Re: Food challenge. And a recipe.YES to AKiba and Reb

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My mother and her mother used to make salmon croquettesor croquettes with any true fish (not shellfish). YUM!Love to you all,nTo: MSersLife Sent: Mon, December 20, 2010 12:20:59 PMSubject: Re: Food challenge. And a

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Oh, I guess we just cook too much food then... Or have too few 13-year-olds around... We usually use leftovers for lunch the next day, but then there tend to stillbe some leftovers after that, and that tend to not get used up all that much... ;-)Croquettes really are delicious! No matter how they're made. Potato croquettes is a great alternative to french fries with a steak too.love/Reb>> I used to LOVE chicken croquettes when I lived in Spain, I'd forgotten about> them, thanks for the reminder (chicken croquettes are made from basically> pureed chicken, or maybe chicken mixed with 'tater? Anyway, they're yummy)> Your ideas sound delish, Reb...if I ever HAD leftovers I'd try them, I'll> have to make mashers especially FOR the croquettes...you have no idea how> much a 13-year-old EATS. Last night I made 4 large pork chops and a HUGE pan> of candied yams. Leftovers? Some of the yams (and he'll eat them today as> soon as he gets back from the "Y" with Rob), NO chops. No, we don't throw> food away in this house...it doesn't stick around long enough to spoil! >  > ~*~Hugs~*~

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> -- Food challenge. And a recipe.

> > > The Swedish farmers cooperation (the organisation through which most Swedish> farmers sell their products to stores, restaurants and other resellers) has> a campaign about (against) waste of food. And part of it is a challenge to> not through away any food for a week. > > > We think it's an important and interesting campaign, as waste of perfectly> good food (or what could have been perfectly good food had you not let it> grow old in the fridge…), is not exactly sane in either an economical or an> environmental perspective. Not to mention that there is something that doesn> t quite sit right with throwing away food, when so many people don't have> enough food. > > > We have tried.

> > > So far we are doing quite…miserably, actually… But we are getting better. We> ve learned such simple tricks as looking in the fridge and pantry as much as> in the cook book when planning dinner (a lot of the things that grow old in> there do so because we don't even remember we have it, but, well… maybe that> s just us…). And in the process we've also rediscovered an old childhoos> favorite: "potato balls" (similar to croquettes, but not exactly the same). > > > You make it from left over mashed potatoes, that you mix with 1-2 eggs. That> s the basic recipe. If you have any other leftovers, especially in small> amounts (you know, those two or three sundried tomatoes on the bottom of the> jar, for instance, or the last piece of cheese, or that one piece of meat> that seems meaningless to save when you are more than one person in the> family), you could very well mince it and mix it in too. Then divide the> potato mix into small "balls", if you like you can roll them in bread crumbs> then fry in butter (I suppose you could use oil or whatever, but I prefer> butter). Flatten the "balls" in the pan if necessary. > > > When the basic recipe is used they go excellent with lingonberry jam (or,> probably, with cranberry too). > > > It's SO tasty! And such a good way to use that leftover mashed potato (a> classic "throw away" in this house otherwise, because it's not quite the> same re-heated). > > > love

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