I have missed you all SOOOOOOO Much!!

[mandyky]

Didn't have a star since before Thanksgiving, and I missed posting to many a thread but read almost every one.
Since August, my monthly grocery shop has happened twice, and I've used up many of my cache of food, but what I missed most was being able to post here. Hope everyone is well, and it is great being back here.

[NMDemDist2]

1. welcome back!! so glad things are better and you're back with us

so now you can share your frugal cooking tips with us?

:hug:

[mandyky]

2. Lotsa rice and noodles LOL

We didn't even have bread or eggs at the end.

Now I plan on freezing any leftovers that don't get eaten in 4 days. I almost cried when I thought of all the food that got wasted prior to the "dry" time.

I have 2 refrigerators with small on top freezers, and I stuff them full as I can.

In the next few months. I'll be stocking up on dried peas and beans, rice, and noodles. I read with interest the thread about patio gardens and think I'll try something this spring.

We lived on a lot of soup from Tgiving turkey stock and made great split pea soup from leftover ham from Christmas - both the leftovers cane from my father in law where we had both dinners.

[NMDemDist2]

3. bread is cheap to make on weekends

i bought my bread flour last weekend and figured for what I spent on bulk flour i could make 6 loaves for the price of a decent loaf at the grocery store.

no eggs is tougher..... but at a $1 a dozen I'd probably panhandle for em :hug:

[mandyky]

4. I wish I was a bread maker

I don't even have yeast. LOL

I tried making bisquick biscuits but they didn't trn out right. And the flour I had has black weevils in it. I sifted them out and have to use that flour until I can get more. I _DO_ plan on getting yeast and trying some bread next month.

[wryter2000]

5. Welcome back

The only thing worse than being cut off from DU is being cut off from C&B. :hi:

[mandyky]

7. It's been rough being out of C&B

I started a few threads in DU Lounge on cooking, recently.

One was
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4714756
for new recipes and one was about chicken fried steak recipes.

[wryter2000]

6. Here's free yeast

http://home.att.net/~carlsfriends /

Someone here alerted me to this. Send a SASE, and they'll send you some yeast you can keep alive in your fridge with just a little flour and water. I haven't bought yeast since I got some of this. I make the Alaska sourdough bread as my main bread. One half recipe makes a big loaf, with the big loaf pan, not the standard pan.

[Stinky The Clown]

8. Welcome home!

:grouphug:

We missed you!