Odd thing, except in the Spring when Mama scraped the freshly scrabbled potatoes she always peeled them and cooked the peels up in her skillet of chicken scraps ..Now days, when folks spend their money as fast as they git it and sometimes faster they eat baked potato shells, French fries cut up with the peel on, and even potatoes mashed with peels on..or baked potatoes, peels and all... We always cut both ends of the tomato off when prepping them, now nobody bothers...I think it is mainly pure de old laziness,but must admit it saves more veggie .. When I open a can of vegetables like corn or carrots I pour the juice off them before warming them in a little butter...Tastes pretty good, saves money..I understand you can't do this if you are on a low salt diet..I'm not. I guess I have a lot of money saving tips in the kitchen, just do them without thinking...Jeannie T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Fri, 20 May 2011 16:49:27 -0500 Viola Seward <lolav@arvig.net> writes: > Yo Jeannie. Back then we were so poor we about boiled the potato > peelings for supper. But we couldnt because our dog who killed the > chickens got them. Then i made gravy to give them some taste. ____________________________________________________________ Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat! http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM0210

I have heard since I was young that the skins on a baked potato were very healthy. That is why I eat skin and all. I also eat the skin on a sweet potato. Not real fond of mashed potatoes with the peels on. That may come from learning to peel potatoes under the watchful eyes of mom and grandma. You could not have any little brown spots but neither should you have thick peels. I have never seen the use of throwing something away that is edible. I get irritated when someone peels an onion and throws away half the onion instead of taking the time to just peel off the dead skin. Back when I use to make big pots of vegetable soup, I would save the juice/water off canned vegetables to go in my soup. Kept a jar in the fridge for just that purpose. I would also use my potato water in mashed potatoes, soup, gravy and so on. Waste not want not was the motto I was raised by. Marilyn On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 1:53 AM, <askgranny@juno.com> wrote: > Odd thing, except in the Spring when Mama scraped the freshly scrabbled > potatoes she always peeled them and cooked the peels up in her skillet > of chicken scraps ..Now days, when folks spend their money as fast as > they git it and sometimes faster they eat baked potato shells, French > fries cut up with the peel on, and even potatoes mashed with peels > on..or baked potatoes, peels and all... > > We always cut both ends of the tomato off when prepping them, now nobody > bothers...I think it is mainly pure de old laziness,but must admit it > saves more veggie .. > > When I open a can of vegetables like corn or carrots I pour the juice off > them before warming them in a little butter...Tastes pretty good, saves > money..I understand you can't do this if you are on a low salt diet..I'm > not. > I guess I have a lot of money saving tips in the kitchen, just do them > without thinking...Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > On Fri, 20 May 2011 16:49:27 -0500 Viola Seward <lolav@arvig.net> writes: > > Yo Jeannie. Back then we were so poor we about boiled the potato > > peelings for supper. But we couldnt because our dog who killed the > > chickens got them. Then i made gravy to give them some taste. > > ____________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat! > http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM0210 > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- "If you don't get outside every day, even for a minute, you have not appreciated what God has done. It makes you grateful for our surroundings, and it starts your day differently." Johnny Cash

Your mother cooked her vegetable scraps for chickens?? On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 12:53 AM, <askgranny@juno.com> wrote: > Odd thing, except in the Spring when Mama scraped the freshly scrabbled > potatoes she always peeled them and cooked the peels up in her skillet > of chicken scraps ..Now days, when folks spend their money as fast as > they git it and sometimes faster they eat baked potato shells, French > fries cut up with the peel on, and even potatoes mashed with peels > on..or baked potatoes, peels and all... > > We always cut both ends of the tomato off when prepping them, now nobody > bothers...I think it is mainly pure de old laziness,but must admit it > saves more veggie .. > > When I open a can of vegetables like corn or carrots I pour the juice off > them before warming them in a little butter...Tastes pretty good, saves > money..I understand you can't do this if you are on a low salt diet..I'm > not. > I guess I have a lot of money saving tips in the kitchen, just do them > without thinking...Jeannie T > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > On Fri, 20 May 2011 16:49:27 -0500 Viola Seward <lolav@arvig.net> writes: > > Yo Jeannie. Back then we were so poor we about boiled the potato > > peelings for supper. But we couldnt because our dog who killed the > > chickens got them. Then i made gravy to give them some taste. > > ____________________________________________________________ > Get Free Email with Video Mail & Video Chat! > http://www.juno.com/freeemail?refcd=JUTAGOUT1FREM0210 > > > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mbousman1/memory.htm > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MEMORY-LANE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >