| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | Portuguese term or phrase: | aproveitamento total de alimentos | | English translation: | letting nothing go to waste | | Entered by: | Luiza Modesto |
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Nutrition | | Portuguese term or phrase: aproveitamento total de alimentos | | For example, using banana peels to make cakes or old bread to make pies. The only thing that occurs to me is "making the most of foods." Thank you. :) |
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| | letting nothing go to waste | Explanation:
I think in English this idea is usually expressed in the reverse: letting nothing go to waste. "Making the most of..." is ambiguous and could also refer to using something to its best effect.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2009-06-20 15:15:17 GMT)
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"Nothing goes to waste in a thrifty chef's kitchen"...Especially in today's lean times, resourceful chefs look for ways to reroute scraps and leftovers into desirable new dishes.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/02/27/...
"Nothing goes to waste
I had some zucchini that was going bad, so I stuck it in the freezer. I pulled it out last night and made some quick bread"
http://culinarybarbie.blogspot.com/2009/03/nothing-goes-to-w...
"I have a Sunset Magazine recipe for giblet gravy that is incredibly good- I never liked giblets much until I started making this. Now absolutely nothing goes to waste when I cook chicken or turkey!"
http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2008/08/19/the-frugal-whole-c... |
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  Kathryn Litherland
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Local time: 15:49
| Grading comment Awesome Kathryn, ty so much for your help. Ty too Marlene but i had a gut feeling there was a better way of saying this in English. Ty Michael for the effort. :)
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1 hr confidence:   peer agreement (net): +1 | complete use/utilization of foods
Explanation:
It's not only most; it is "complete". We are talking banana peels, old bread, etc.
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Synonyms English: Complete Use of Foods Complete Utilization of Foods. Tree Number: SP6.056.257. Record Number: 50340. Occurrence in VHL: ...
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Sinónimos Inglés: Complete Use of Foods Complete Utilization of Foods. Categoría: SP6.056.257. Número del Registro: 50340. Ocurrencia en la BVS: ...
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Examples of physical abstractions that may not be present in autism are getting mercury out of body, making complete use of foods that have gluten or casein ...
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LILACS e MDL, Conceitos DeCS em LILACS Regional. Whole Utilization of Foods . Complete Use of Foods . Complete Utilization of Foods . 1.00 ...
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Complete Use of Foods . Complete Utilization of Foods . 0.49. 0, 0. /fisiologia . Diabetes Mellitus . /dietoterapia . Dieta para Diabéticos . ...
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Sinónimos Inglés: Complete Use of Foods Complete Utilization of Foods. Categoría: SP6.056.257. Número del Registro: 50340.
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Sinônimos Inglês: Complete Use of Foods Complete Utilization of Foods. Categoria: SP6.056.257. Número do Registro: 50340.
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Mike :)
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Asker: All the references you provided are still Brazilian. :)
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