l, not -l wrote:

>
> On 7-Apr-2008, ChattyCathy > wrote:
>
> > Fish curry here.... You?
>
> My new refrigerator will be delivered tomorrow, late-afternoon; so,
> I'm trying to feed two of us on the current contents and restock on
> Wedneday, when the new fridge is in place. Dinner tonight will be
> whatever I can manage to cobble together from the following items in
> the fridge:
>
> - Sunday's left-over, home-made chicken pot pie
> - 3/4 cup of cottage cheese
> - 1/2 cup of chorizo flavored refried beans
> - 8 eggs
> - 3 ounces of thin-sliced, deli pastrami
> - 3 ounces of thin-sliced ham
> - 2 cups of left-over, fried, diced potatoes with onion
> - half a slab of neufchatel cheese
> - several slices of swiss and american cheese
> - grated Mexican Blend cheese
> - 1 cup sour cream
> - 1/4 cup salsa
> - 1/2 pound myzithra cheese
> - 4 ounce wedge of romano cheese
> - 2 cups pomodoro sauce
> - 1 each poblano pepper, green and yellow bell peppers
> - several ribs of celery
> - butter, Brummel and Brown tub margarine and honey butter
> - various condiments and jars of sauces (fish sauce, hoisin, etc)
>
> So, I'm thinking pot pie, green pepper halves stuffed with cottage
> cheese, and celery ribs filled with neufchatel.
> Or, a pasta dish; either spaghetti with browned butter and myzithra
> or penne with pomodoro with fresh grated romano. I can fill out the
> meal with vegetables from my freezer (stand-alone unit).
>
> That leaves a breakfast omelet stuffed with diced peppers, onions,
> ham and swiss. Diced potatoes and maybe a bit of fruit.
>
> Finally, a lunch of sandwiches; hot pastrami with neufchatel on rye
> for one and ham and swiss on rye for the other, with assorted bits of
> vegetable remnants. I have some tortilla chips on hand; I'll spread
> a few with the refried beans, top with Mexican Blend cheese and pop
> in oven to melt cheese and serve with the salsa and sour cream.
>
> That leaves a relatively small number of items to be packed on ice, in
> cooler(s) until its "out with the old" (32 year old JC Penny, made by
> Gibson) and in with the new (Frigidaire)

I remember reading once that a good cook could make a meal from
whatever was in the refrigerator.

I looked in the refrigerator. Peanut butter and cat food.

I decided I wasn't that good a cook.

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