[blparent] What-You-Got Casserole

[Melissa Ann Riccobono]

That is a great story.  My mom used to make those kinds of casseroles,
except for her it was mostly from what was left over in the fridge, along
with probably some cans she could identify--being the sighted sort.  Anyway,
she'd call it "Love casserole."  Sometimes it was great and we'd beg her to
make it again.  Other times...  Well...  It was yucky!  Hope yours tastes
great, and I'm really glad you're ablt to see the humor and not stress out
about it.  It's sort of like making lemonade with lemons.
Melissa

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From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
Behalf Of Jo Elizabeth Pinto
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 4:01 PM
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Subject: [blparent] What-You-Got Casserole

I had a funny little misadventure in the kitchen this morning.  Sarah, now
fourteen months old, has figured out how to get into the carousel cupboard
where my dry and canned foods are stored.  I didn't know just how
disorganized the canned goods had gotten till I opened up a tin of what I
thought would be fruit cocktail.  Wrong!  It was beef stew, and it smelled
awful, not because it was bad but just because it wasn't what I expected.  I
put the stew in a plastic tub so Gerald could take it to lunch.  Then I
again went on the quest for fruit cocktail.  I came up with the can that
just had to be it, since I could identify some of the others as soups, and a
few of the labels I could read with my Optacon.  I opened the can, once more
expecting fruit cocktail.  Wrong!  This time is was corned beef hash.  I
should have known when the can didn't slosh much, but I was sure I'd been
dead on.

Anyway, the point is, I decided that the only way to keep from wasting food
was to make a casserole.  So the stew, the hash, a left over half of a baked
potato, and a left over pork chop cut in tiny pieces, along with some
mushrooms, went into a baking dish.  I'm going to bake it up tonight, throw
some Cheddar cheese on top, and hope for the best.  If it tastes good, I
might even pretend I meant to make it that way.  If it's yucky--well, life
with a baby has its interesting moments.

Jo Elizabeth

"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed
until it is faced."--James Baldwin
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