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We're delighted to share our Aunt Nettie with you. She's agreed to answer any questions you might ask about food, its preparation, and even clean-up tips. But we have to prepare you. She just might want to come right over to your house and help you fix dinner.

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Kevin in Northridge asked for Aunt Nettie's suggestions on what to do with leftover baked potatoes. He's never sure he'll have enough if his guests want an extra potato, so he bakes up a few extras that invariably end up as leftovers.

Here's Aunt Nettie's handy hint for Kevin:


Dear Kevin,

Well now, I'd like to share one of my secrets with y'all. Yer a cook after my own heart. I make lots 'a extras 'cause I consider leftovers a blessin'. After the last dinner guest goes home, I wrap up those leftover potatoes in a nice little plastic bag and tuck 'em inta the 'fridge.

Next mornin' I chop 'em up and add 'em to a breakfast scramble along with chopped onions, tomatoes, peppers 'n some tofu. Season up with some lemon juice, a tad 'a salt, and some fresh herbs like dill, marjoram, mint 'r basil.

I serve up my scramble with some whole grain bread, a tofu spread fer the bread, and a bowl 'a fresh fruit. Now that's a tasty start. Mind, be sure to include the skins fer extra fiber.



If You Haven't Met Aunt Nettie. . .


Our Aunt Nettie has a head like a hard disk. It's filled with megabytes of information about food and cooking. And she's just itchin' to share her learnin' with city folk who live in mortal fear of the stovetop.

Aunt Nettie grew up on the farm. She did not eat out of a can or reach into the freezer. There was no microwave to pop her food into. Everything she made was from scratch. All the food she ate was natural, without pesticides. It was grown right there on the family farm, and she had to cook to survive. At eighty-three years young she still leaps and bounds around the kitchen and can shake, rattle, and roll those pots and pans with the best of them.

Nowadays, Aunt Nettie just shakes her head and complains, "Nobody cooks anymore. They have no idea about puttin' a meal together." She's on a mission. She wants to help those younguns eat better so they can grow up healthy like her own eight kids.



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