Use it up! (1 of 4)

My grandmother and many others who lived through the Depression followed a household policy of "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without."

This is a themed group swap in four parts. The first part is "Use it up." Write your partners a letter that follows the theme of "Use it up." It could be recipes for using ham bones or green tomatoes, tips for getting the last bit of usefulness out of a household product, how to make kids' clothes last longer, or anything else that you think reasonably fits the theme. Try to save your "Wear it out" and "Make it do" ideas for the other weeks in the swap.