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Just mustard on bread? Never. If you are recommending it I might give it a try with some "fresh" Ramen noodles.Yes.
Yeah, just mustard. No, not recommending it if you have options. It might compliment the Ramen noodles though. I'll probably never find out.
From depression era parents, waste not want not, nothing edible gets thrown out, and some things that are not so edible, but I ran across a recipe for what to do with the ”discard” from sourdough starter. I have some starter I got from my dad about 40 years ago, and every so often I think I’ve killed it because it just sits unfed in the back of the refrigerator for months until I want to make sourdough pancakes. Well to revive starter or keep it happy you have to remove about a cup every so often and either use it or throw it out, and replace with about equal amounts of flour and water.
Well my find the other day was a recipe where you add a little sugar salt and baking soda to the discard, it bubbles up, you pour it into cookie molds if you have them in a skillet. They turns into “crumpets” Or sort of pancakes if you don’t have any molds. After cooking till brown on one side they can be stored in the refrigerator or frozen. And then when toasted they are, like ramen or crackers, a great vehicle for any kind of spread from jam to avocado.
Well my find the other day was a recipe where you add a little sugar salt and baking soda to the discard, it bubbles up, you pour it into cookie molds if you have them in a skillet. They turns into “crumpets” Or sort of pancakes if you don’t have any molds. After cooking till brown on one side they can be stored in the refrigerator or frozen. And then when toasted they are, like ramen or crackers, a great vehicle for any kind of spread from jam to avocado.
I though people put a stash of money in the package of tongue in the back of the freezer to prevent thievery, but I never heard of a 40 year of cookie starter!
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Sourdough starter is basically a culture of yeast cells. They will go dormant in the cold, but if you give them some fresh flour and water to eat at room temperature they will liven up and grow. Can be used to leaven bread or pancakes or even cake and cookies. So not exactly 40 year old stuff but offspring of original yeast population. Make the best pancakes!I though people put a stash of money in the package of tongue in the back of the freezer to prevent thievery, but I never heard of a 40 year of cookie starter!
I think most would benefit from a little more "depression era" hardship. A lot of soft souls with a sense of entitlement these days. Pass the starter down to your children if you have them. Good story. Thanks
Yes, unfortunately. I have said for a while, decadence is one big reason why things have become so weird and people are the way they are now. It really does screw with your priorities. There is no such thing as poor anymore in the United States.
My FIL used to say there are no poor anymore in the country, only if they want to be. "If being poor sucked a LOT more, less people would want to do it". In many many cases he is right on.
I have a 60yo SIL that has literally never worked a day in her life. She drives a new car and has money in the bank. She is so "poor" that we (tax payers) feel the need to buy her all her stuff. She is actually stupid enough to question why people get angry with her when she complains about her section 8 rent going up from 80 to 90 dollars a month (for a 3 bedroom apartment that others are paying 1500-18000 a month for). We have been paying her rent for 40 years and she has never once offered to chip in with ours - lol. I'm a little salty on the subject.
There is a world of difference between the "working poor" who really are up against it, and the lazy poor that literally get paid to do nothing.
I have a 60yo SIL that has literally never worked a day in her life. She drives a new car and has money in the bank. She is so "poor" that we (tax payers) feel the need to buy her all her stuff. She is actually stupid enough to question why people get angry with her when she complains about her section 8 rent going up from 80 to 90 dollars a month (for a 3 bedroom apartment that others are paying 1500-18000 a month for). We have been paying her rent for 40 years and she has never once offered to chip in with ours - lol. I'm a little salty on the subject.
There is a world of difference between the "working poor" who really are up against it, and the lazy poor that literally get paid to do nothing.
I remember hearing that song every week on the Dr. Dimento show on WBCN as a kid. Funny stuff. You go hungry, Bow Bow Bow.