Trash it!!

   I'm not one for wasting food, though lately we do throw away a lot of leftovers.  Even with a small roasting chicken, there is usually some percentage discarded after its 3-day stint in the refrigerator.   I remember when my mother and her sister cooked, if there was half a cup of peas left over, they would save it to have with their tea the next day.  So I do believe in not throwing out anything salvageable. 
    The other day, during  a TV cooking show, the host announced not to throw away corncobs after the corn had been removed for a recipe.  They have uses, he said.  I put down what I was doing to see what stripped corncobs could possibly be used for.  "Save them in your refrigerator," he advised, "and throw them in the pot when you're making stew or soup.  They'll give it a good flavor."  Two of the other co-hosts chimed in with other ways that cobs can be used in cooking, but I was too turned off at the idea of eating anything flavored with old cob that I didn't even listen any further.  Anyway, I don't believe that any of them would ever use old corncobs for cooking.  They are just fodder for the trough of commercial television.