Tuesday, December 02, 2008

the problem with thanksgiving...

Tday+5 days = this fridge...

See that casserole dish? It holds what's left of 15lbs. of mashed potatoes. Basically, it's almost full. What? You think 15lbs. is overkill? Do you want to be the host that runs out of roasted garlic mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving? Right.

So far, we've grilled them up as potato pancakes and have eaten them pretty much everyday in some form or another.

See the white roasting dish covered with tinfoil? That's where Boaz lifted it up a bit to check out whether there were still sweet potatoes left in there. There are.

I hate the waste, but now it's time for my annual post tday cleaning out of the fridge. Next year I'll plan better. I'll still make too much, but I'm going to have enough tupperware on hand to send food home with everyone who comes over. ("Oh, hello Mr. Postman! Some mashed potatoes for you?")

And who put those tomatoes away with only four left in the package? Kids these days...

3 comments:

PegLeg said...

You could always turn your mashed potatoes into a big pot of potato leek soup and then freeze that for quick winter meals. As for the sweet potatoes...can't really help you there since I'm not a huge sweet potato fan. Maybe put it on a stick, batter it, deep fry it, and then hand it out to the kids at Samuel's school?

amy said...

Love the leek soup idea! But isn't +5 days from the make date too late? I should've done that last weekend, huh?

PegLeg said...

It should be fine assuming it's been refrigerated and has fallen on the floor no more than three times. Okay, I made that last part up but it should be okay to eat.