People who just refuse to eat leftovers.

[Anonymous]

I don't like eating leftovers for dinner. There's something nice about a fresh new meal after the end of a long day. I just can't come home from work and the gym to some re-heated lasagna I had the night before.

But, we do use leftovers as lunches. DH and I work from home most of the time, so it's really easy to heat up dinner from the night or two before.

I also freeze things such as individually wrapped leftover lasagna slices or individual portions of stew so I don't get tired of eating something all at once.

I hate wasting food I spent good money on and it seems environmentally unfriendly.

[Anonymous]

I've never heard of such a thing. If someone told me that I think I would look at them like they had two heads.

[Anonymous]

OP, my husband won't eat leftovers. He wasn't raised very wealthy or very poor. Don't understand why he's so picky.

[Anonymous]

Some leftovers taste better the next day. Lasagna is one of them

[Anonymous]

Growing up in the 70s/80s my mom did not have a job outside the home. My dad expected my mom to cook a fresh meal every night. No leftovers. The exception was Thanksgiving and Christmas. When I go to my parents house for visits...it's still the same way.

[Anonymous]

This is my husband. He flat-out refuses to eat anything with chicken that isn't cooked fresh. He's not nasty about it and would genuinely rather make himself a cheese sandwich than eat a roast chicken from yesterday. Used to drive me mad. Vegetables are OK occasionally.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, my husband won't eat leftovers. He wasn't raised very wealthy or very poor. Don't understand why he's so picky.[/quote]

Because his parents let him

[Anonymous]

I don't do leftovers.

[Anonymous]

It's not our fault. Lobster tail and prime rib just don't heat up properly. So we usually let the staff take home the leftovers once they finish the dishes.

[Anonymous]

Or you can cook a paltry amount of food for a family of six including athletic teenagers and never have any leftovers.

[Anonymous]

I hate people who won't eat leftovers. Wasteful, stupid pweshus little jerks.

[Anonymous]

I won't eat leftovers mainly because as a kid there were six of us so we had leftovers a lot and now I'm just sick of them

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People are spoiled. If you grew up poor, you don't hate leftovers.

My DH grew up poor and rarely eats leftovers.

[Anonymous]

Me and my family will eat leftovers. Me more so than my DH. I am the main cook, so I often try to cook enough to get a couple of meals out of a dish. I try to be creative in reinventing the second meal, say a roasted chicken, then quesadillas with same chicken. My main goal is not to waste but also not to be in the kitchen cooking every single night.

[Anonymous]

I usually distribute my extra food. So, if I cook more than we need (happens all the time), my neighbors get that food.

We cook and entertain a lot. If I am cooking for a dinner party, some dishes I will make extras (like desserts) and then call my friends over for tea/coffee etc., the next day or so. If I bake extra cookies, I will invite my kids friends for a playdate and serve those. We have friends that drop over after dinner for drinks and munchies and it is very rarely that I do not have something in the fridge that I cannot serve with confidence.