"Chemiker" > wrote in message
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> Well, I was to make chowed pork with pineapple and ginger this day,
> but I've been pre-empted by SWMBO, who is opting for braised sirloin
> tips. Asi es la vida.
>
> Topic: Cooking.
>
> SWMBO wants to get rid of our two refrigerators and get only (!) one
> to replace them. So far, so good. We tend to overcook, and the
> fridges get overloaded with leftovers, which, all too often, wind up
> being discarded.
>
> This is not about what kind of fridge to buy.... I know it's going to
> cost me, and back problems suggest bottom-freezer types are not in the
> running.
>
> The nub is relearing how to cook.
>
> Of this NG's exalted membership, I know there are some who are younger
> and "starting out", with no/small families. Some are empty nesters.
> Some have larger families, or entertain or maybe participate regularly
> in church social suppers, or the like. So here's the question....
>
> Is it easier to cook for 8? or 2? For those who've made the transition
> from one to the other, what were the most difficult adjustments you
> had to make?
>
> Looks like this old dog is going to have to learn a few new tricks.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Alex, practicing "Woof!" and rolling over.

Our new kitchen has an LG French door, with two freezer trays under. Not
sure how the freezer trays will work out in the long run, as I broke my back
a couple of years ago.

I do like the French door top. I don't understand that half of one door is
the up top icemaker/water dispenser, but what the heck. It ends up having
slightly more shelf space than our old one, and about as much door space.
It definitely has more freezer space.

We, like you suffer from TWO maladies.

One, is making too much food. So, I either try to make dinner for two with
perhaps enough for ONE day's leftovers. Or I will make a big bunch, as
spaghetti sauce, then freeze it in two person portions, as I find it easier
to make a big batch of spaghetti sauce and have it taste better than a small
batch. Like, who cooks enough lasagna for two people? For that, I like
Stouffer's.

Two, my wife is the daughter of a depression era baby, and she's just like
her mom. She will keep two tbsp. of corn in a container in the fridge,
ending up with lots of things being thrown away. I had to make a deal with
her about two years into the marriage that if she couldn't tell me the exact
day on which the questionable leftover was made, I didn't have to eat it.
Both she and her Mom think a "Fridgerator" has pyramid properties in
preserving things. You can pull out some unidentifiable blob of slop with
an inch of green mold on it, and no matter what, the answer is, "Well, I
don't understand it, it's been in the "Fridgerator."

Our new kitchen will be totally functional this week, with God's help.
After that, cooking and preserving leftovers is going to change at our
house. I think that cooking the right amount, or just slightly more is the
answer, rather than coping with lots of leftovers, and throwing stuff away.
I can't go to the gizmo store and buy some goodies I want, but we can throw
$$$ away of leftovers.

Go figger.

HTH

Steve