PETER: As a teenager, I used to bring home a plastic bag filled with free batter scraps from the pork chop noodle house up the street, and I’d feel like I’d hit the jackpot. In those days, affordable and filling staples like rice and noodles were the basis of all our meals. We had very little produce and protein, and since lunch was usually a free-for-all, with all of us kids fending for ourselves, I was always trying to find ways to make
