"Ranée at Arabian Knits" > wrote in message
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> In article >, "Felice" >
> wrote:
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>> C'mon, be the big spender. Buy the eggs, use the yolks, and give the
>> whites
>> to a neighbor or (gasp!) pitch them out!
>
> Maybe it's just me, or that I grew up poor or that we started our
> marriage pretty poor and have to keep a tight budget, even with our
> middle class income now, but I just don't understand the idea of
> throwing out good, usable food, just because you can afford it. Add the
> egg whites to scrambled eggs to lighten it up or to your next loaf of
> bread instead of water or milk (or in addition, depending on how much
> you have) or fuse in a recipe that needs extra egg whites for leavening
> or freeze for later. What is the value of throwing away usable food
> just because it isn't too expensive? Just to show you don't need the
> money?
>
> I try to use up all that we have. It's part of how we afford the
> good food we do. It's part of how we can buy local/organic/straight
> from the farmer/rancher. I can't stand waste. What we can't eat
> directly, goes into a soup/stock bag in the freezer, we feed the
> chickens and turkeys to turn into eggs and meat what can't go in there
> and the compost gets the stuff that can't go to anyone. When I roast
> meat, I save the bones for stock. I make multiple meals from a chicken
> or other hunk of meat. I add leftover oatmeal to pancakes or bread. I
> use stale bread for croutons or bread pudding or French toast or bread
> crumbs. I zest my citrus and freeze it when I use the juice or flesh by
> itself. I make soup out of the sad vegetables that sometimes remain
> anyway. Does that mean that we can't afford to eat or buy our food? Or
> is that simply making the most and best use of it?

Yep, I am with you, m'dear!!

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