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Heard a cashier say 'nobody cooks from scratch anymore' and it stuck with me
It made me think about how my grandma's cheap soup recipes, using a leftover chicken carcass and old veggies, are basically a lost art now. I tried her potato peel broth last month and it was actually good. Do you have any old school 'waste not' tips that still work?
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nora1842mo ago
That potato peel broth thing is so real. My mom used to save all the celery leaves and onion skins in a bag in the freezer. When it was full, she'd simmer it with some peppercorns for a killer stock base, totally free. I still do it now. It feels way better than just tossing those bits.
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walker.michael2mo ago
My freezer space is too valuable for onion skins.
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davis.dakota1mo agoTop Commenter
Totally get that, freezer space is like gold! I just use a quart sized bag and it hardly takes up any room at all. It's mostly flat until you stuff it with a few weeks' worth of scraps. The flavor boost for soups is honestly unreal, and it makes me feel less wasteful. Once you get a system going, it becomes second nature.
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