Do you eat other family members’ leftovers
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Anonymous
| Say members of your family eat out and bring home leftovers — pasta, half a sandwich, whatever… do you eat it if it wasn’t your own order from the restaurant? What if those family members are visiting from out of town and go home and their doggy bags are still in your fridge? Eat or toss or let it sit in the fridge a few days longer so you don’t feel so bad about tossing? |
Anonymous
| Contentious issue in our house - H thinks all leftovers are free to take, whereas other family members think leftovers belong to the person who originally ordered the food. Teens will eat my leftovers if offered (in theory they would eat H's but he usually gets there first), but not other family members, so once again those go to H who will eat anything. |
Anonymous
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The leftovers belong to the person that ordered them for one day, then they are free game.
I work from home so often I end up eating leftovers for lunch. And yes I would eat our guest's leftovers unless they were visibly sick. |
Anonymous
| No, yuck but my husband and kid eats mine. |
Anonymous
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Unless otherwise stated, anything in the refrigerator is available to anyone who wants it - we aren't really territorial about food.
If guests left leftovers, I would toss them, unless teen boy got to them first! |
Anonymous
| Restaurant leftover are gross. I wouldn’t even eat my own. |
Anonymous
Why are they gross? It's...food. |
Anonymous
If someone stuck their fork in it, it’s gross. |
Anonymous
| DS once did this to DD...boy did he get an earful from his little sister when her dumplings were gone. Generally it belongs to the orderer but sometimes we tell DS he can feel free to eat it when it is being boxed. |
Anonymous
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Leftovers that were on your plate? We toss.
You cut the sandwich in half, or you served yourself with a portion and left the rest in the container? Anyone can eat but you must ask first. |
Anonymous
| DH ate my leftovers from Joe’s Noodle House last week. Apparently I hadn’t done a good enough job of hiding them.I’m still salty. |
Anonymous
| You ask first. |
Anonymous
You’ve never been truly hungry eh? |
Anonymous
I like certain homemade foods reheated the next day, but a lot of restaurant food is so overloaded with butter or oil that it reheats too greasy. I don’t know—it tastes good when it’s piping hot, but shelf life is short. |
Anonymous
| Leftovers are the property of the person who ate the dish originally. I eat out more than my husband, so sometimes if I bring home something that was particularly good, I urge him to try some. But he would never eat my leftovers uninvited. |