Use it up! Don't throw it in the bin!

furndire

Some of the cloves of garlic which I had in a net were starting to sprout, so I peeled them all, and put in a jar - topped up with excess oil from jar of sun dried toms. I have had them in the fridge now for about 6 weeks, and still fine.
I also use the excess oil from jars of sun dried toms to fry onions etc to give a bit of extra flavour.

Primrose

Yes, i would have rescued your bit of boiled bacon as well. Let's face it, by the time it has been boiled up again in soup there won't be any bugs left on it.

furndire

salesaddict wrote: »

Hello all,

I don't normally post on this thread but it caught my eye because of something I did last night.:o

I had a small piece of boiled bacon left over and I wanted to make pea and ham soup today. When I went to put it in the fridge I found my dh had put it in the bin. It had n't touched anything so I took it out. My dh saw me and was horrifed so I ran it under the cold tap just for show, dried it and wrapped it up and put it in the fridge. Just one for soup tonight then. Would any of you have done this or do you think I have gone a bit extreme. I am a recovering shopaholic with all the waste and excess that that entails.

I would have done the same - depending on what the bacon had landed on. We use carrier bags for rubbish hooked on cupboard door handles, so there is never too much in them to fish out.

rubytuesday

Made a lovely roast chicken pie yesterday never done it before so was really pleased with myself:j

Kitchenbunny

I salvaged a slice of stale bread this evening, by cutting it up into cubes and frying it with some bacon until it was nice and crispy. Then, I put both the bacon and the crispy bread cubes into an omelette. It gave it a lovely texture, as the bread underneath had a bit of a crust but had absorbed the egg a little (and also tasted of bacon!) and the top was incredibly crispy. Gave it a lovely texture!

Kitchenbunny xx

Caterina

salesaddict wrote: »

Hello all,

I don't normally post on this thread but it caught my eye because of something I did last night.:o

I had a small piece of boiled bacon left over and I wanted to make pea and ham soup today. When I went to put it in the fridge I found my dh had put it in the bin. It had n't touched anything so I took it out. My dh saw me and was horrifed so I ran it under the cold tap just for show, dried it and wrapped it up and put it in the fridge. Just one for soup tonight then. Would any of you have done this or do you think I have gone a bit extreme. I am a recovering shopaholic with all the waste and excess that that entails.

If it had not been contaminated by something manky I would have done exactly the same as you. Be reassured, if you think that people think you are "odd" for your moneysaving behaviour, here you are in good company!:beer:

patchwork_cat

Any unopened Ryvita - take it back to the shop. The rest lunch with cucumber and salad cream or just with butter- great as a snack. Quite nice with soup instead of crackers. I usually have a packet in the cupboard, I sometimes have them for breakfast when I have run out of bran flakes - got to keep my fibre up ! Ooh look just knew this would have been asked before - savoury crumble is a good one http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=2045789&highlight=ryvita

alisong_2

Re the banana cake I know some people ice them with lemon icing (use lemon juice with the icing sugar instead of water, it's delicious!).

missychrissy

Hi CompletelyLost

I have no qualms about eating things past their use by dates. I recently used a jar of stir fry sauce over 2 years past it's use by date and it was absolutely fine. I trust my nose and taste buds. It is rare that I throw anything away.

I try to go as long as poss after Christmas before doing a shop. Last year I lasted until mid march before going food shopping and I hope I can do the same this year. It is a good way of using up as much as possible and emptying one of my freezers (I have 2 - one in the kitchen and one in the garage).

newlywed

CompletelyLost wrote: »

Would anyone of you eat things that have been frozen but past their 'best before'? How old would something have to be before you would give up and ditch it? I have a box of veggie burgers, unopened with a best before date of March 2009. Also, what about tins of stuff that has best before dates in 2008 and 2009?

I've eaten frozen smoked kippers that were a year past the date. They were fine. Possibly a slight deterioration in texture but absolutely fine.

I think with frozen stuff someone posted a link that showed actually frozen stuff kept frozen doesn't really go off, just might deteriorate in taste or texture and so whilst it's highly unlikely to kill you, it might not taste quite as it ought