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Dinner By Any Other Name?
Especially after a string of holiday feasts the leftovers can mount up. What do you call it when you make a meal of whatever is on hand?
This is just a casual interest survey question born out of mild curiosity. (I may post this elsewhere as well to cast a bigger net.)
This fun article, “Fending” and Other Terms for Fridge-Foraging Dinners, (The New Yorker, Apr 26/May 3, 2021) and a chat with a friend spun up this question:
What do you call it when you decide to just make dinner out of random bits, often an assortment of leftovers, that are on hand?
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At our house we call it "hunt-and-peck". No one in our family remembers why we do or when we started but we know we've called it that for a very long time. My friend's family calls it "fending". She also cannot remember why they do or when they started calling it that. Thanks in advance for your time.
