“We don’t do leftovers”

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Ghetto/trailer

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Anonymous wrote:Ghetto/trailer

Troll/moron

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DD (5) will only eat leftovers if they are disguised as a new meal.

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Somethings are amazing leftovers. Poorly reheated heavy food is horrible.

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I guess I don't really give my family a choice. Chili round II is for dinner. Take it or leave it. Throwing out food is ridiculously wasteful and I would rather not cook twice if I do not have to.

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I feel like those who “don’t eat leftovers” are not the primary cooks in their household. Having to put a fresh, hot meal on the table every damn day is a drag.

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I think it’s gross to have all that old food cluttering up the fridge and it mostly ends up just getting pitched because nobody wants it. So we have a no leftovers rule. Life is too short not to eat well every meal.

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Anonymous wrote:How is this even a discussion? If you cooked too much food, you should really try to your best to eat it instead of throwing it out. People who don't do leftovers are like people who run the AC all day when they're not in the house or who keep their sprinklers on in the rain. Totally selfish waste of the world's resources.

People who lived through the Great Depression and WWII would be astounded at the “I don’t eat leftovers” attitude.

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Anonymous wrote:I think it’s gross to have all that old food cluttering up the fridge and it mostly ends up just getting pitched because nobody wants it. So we have a no leftovers rule. Life is too short not to eat well every meal.

All that old food? It is not like it keeps piling up. It is usually gone in a day or two. Sunday's lasagna is also Tuesday's lasagna. You don't keep it for a week and then eat it.

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We have a one day rule - if it’s not gone the next day it gets tossed. I’ve had too many bouts of food poisoning to trust anything further than that.

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Anonymous wrote:Feigned class. The fact that anyone would feel the need to make this statement show they are posers, not to mention wasteful and environmentally unsound.

Exactly what I was thinking.

+1

DH is from a big "old money" family (I know. ) and they eat leftovers all the time. The "we don't do leftovers" thing seems SO try-hard, with the obvious exception of an allergy or health issue from reheated food.

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I cook a lot and I entertain a lot. Just hosted 45 people for TG. I am a fan of semi-prepping food because I cook in bulk. However, I am not a fan of leftovers. My trick is to let my guests take home the leftovers, which they happily do. I also pass on leftovers to my elderly neighbor who loves my cooking. There are some foods that does taste better the next day.

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Anonymous wrote:Generally, I use leftovers for lunches and pack them in individual-serving containers right after the meal. A single serving that I know I'll bring for lunch the next day goes in the fridge, anything beyond that goes in the freezer. Or, if it's something like leftover roast, chicken, etc. I use it to make another meal, e.g. leftover roast chicken ends up in enchiladas, leftover beef in a soup or shepherds pie. Those meals were basically designed to use up leftovers. We rarely have exactly the same meal from leftovers the next evening.

+1 right there with you! Can’t believe people will buy rotisserie chicken in order to make something with cooked chicken in it, when I can just cook additional pieces of chicken to save in the freezer for later use. I might cook differently without a freezer. Love having parts of things to use to make a whole new meal. Saves money and no one gets bored by Round 2.

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“I don’t do leftovers” can be a preference the same way “I don’t recycle” is a preference. You’re free to feel that way but we’re free to express our disapproval because it’s wasteful. These are the same people who buy a new water bottle every time because reusable bottles are “yucky.”

I also am just not getting how everyone can taste the difference in something that has been reheated. We eat a lot of soup and pasta dishes that taste identical the next day. Other things like pizza or fried foods taste great reheated in a toaster oven.

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Anonymous wrote:“I don’t do leftovers” can be a preference the same way “I don’t recycle” is a preference. You’re free to feel that way but we’re free to express our disapproval because it’s wasteful. These are the same people who buy a new water bottle every time because reusable bottles are “yucky.”

I also am just not getting how everyone can taste the difference in something that has been reheated. We eat a lot of soup and pasta dishes that taste identical the next day. Other things like pizza or fried foods taste great reheated in a toaster oven.

+1 I think a lot of these "don't do leftovers" people would happily eat them if they didn't know they were "leftovers." My cousin's DH swears he doesn't eat leftovers. My aunt cooks several dishes for Thanksgiving the day before and then reheats them. He eats them happily, with no idea they are "leftovers", and aunt & cousin have never clued him in because they know he wouldn't eat them otherwise. The leftover aversion is all in his head.