With a surplus of apples, some people make applesauce or a few fruity crisps for their neighbors.
Too many tomatoes? Just cook up a massive pot of fresh pasta sauce and preportion it for future use.
Oh, but with a gaggle of giant jellyfish, recycling them into a couple of exotic sweet treats is where it's at in the Fukui prefecture of Japan.
http://www.greenwala.com/profiles/2449-Linda-Lucille/blog/2246-Attack-Of-The-Homemade-Giant-Jellyfish-Space-Caramels
They've certainly proven themselves to be resourceful...would you be willing to sample their recycled delicacies?