Reply #38: my mom is from the south

[RazBerryBeret]

and born near the end of the great depression, with 10 siblings (!!) she picked up a lot of tips on family cooking on a budget; one of my favorites, and I still joke with her about this is the recycling meal;
sunday dinner-ham, mashed potatoes, some veg.
monday- leftover ham, use mashed potatoes to make potato cakes (mashed potatoes w/onion, fried in lard)
tuesday- end of the ham...with "soup" beans (southern favorite, like navy beans) and cornbread.
wednesday- leftover beans, throw in some onions and gr. beef and sesoning, it's chili.
thursday- take the cold chili and mash it w/potato masher--make hot dogs, put the mashed chili on top and it's chilli dogs!
then you only have friday and saturday to contend with...
in the summer throw in some green beans from the garden w/new potatoes from the garden...and it's a meal...

no fast food, no prepared food (well, the hot dogs..)