Add Your Own Ideas!!

[boonie stomper]

Thrifty - whatever you want to call it - is an important concept for those of us with compromised means - nuff said - ...


What CAN one do with those so-called leftovers such as:

olive brine?

bacon grease?

Potato cooking water?

(etc) -= please add your own !!!

[Chicklady]

Re: Add Your Own Ideas!!

I don't know what you'd do with potato water-there must be starch in there. But bacon grease is easy! Everything tastes great with bacon grease, starting with a nice hot bacon dressing on spinach salad Cabbage fried in bacon grease. MMMMM.

I'll be curious to see what folks come up with for olive brine!

[not2late]

Re: Add Your Own Ideas!!

Thrifty - whatever you want to call it - is an important concept for those of us with compromised means - nuff said - ...


What CAN one do with those so-called leftovers such as:

olive brine?

bacon grease?

Potato cooking water?

(etc) -= please add your own !!!

Olive brine--use it as a base for oil and vinegar type salad dressings, as a marinade for meat.

Bacon grease--use it as you would any cooking oil.

Potato cooking water--I don't cook with potatoes as much as I used to, but back in my body fat days, I used to use the cooking water to cook other vegetables in. Eventually, the water will pick up enough vegetable flavor that it can be used for soups. I also used to water my house plants with it.

[julirama723]

Re: Add Your Own Ideas!!

I've used olive brine as the liquid when baking focaccia or other sorts of "Italian" breads for my boyfriend, it gives a really unique taste, and you don't have to add salt.