Dear Constant Reader,
I hope you had a good Thanksgiving, if you celebrate. We didn’t do the traditional dinner…
Scratch planned a simple meal of British favorites that was excellent. Betty brought Devils on Horseback (dates stuffed with goat cheese, wrapped in bacon, and broiled). Scratch made the mains — cullen skink (finnan haddie (smoked haddock) chowder) and steak, mushroom, & ale pie. I contributed dessert: trifle (layered with home-made sour cherry preserves on home-made vanilla cake sprinkled with sherry, strawberries macerated in vanilla sugar, home-made custard, Italian macaroons, topped with almond whipped cream.
And now here’s your tip!
Leftovers are not only good for Thanksgiving. They’re good in burlesque too.
You’re working on a routine. You come up with a combination you like, but it just doesn’t work in this act. Record it. Use it in a different act.
You’ve finished a costume and you have some fabric left over. Make a storage bag (you’ll know which costume pieces are in it because it’s the same fabric) or consider what accessories you could add to the outfit or if it’s just small bits, add it to a costume repair kit.
I’m sure you can think of other examples! Let me know how you use leftovers.
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Oh, The Glamourous Life! 
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