What’s for supper? “Daa haa”! Tony said when his maternal grandmother Annie Goode made this dish it was a combination of a few day’s worth of leftovers maybe with one meat. It was a little bit if this and that she called “daa haa”. It could be made up of a variety of peas, crowder, sweet garden peas, black eye peas or field peas with their smoked ham hocks or turkey necks. A can of stewed tomatoes is usually added along with onions, peppers, garlic and for me, Belinda, a couple of bay leaves. If there were peas and carrots or string beans maybe with some potatoes or even some cabbage; they all had a place in the large dutch oven pot. Usually, as all the ingredients were simmering in the pot and the favors mingling to form the new dish, cornbread batter was being mixed and placed in the oven.
I recall for a recent meal we had some leftover daa haa in the freezer that was thawed and heated for supper. It was accompanied by leftover rice and a fresh baked loaf of rosemary olive oil bread with some KerriGold butter. The daa haa had lots of corn, peas, and other vegetables along with smoked meat made it simple, hearty and filling. Daa haa will be different each time we make it but always delicious. It’s a great way to reduce food waste and save money.
How are you repurposing your leftovers to make new meals. Have a leftover supper or dinner party with family or friends. Invite them to bring their leftovers over and come up with a way to make a few new dishes and enjoy them together. Waste not, want not! Share your leftover creations so we can change up our meals and prepare something new from something leftover.
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