High mileage ham

 

Yes, we should eat more of a plant-based diet. If we eat meat, it should be the supporting actor, not the star attraction on the plate-- bean dishes, soups, vegetable stir fries and that sort of thing.   

There's a bit of food-shaming these days about eating any meat at all. Especially factory farm meat. 

We still enjoy a big roast or nice turkey on the holidays. I can't waste a scrap of those leftovers, out of simple respect for the animal, not to mention, the people who work miserable jobs getting it to the grocery stores. It seems like the least you can do. (My sermon for the day.) 

We carried big ham in the cooler to Twisp in December, and it fed us all generously, plus sandwiches and omelettes. There was still plenty of meat to bring back to Seattle, which I froze for later. The meaty bone I left in my freezer over there, and last trip cooked it with beans in the crock pot. Our neighbors came over for happy hour that day and stayed for supper. I was glad I had something to feed them. Hit the spot on a cold night with a few glasses of John's good wine.

So that ham had many miles on it, stretched out over many, many good meals. I finally used up the last frozen package the other night in a satisfying cheesy ham and potato casserole. It's still too cold to be counting calories.