A repository for research and exploration into how to grow and prepare food.
The basic goal is to use all of the food that we grow or buy. Some concerns include:
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what to do with "waste" products - fat, bones, etc.
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what to do when food starts to go bad
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what to do with food that has gone bad.
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Herbs and pantry vegetables are grown in the back yard.
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Fat is reserved after cooking for other uses
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Bones are saved for stock.
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[Composting]
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[Preserving]
Weekly shopping strategy
- whole chicken
- buttermilk
- bacon
- greens
- 1 dozen eggs
- fresh seafood (mackerel, oysters, ...)
- seasonal vegetables
- herbs / flowers
- apples
- pinto beans
- potato
- onion
- garlic
Chicken -> Roast chicken whole. Reserve the chicken fat for other recipes. Save bones, any remaining meat for stock.
Stock -> Make stock out of the chicken bones about once a month. Use for:
- steaming vegetables
- soups
- drinking
- [need more uses]
Chicken fat (schmatz) ->
- spread in toast
- put in beans
Buttermilk ->
- roast chicken brine
- buttermilk dressing for salads
- cornbread (w/ chicken or bacon fat)
- as a drink
Eggs ->
- by themselves (over easy, scrambled, soft-boiled, omelets, poached...)
- ?
Apple ->
- by themselves
- in salad
- in desserts
Beans -> (use 1 lb bag.)
- use chicken or bacon fat for this.
- cook with bacon.
Uses for beans: tacos, lunch filler, etc.
- Eggs with bacon, toast
- Olives, almonds, dried fruit, apple
- Oatmeal (need to work on this one.)
- Breakfast tacos
- Green juice?
- bread with spread / topping
- sandwich, sandwich, sandwich (the dutch way)
- carrots
- apples
- Chicken sandwich with beans
- Green salad
- Roast chicken
- Beans with vegetables
- Soup (red lentil, ...)
- Steak with potatoes, greens
- Green salad
- Sausage with potatoes and vegetable
What foods are grown where you live (New York, Gelderland, Dallas)? Where can you get them (supermarket, farmer's market, CSA)? When can you get them (seasons, times of day)?