had chicken as a main meat, we had chicken in chicken fried rice, and chicken in a Shepard's pie. Another night we had Kung Pao chicken from Ward's favorite Chinese restaurant. Other times, like for lunch and snacks, we had leftovers from these chicken dishes. It was all good.
Foodwise, it turned out to be a good week even though it was a somewhat stressful. That meant that more than once I didn't feel like I had the energy to cook. One of those nights was the night we had Chinese. The other nights were the ones when we had the chicken casserole-type dishes. The interesting thing was that, even though I didn't want to cook, it didn't feel like the heavy burden it usually does to me. I was still tired, but not incapacitated. Now if I can just figure out why and keep it up.
Until next time...
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Here's today's poem. Since it is a chicken theme today, I chose this one by Ogden Nash.
The Poultry
Let's think of eggs.
They have no legs.
Chickens come from eggs,
But they have legs.
The plot thickens:
Eggs come from chickens
But have no legs under 'em.
What a conundurum!
I hope this next week is far less stressful, live and learn.
ReplyDeleteWith just Ward and you there, I'm guessing that 1 roast chicken lasts a looooong time! The Brussels sprouts look really good.
I hope next week is less stressful also, but you never know with aging parents.
DeleteIt used to be a large chicken lasted one meal and someone's midnight snack. Now it lasts much longer. However, we don't see as much difference with the vegetables. :)
I love Ogden Nash!
ReplyDeleteI think he will be getting a repeat here during National Poetry month. He's pretty fun.
DeleteI've felt deeply impressed by the CPR you performed on those potatoes. Really.
ReplyDeleteThat's what my mother always did. When I was growing up, we'd get enough potatoes, (usually from the garden), for the winter. By the time spring came, we had to resuscitate most of them.
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