Beans, Meant for Paper
The fair found several uses for a few dried beans. I brought them home before it found another.
Polenta, Slow, with Rendered Fat
The coolest morning in weeks earned the stove a use it hadn't had all month.
Tomatoes, Salt-Packed, No Flame
The tomatoes did not care that it was too hot to cook. Salt does not mind a hot kitchen either.
Chickpeas, Sprouted, with Cumin and Lemon
A bowl of chickpeas soaked since Tuesday and forgotten in a warm kitchen. By Thursday a third of them had sprouted.
Apricots with Almonds and Vinegar
Dhillon Farms had a crate of split apricots nobody wanted at full price. Splitting is not the same as spoiling.