I’ve talked about curb-picking. I’m not a full time full strength make-the-rounds dumpster diver, but once in a while something turns up on a curb and calls my name.
I don’t like to waste leftovers. If the leftovers are food in my own refrigerator, they’re likely to become part of a pantry raid. If the leftovers are food sitting somewhere else, it’s harder.
Last June I staked a claim for leftover tomatoes and onions after our big school picnic at the amusement park. Someone on staff has been pooped on by a gull the last two years running, and – but that’s not suitable for mealtime conversation. Sorry. The tomatoes and onions were clean.
I rescued the leftover tomatoes and onions that were originally destined to top sub sandwiches and brought them home. They slid nicely out of their trays and into my crock pot.
Soon to be Sauce!
I added fresh oregano and simmered the lovely mix overnight. The next morning we had tomato sauce, made from scratch from scavenged leftovers. Three containers of sauce, in fact. That’s quite a pantry raid for the last day of school.
And now, with the school year beginning, who knows what kind of scavenging might occur? Readers, you’ll find out here.
Oh, readers? What kind of luck have you had scavenging, food or otherwise?
Those onions and tomatoes look so good! Unexpected food is so good, and stretches the grocery budget. My wife is always happy when I come home with fresh fish, duck, or venison. But she is not happy with geese. we give the geese away.
Okay, I want to try this. Did you peel the tomatoes or put them in with the skins? Did you put the sauce through a food mill or blender?
I put them through a food mill. It takes out the skins and any onion skin that may have slipped in.