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Hello, friends. I recently realized that in the first three full years of running this show

solo from 2022 to 2024, I have not re-shared any original content from this time period, which is a

pretty common practice for shows. And though original episodes will always be the backbone of this show,

I figured, why not resurface some older episodes, especially when it is something top of mind?

That said, I will really only want to do this

when I also have some new ideas to tack on, hence the idea to refer to these episodes,

not simply as rebroadcasts, but as encores, because I'll always be looking to add tweaks

and hacks that are new to me or that I have enjoyed

for some time, but are not in the episode or could use some added commentary. So let's get to that

for this episode. This episode on Weekend Food Prep originally ran in January 2022, and I have

four encore notes I want to add. First, in this episode, I talk about my pandemic

pantry expansion, in which I shelved items by year. Maybe a year or so ago, I reorganized my shelves

to be by food category, and then it just wasn't working. So within the last couple months,

I've returned to shelving by year because we were

finding it was hard to keep track of expiration dates and wasted food just makes my head want to explode.

And believe me, I have tested some items beyond their expiration dates with, let's just say,

mixed results. So I just wanted to put a plug in for organizing by expiration year

if you're thinking about building up or editing your pantry. My second encore note is about batch

baking prep. I do reference it quickly in this episode, but I think it's worth a separate call out

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