Pickles by Brian Crane for September 08, 2021

I plead guilty to that style of cooking myself.

When we use the Big Pot  we eat from the contents for about two or three days, then freeze the rest. Used to be, when we were younger, we had a fair chance of remembering what that stuff was. Then there was a period when we just threw it out after it looked like it had a few years on it. Now they are all labeled with content and date. And we are back to eating more of the month-plus-old leff tovers.

That pot appears to be smoking. Aren’t there laws against smoking pot s?

Haveyou ever tried to cut recipe amounts so that it makes only enough one meal for two. Make the regular recipe. Divide it into servings and freeze. Set microwave on Defrost, then warm up, and you each can have whatever you want for dinner.

just take a peek under the lid, you two

Chili…stew…beans…

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Hopefully she’s not just soaking her dainties.

What is this word “leftovers” you speak of? My GF had been so inclined; me, if it’s there, I’ll nibble. Therefore my forte has been cooking for one or two. Family has never entered into my life.

If you can stand to eat it.

Nelson and Earl what does it smell like ? That should give you a hint as to what it is ;-)

My Lady Wife would make both chili and Beef Bourguinon in the big pot. Hardly ever had any to throw away. I’m a glutton.

My crockpot and soups, stews and chili. Usually good for the week.

Pasta?

Looks like this summer’s zucchini harvest has come in!

If the big pot is out at our house, it’s either some sort of soup or menudo…

I did a bunch of feral hog loin with vegetables in the crock pot a two weeks ago. Took a week to eat it all, and the last serving was just as good.

We’ve got a little over a month to finish the frozen venison and hogs before it’s hunting season again.

We have several Big pots, plus a couple large slow-cookers. I’ve made batches of spaghetti sauce plus tomato and squash this summer. I also make chili Verde. My wife makes bone broth, red chili and bean soup. They all go in quart freezer bags (labeled), which are much easier to deal with than containers.

I loved mom’s Hungarian Goulash. I miss it very much.

I’m sorry , but what was that dogs name that was in this cartoon ? What a shame , a shame .

Open the fridge door. If the large green object in there does not snarl at you, you may safely move it to the big pot. Have someone else eat it.

Freeze in portions size then eat when needed! Way to go Opal!

You got that right Earl!

Mmmm…. Rutabagas or Turnips? Nooooo!

Mrs just made one batch of her заливное (aspic). One batch is about 4 gallons or more. Once into the bowls for setting there is nothing in the fridge but aspic. I counted 6 bowls and at least four more containers on the table before I headed to bed. She was still pouring. It will last about 4 days at our home.

Chinese call it chop suey. Just add Soy Sauce every few days as a preservative.

Gotta luv a big pot!

cook enough for your entire life and a few months later at most, you will be finished, so to speak.

Good deeds of the day -

- The Fanny Farmer Cookbook has lots of “old time” recipes – and not just desserts (or deserts, you like pecan sandies made with real sand). And should even help tell the rookies what a dollop and a pinch are. And why you do this, but not that. Good cookbook to have – lots more than just recipes.- About a year or so ago I heard someone talking about a website that had a lot of “moms” old recipes. You know, the ones she got off of the package, under the top of the cannister, or on the back of the label from the can, but she still claimed they had been handed down to her? Well, actually, they had – mom was too short so somebody had to hand her down the box/can/bag/cannister. Backofthebox.com for “back of the box recipes.” Seems like quite a few of those recipes can be made healthier than what we eat 50 or 60+ years ago too.

You’re welcome.

Red go get, green forget!

Today is only the 8th. So for the pot to last until the end of the month, the portions must be small. Just saying…

I grew up on leftovers, My Mom cooked a meal and we ate it until it was gone. No waste, no haste.

Maybe Pot roast?

..mulligan for breakfast.

Not if it’s corn on the cob. (That’s all my mother ever used her big pot for – that and lobster.)

When I was single, most all of my suppers lasted 2 days.

Mmmmm, hope it’s chili !