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My dad used to tell stories about rationing, in particular his aunt who would daily save up her week's ration of butter, so she could have it all on Sunday toast. "Might as well have one good meal," she was reported to have said.

@HungryChris, I want to come for dinner! What did you stuff the shrimp with?

Hi @Rasmus, welcome. Are you looking specifically for par cooked, or ways to prep meals ahead of time? If the latter, investigate sous vide cooking. You can take a large cut, say a pork shoulder, and cut it into manageable pieces. This could be slices of roast 1 1/2" thick. The raw meat gets vacuum-sealed in plastic bags and cooked at very low temperatures. After they're done, they can be kept in the freezer for a year (at least). When you open one of the bags, the roast can be sliced, diced for chili, etc. There's quite a few good books now published about sous vide. Also check out the sous vide threads here on eGullet. Here's the current thread

Actually, I could restate this. Mushrooms in machine-sealed plastic bag from the Chinese market, last just fine over one week. Mushrooms in styrofoam from any of the huge grocery stores, might get mouldy in a week; will definitely get mouldy a few days later. Mushrooms in a plastic bag from the vegetable section of the grocery story will definitely get slimy within a week. Mushrooms from the grower in a holey plastic container inside a paper bag will last well over two weeks. Eventually, they will get a little dry (chewy) but no mould. I don't know how much this increased storage life has to do with the total storage time (i.e. the other mushrooms may have been shipped long distance before hanging out in my fridge, which would shorten their viability in my fridge). This is true of strawberries also.

The mushrooms in my fridge do A LOT BETTER inside a paper bag than wrapped in cling plastic.

So they keep in the fridge? Cooked or uncooked?

@Okanagancook, if you had lots of mushrooms to use up but only two persons to feed for dinner, what would you do with the extra mushrooms? Keep raw in the fridge until tomorrow? Cook them? Freeze them raw, stuffed or unstuffed?

Has anyone experimented with "less sweet" butter tarts? Opinions?

@gfweb, tasty-looking photo. If you had choose between a mini-muffin pan (which I own) and a madeleine pan (which I don't), which would you choose and why?

@Ann_T, great photo! You mention using the cornbread as stuffing. In that case, do you actually stuff the chicken or do you cook the stuffing outside of the chicken somehow?

I remember butter tarts! Does anyone here make them? Have recipe?

Welcome, @benS. You might check out Joshua McFadden's Cooking with Six Seasons, here's a link to eGulleters' recipe tests. McFadden is fond of carrots and beets, so there are plenty of recipes in the cookbook.

Hi, @Cooker. Welcome. I have been reading this forum for many, many years and have learned a gazillion things.

No delivery service at all here. Hardly ever go out to eat either!

Shai, gosh, now I have pizza envy!! Can you post your recipe for pizza, please?

Also, need TWO measurements: kingarthurflour.com , for example, allows one click to switch from US measurement to metric. The difficulty with this is that SOME things I measure in weight and some by volume. An example would be all dry stuff (flour, sugar, dry milk) by weight but chopped nuts by volume.

@Okanagancook, what is the " A16 " for?

These are the jar openers I got from Lee Valley (called Strap Wrenches). They are absolutely amazing for opening jars, even with arthritic hands. Unfortunately, they are discontinued. 😟

@Shelby, what is Cowboy Candy?

This may be a little OT but how does one grate a bell pepper? Can shredding be done with a knife or does it mean using a one (to many) sided sheet of metal with sharp holes in it?

@Margaret Pilgrim, looks tasty. What mixture did you stuff celery with?

Looks scrumptious, @shain. How did you make the coconut chutney?

Home gardeners are NOT allowed to use RoundUp in Metro Toronto, Canada. The city of Richmond, California, has banned the use of glyphosate (RoundUp). "WHEREAS, there is documented evidence that exposure to glyphosate causes birth defects, fetal deaths, cancer, DNA damage, and other serious illnesses;" City of Richmond Pesticide Ban In the midwest US, soil treated with RoundUp is deemed safe once it has dried. Monsanto (makers of RoundUp) are very influential, so FDA and USDA may not be using only "science" to come to their decisions. 😧 See https://rounduprisks.com/glyphosate-pdf-library/

Looks fabulous, @Ann_T. Recipe please?

Looks great, @Kim Shook. Recipe?