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Default An intelligent discussion about food prep.

On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 23:20:05 -0500, Brooklyn1 wrote:

> On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 22:14:06 -0600, Sqwertz >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>My biggest problem was cooking too much, and always wanting to cook
>>something new. And never eating the leftovers. I learned to cook
>>half as much and take leftovers to work for lunch. Which solved
>>most of the problem (and saves money at lunch). But not all stuff
>>was suitable for work, especially the smelly stuff: Pork and
>>sauerkraut, fermented fish fried rice, and all sorts of other
>>stuff.
>>
>>I've been cooking too much lately and not eating what's already
>>there (haven't been working either, so I have more time to cook).
>>So the last few days I've been in "eat what's going to expire
>>first". I rarely ever freeze cooked foods. Rather I freeze raw
>>ingredients. I may prep a bunch of something like egg rolls or
>>flatten out a bunch of hamburger patties, but rarely ever foods
>>I've cooked. Those *always* got ignored. Try and avoid that.

>
> If you're not freezing food you've cooked you aren't cooking all that
> much... and what little you do cook isn't all that good or you'd eat
> it before it becomes left overs.


he doesn't have a small army of cats to help him out.

blake