tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post2165221765853286397..comments2023-10-21T11:44:45.588+01:00Comments on ResidentAlien: Leftover MagicMary Witzlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-16932229634261981292011-11-13T21:58:06.039+00:002011-11-13T21:58:06.039+00:00I saw your list of left overs and thought. oh, we ...I saw your list of left overs and thought. oh, we can do something with that: cauliflower potato cheese casserole! Soup of course is the liquid version and I'm sure it was delicious. I've also made multiple left-over type meals that have no recipe, and often turn out wonderfully well, but never to be duplicated exactly.<br /><br />Good luck with your writing!Miss Footloose | Life in the Expat Lanehttp://www.lifeintheexpatlane.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-87254906965257542872011-11-04T22:19:10.307+00:002011-11-04T22:19:10.307+00:00Sophie -- Good for your mother, and all people who...Sophie -- Good for your mother, and all people who know how to recycle leftovers. I'll bet a lot of recipes in cookbooks are the result of some tired woman staring at her larder and wondering what in the world she could do with all the bits and pieces and odd scraps she had lying around. We should start calling our creative recycling efforts see-you-again-soon casseroles. <br /><br />Marcia -- It's so embarrassing being asked the recipe for something you've cobbled together out of weird elements, isn't it? My husband knows how to make it all sound very plausible and elegant; just listening to him makes me blush.<br /><br />Uma -- Gardening really does make for better writing metaphors than cooking. I've been doing some serious deadheading this weekend and some replanting. Tomorrow I'll weed and move rocks. <br /><br />And dinner here tonight will definitely be soup...again.<br /><br />Angela -- Believe me, they gave the soup an extra edge -- a little more texture and sweetness. And it was so much better than throwing them away.<br /><br />Pat -- I try to spin it that way: "Look what I've got for you, my dears: tasty hot soup, and it's SO nourishing!" And it really is, but it's also an ideal way to have a good fridge sort-out.<br /><br />Kristen -- There is no way that my literary junk is any better than yours. When I'm at my very best, I hope I'm neck to neck with you -- but I KNOW I'm not better.<br /><br />Kids who hate soup are kids who've seen you at it. Give them a little time to forget, invite over some of their greediest, hungriest friends, and dish it up! I bet they'll change their tune.<br /><br />Chocolate soup? My kids would hurt each other trying to get to it.<br /><br />Carole -- Don't forget: the pears need to be slightly overripe. Make sure your cheese is really tough and hard, your potatoes need to have all the green stuff trimmed off, and your onions are as wilted as can be.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-41148233520193812282011-11-03T21:29:55.498+00:002011-11-03T21:29:55.498+00:00Pears in soup? You are a genius. A stinking geni...Pears in soup? You are a genius. A stinking genius. You must have added a few more spices that I know about, but I am going to have to try this business of leftover soup. Maybe tomorrow, since I am inviting all the kids and their families over. Now to go get some pears.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03828426520214270655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-69644753724066773302011-11-02T21:20:12.963+00:002011-11-02T21:20:12.963+00:00I think your junk -- both literary and non -- must...I think your junk -- both literary and non -- must be a lot tastier than mine. <br /><br />My junk, no matter how artfully I arrange it, is still junk. <br /><br />Oh, and I have children who are decidedly anti-soup, no matter what's in it. I could make chocolate soup and they'd still protest.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17704845146768729518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-2248280756211619962011-11-01T15:50:18.101+00:002011-11-01T15:50:18.101+00:00At first I though you were about to recycle teenag...At first I though you were about to recycle teenagers:)<br />The soup has that magic ingredient - a mother is making this just for you. And the pears of course.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-55018923274918999532011-11-01T02:37:15.323+00:002011-11-01T02:37:15.323+00:00Pears in your soup? Dang, yo are the SOUP MASTER, ...Pears in your soup? Dang, yo are the SOUP MASTER, Mary!<br /><br />Angela @ The Bookshelf MuseAngela Ackermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01808259088625142389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-25245496634502664292011-10-30T00:29:55.340+01:002011-10-30T00:29:55.340+01:00It's soup tonight! Thank you for the inspirati...It's soup tonight! Thank you for the inspiration. <br /><br />Not so sure how the metaphor carries over to writing--gardening metaphors seem to fit my revising style better. Shears. Pruning. Hacking at the weeds. <br /><br />But your cauliflower-pear combo reminds me how when an image doesn't work you can make it stronger by "stranging it up" (poet Julie Larios's phrase, not mine, but it fits perfectly, I think). Here's to strangeness and the inner eccentric!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-56563075842609831942011-10-29T19:50:39.969+01:002011-10-29T19:50:39.969+01:00Soup! Yes! Works every time!
Glad you were able t...Soup! Yes! Works every time!<br /><br />Glad you were able to remember the "recipe" for all your adoring fans. :)Marciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10006966091789130047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-29154730242758334572011-10-29T13:05:01.450+01:002011-10-29T13:05:01.450+01:00I was raised on "leftover magic casseroles.&q...I was raised on "leftover magic casseroles." In high school my brother and ALL his friends never failed to show up exactly at dinnertime. We never knew what was IN the casseroles, but according to my mom, if it was in the fridge, it was fair game!<br />Good luck on the re-write!Sophie Mosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15484799628795559664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-13834119553190401562011-10-29T10:23:31.570+01:002011-10-29T10:23:31.570+01:00Travis -- If we ever meet, say at a writers' c...Travis -- If we ever meet, say at a writers' conference or something, you can have my steak if I can have your salad. Deal?<br /><br />Lisa -- I usually save the rice for fried rice, but yes, it does very well in soup too.<br /><br />My writing leftovers are falling out of the pantry. I'm borrowing and stealing time to turn them into palatable meals.<br /><br />Vijaya -- Picky readers, it turns out, are a lot worse than picky eaters. <br /><br />The soup was a bit sweet, but mainly savory. Who'd have guessed that cauliflower and pears would go so well together?<br /><br />Mirka -- They say there are just so many kinds of plots floating around. I think it's a testament to human ingenuity that writers can do so much with what is available and turn out stories that people are still eager to consume.<br /><br />Robin -- If we ever meet, I'll make you soup from unrecycled ingredients! <br /><br />I find myself wondering if I'll ever manage to please the people guarding the gateposts -- but whatever the case, I'll keep plugging away.<br /><br />AP -- Some of it was parmesan, but the other -- who knows? I think it was cheddar. Whoever had used it last did not wrap it back up in its original package, so it had dried into a block as hard as shoe leather. But it still got eaten.<br /><br />Kit -- Your family won't eat blended soups? I suspect they've caught you making it -- that happened to me once and I had a lot of explaining to do. Thanks to my food processor/blender I've gotten my kids to eat aubergines, zucchini, spinach, chard, kale, peppers, cabbage, and every kind of mushroom. I'm a Luddite, but my blender is a Godsend!<br /><br />Bish -- I love your mother's logic. 'Cooked aheads' -- that's a good way to recycle language.<br /><br />Pears and cauliflower are marvelous together. Also, I've pulverized over-ripe kiwi fruit and added them to all sorts of savory stews. They add great texture and you would never guess they were there.<br /><br />Charles -- I've spun out many stone soup stories myself. You have to have a really GOOD stone -- and an audience who will hang around while you find all the other stuff to put in.<br /><br />Lynne -- I calculate how much the family can eat in one meal and freeze the rest. It always looks God-awful frozen, but tastes pretty good when it's heated up -- and everybody's desperately hungry.<br /><br />Kim -- Maggie and I could swap some soup stories, I know. There's nothing as satisfying as a big bowl of hot soup -- and a nice, clean refrigerator.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-57825036331701745602011-10-28T13:19:19.384+01:002011-10-28T13:19:19.384+01:00Reminds me of a post I wrote several years back - ...Reminds me of a post I wrote several years back - <a href="http://kimayres.blogspot.com/2006/12/leftovers-soup.html" rel="nofollow">Leftovers Soup</a>. Maggie's always been amazing at making soup out of anything. Given your propensity to recycle anything you can, I'm not surprised by your soup skills :)Kim Ayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02656677501116622953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-65335509348193667172011-10-28T12:41:22.793+01:002011-10-28T12:41:22.793+01:00I love soup! I think I might have to try somethin...I love soup! I think I might have to try something like this. I could eat different soups all every day in the late fall and all winter long if my family didn't get sick of them after the second day.Lynnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743716122749792379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-42622704969045146572011-10-27T16:55:37.997+01:002011-10-27T16:55:37.997+01:00Sometimes I've had leftover stories turn to ma...Sometimes I've had leftover stories turn to magic. Sometimes. Usually more like stone soup.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-61261862149029022982011-10-27T12:18:32.876+01:002011-10-27T12:18:32.876+01:00Love this. Who would have thought cauliflower and ...Love this. Who would have thought cauliflower and pears would go well together? So I guess that means we can mix our metaphors and genres. :)<br /><br />By the way, they are not left-overs. My mother called them "cooked aheads."Bish Denhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359927719391990534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-42386901790927385272011-10-27T07:20:49.046+01:002011-10-27T07:20:49.046+01:00Sounds like an inspired recipe creation! I wish mi...Sounds like an inspired recipe creation! I wish mine would eat blended soups, I'd get away with a whole lot more in the way of veggies.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11594062064082350697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-60974371845259199702011-10-27T04:08:21.365+01:002011-10-27T04:08:21.365+01:00Love your soup post...
Leftover soup or a spicy f...Love your soup post... <br />Leftover soup or a spicy fried rice is a leftover given at my home !<br /><br />When my children where growing up we had chicken soup a lot... but it never came out quite the same because what was in the frig went in the soup. It was always tasty but different every time.<br /><br />Hope your leftover re-write comes out as tasty as your Cauliflower/Pear soup. What cheese did you use ?<br /><br />cheers, parsnipangryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-22221446678356630482011-10-27T02:26:58.863+01:002011-10-27T02:26:58.863+01:00Wow. I had no idea what you were going to do with...Wow. I had no idea what you were going to do with that very eclectic mix. That's incredible. Maybe I'm hungry, but I'm drooling here.<br /><br />As for the WIP - I know I'd lap it up!Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12396540555696283171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-52592108225002409502011-10-27T01:34:22.946+01:002011-10-27T01:34:22.946+01:00Love the edible kind of leftovers. Made a note to ...Love the edible kind of leftovers. Made a note to consider the literary sort… Thanks, Mary!Mirka Breenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00653086859905415156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-12155955342724578212011-10-27T01:15:26.343+01:002011-10-27T01:15:26.343+01:00Oooh, I love soup and it's quite the complimen...Oooh, I love soup and it's quite the compliment that the pickiest of the lot wiped it up with a stale tortilla. Was it a little sweet, a little sour? Wishing you the same magic with the revisions and picky readers.Vijayahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876606729146077830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-10273990467297765312011-10-27T00:37:42.922+01:002011-10-27T00:37:42.922+01:00Nice soup story. I tend to put leftovers with ric...Nice soup story. I tend to put leftovers with rice; it helps. :)<br /><br />Good luck with re-working your written leftovers. May they been as successful as your cauliflower/pear soup.Lisa Shaferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08141316010311729143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-965824120120454342.post-38513322197581591892011-10-27T00:35:19.116+01:002011-10-27T00:35:19.116+01:00Great post and I love how you tied in writing but ...Great post and I love how you tied in writing but a meal without meat is no meal in this carnivores eyes.Travis Erwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09420879160702098979noreply@blogger.com