Pages

▼

Thursday, November 27, 2008

As The Food Turns: Thanksgiving Edition

Yeah, I'm a day late. So shoot me. I had my first evening of work yesterday; I'll talk more about that tomorrow, but just let me say that if someone wants to pay me to vacuum, I'm all for it. That's what I've been practicing for all these years.

So, over there, below and to the left (the left! something different every week!) is a comely stack of past-their-prime leftovers, taking their farewell walk, as it were. From the top down:

1. homemade blackberry jam from Auntie Kate. Yum.
2. leftover oatmeal that I once again neglected to force on my hungry children.
3. egg salad. Blecch. Don't do a close-up on that one.
4. Mexican chicken and black beans. I'm surprised to see this, as I managed to serve these leftovers at 3 separate meals. Maybe I should cook in smaller quantities?
5. crockroast drippings. If I had made real gravy out of these, they wouldn't have been left over. Mea culpa.
6. cranberry sauce. Ousted from the refrigerator to make room for the fresh batch we made yesterday.
7. mashed potatoes. We're making more today. Maybe I should have been more frugal and tried using these instead...

Well, I'm off to do an emergency run to the grocery store - because 3 times already this week just wasn't enough. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

on

13 comments:

  1. Jenn @ Juggling LifeNovember 27, 2008

    Just imagine if the paid you to clean bathrooms!

    Happy Thanksgiving!

    ReplyDelete
  2. amyNovember 27, 2008

    Happy Thanksgiving!!

    ReplyDelete
  3. HEATHERNovember 27, 2008

    Vacuuming-a big part of the retail experience. I had forgotten about that, or maybe blocked it out.;-)
    We always use our left over mashed potatoes for making potato cakes to have with breakfast the next morning.
    Hope you and yours have a wonderful and Happy Thanksgiving!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Fairly Odd MotherNovember 27, 2008

    Happy Thanksgiving! For once, I'm looking forward to leftovers.

    ReplyDelete
  5. Mum-meNovember 27, 2008

    Haha- that was funny. I always used to wonder what the turkeys would say if they could talk - talk in human language that is.

    I want to hear more about getting paid to vacuum.

    ReplyDelete
  6. the mama bird diariesNovember 27, 2008

    Happy Thankgiving.

    I want to hear about your new job and the hot guys behind the register. There are hot guys at your new job, right?

    ReplyDelete
  7. JillybeanNovember 27, 2008

    I have a kid who loves to vacuum. Do you think I could get someone to pay me to have him vacuum?

    ReplyDelete
  8. junglemamaNovember 28, 2008

    happy Thanksgiving! My refridge is full of new and old leftovers!

    ReplyDelete
  9. carrhopNovember 28, 2008

    So if you reused mashed potatoes, do you have to irradiate them? What's the protocol?

    Love the video--

    Blessings!

    ReplyDelete
  10. AnonymousNovember 28, 2008

    Only fresh leftovers in my fridge. Except for that big container of tomato soup... and the moldy cucumbers I threw out before I bought a new one the other day.

    When it came time for the 3rd trip to Giant Foods, I sent my 17yo. After all, he's the one who said, "What? No mashed potatoes tonight?"

    ReplyDelete
  11. ShellieNovember 29, 2008

    Love the video. Glad I'm not the only one who makes too many trips to the store. I forgot the other potato recipes :( I'll get right on that.

    ReplyDelete
  12. mommeeof10November 29, 2008

    My 16 yr old loves leftover mashed potatoes, rice, noodles, almost any carb. She is skinny as a rail, maybe weighs 120 pounds and is 5 ft 8 and can out eat most of the family. She takes care of most of the leftovers.

    ReplyDelete
  13. TotallyscrappyNovember 30, 2008

    Making room for the new leftovers...

    ReplyDelete