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I think the biggest opportunity is in finding a group of recipes that uses up all the ingredients you buy in a single grocery run. If you use half an onion for
by jon_richards 10y ago
I think the biggest opportunity is in finding a group of recipes that uses up all the ingredients you buy in a single grocery run. If you use half an onion for something, you need to use the other half before it goes bad. This is especially true for perishable herbs, which usually come in large bunches and end up only being used once.
- nradov 10y agoThe traditional solution is to feed that half an onion to your pigs, and then later eat the pigs. Doesn't work too well in urban areas though.
- positr0n 10y agoMy modern take on that is to freeze the half onion, then toss it in the pressure cooker when I have enough chicken bones to make chicken stock :)
- skookum 10y agoVery few traditional home cooking recipes from any culture are particularly inelastic when it comes to ingredient quantities, especially for the fresh ingredients. I've never left aside half an onion unless it was expressly to have something to throw in an omelette the next morning. I routinely triple the fresh basil called for by recipes just to use the whole bunch, and have so far lived to tell the tale. Though maybe that I routinely double the garlic called for helps balance it, so I provide no warranty for anyone else. :)