Lots to report this week!
Ready to hear what I wasted? Salsa, beans that I apparently didn’t cook long enough, some of them were still hard, potatoes, bacon that was supposed to flavor the hard beans, cilantro, 2 tomatoes and some tangerine slices. And that’s just what’s pictured, I threw some other things out earlier in the week. 
I did manage to avoid even more waste though. The last 2 weeks we’ve gotten apricots in our bountiful baskets. I tried just slicing them and eating them raw, but they were pretty sour, so I told myself I could make them into jelly, but then I came back to reality and knew that I wasn’t going to get around to learning how to make jelly right now. Instead I gave them to a friend, which is much better than letting them rot in my fridge as I say I’ll make them into jelly.
Happy Friday everybody! 
I farm out lots of stuff too to the neighbours, so much better than having to throw out something.
Ouch! We’ve all had weeks like this! It hurts, doesn’t it? Better luck next week!
I bet your friend was happy about the apricots! Win win.
I don’t think you had to toss out the bacon.
it will keep almost indefinatly. Pioneers used to salt pork and keep it all winter.
I partially fry the whole pound of bacon when I purchase it. then store it to be used in salads, sandwiches or casseroles (microwave to crisp it up), without taking the time to fry up one or two slices at a time.
Another good use for under ripe fruit is upside down cake. Just slice and spread the fruit of the bottom of a cake pan, sprinkle generously with brown sugar, maybe some cinnamon, and top with a white or yellow cake batter (either from a mix or from scratch). I’ve done this with not ripe and not tasty peaches, and the cake turned out awesome. I bet it would work well for your apricots too. I expect cooking them up in a crumble (maybe with a little extra sugar) would also hide the sour taste.
Not that I want to deprive your neighbor of the bounty.