Stock.

What's that saying? "One man gathers what another man spills." I love taking something that is usually considered unusable & finding a use for it. Take, for instance, stock. Chicken bones, chicken necks & gizzards I've been storing in the freezer, the rubbery carrots off the bottom of the bin, a sprouting onion with some of the skin still on, and a green apple all found their way into my crockpot last night. I covered them with water, turned the crock on low and went to bed. This morning, yummy broth. If I didn't have a sicky kid (& volunteer duties at the school & karate & ...) this would have been dinner with some home made noodles. But I did have all those things, so this will probably be tomorrow's dinner. Or I'll freeze it & cook rice with it. My point is: I made something usuable out of things other people might have thrown away. And I love that.