thought while wielding a kitchen knife

[calimac]

Among the selections from the produce stand, corn (maize) probably holds the record for having the greatest amount, in the form that you bring it home from the grocer's, that's discarded rather than eaten.

But celery, if you chop it down to the traditional stalks, is a good second.

I suppose you could use the cut-off bits to make cream of celery soup, and in fact I've done that, but I don't have much use for this either.

Comments

[cmcmck]

I tend to boil down the odds and ends for vegetable stock and freeze it.

[calimac]

Wouldn't work for me - little need for vegetable stock and absolutely no flexible freezer space.

[voidampersand]

Celery pesto is very good.

[adrian_turtle]

There's a produce stand around here that sells carrots with the tops attached. I don't eat those, and I was shocked to find people who do. While I personally discard beet greens, I recognize that many people consider them food, and have been pleased to find such a person at the farmers' market when I was buying beets.