People who just refuse to eat leftovers.

[Anonymous]

Oh and btw, ever think we live longer as a result of far better sanitation and food safety. Part of that may be in knowing what to throw out.

[Anonymous]

How does this thread have 7 pages of comments?!?! What is wrong with you people? Get a fucking life!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wtf? Like your half eaten leftovers are decent enough for the homeless because they should be grateful. This is not the depression nor a world war. Get a grip. Food production and yield has greatly improved and an abundance is the result in a wealthy nation. Excess results in a lack of scarcity which means reduced value. This can surface as a demand for better or even fresher quality to the foods we consume everyday. Restaurant food in particular can be too mass produced to be truly good. There are usually leftovers because they sucked to begin with. Why should saving them a day and reheating them improve the quality of a bad meal. When the next famine hits we can all eat potato skins out of the garbage bins, but until then I'm throwing away whatever is of poor quality. I'm certainly not going to decide that whatever's not good enough for me is good enough for someone poorer. They deserve quality food too even if I have to pay for it.

That is a such a stupid f$%ing argument, and so is the one after it. Poor people are dying of malnutrition - and in this country, often in the form of obesity - because QUALITY food is not available to them. Only the rich, spoiled and out of touch eat the way you do and then throw a third of it away. My family was fairly well-off and we happily ate my mother's leftovers at least half the week. At least my parents would be ashamed of you; yours probably raised you this way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wtf? Like your half eaten leftovers are decent enough for the homeless because they should be grateful. This is not the depression nor a world war. Get a grip. Food production and yield has greatly improved and an abundance is the result in a wealthy nation. Excess results in a lack of scarcity which means reduced value. This can surface as a demand for better or even fresher quality to the foods we consume everyday. Restaurant food in particular can be too mass produced to be truly good. There are usually leftovers because they sucked to begin with. Why should saving them a day and reheating them improve the quality of a bad meal. When the next famine hits we can all eat potato skins out of the garbage bins, but until then I'm throwing away whatever is of poor quality. I'm certainly not going to decide that whatever's not good enough for me is good enough for someone poorer. They deserve quality food too even if I have to pay for it.

That is a such a stupid f$%ing argument, and so is the one after it. Poor people are dying of malnutrition - and in this country, often in the form of obesity - because QUALITY food is not available to them. Only the rich, spoiled and out of touch eat the way you do and then throw a third of it away. My family was fairly well-off and we happily ate my mother's leftovers at least half the week. At least my parents would be ashamed of you; yours probably raised you this way.

r

NP. Have you ever tried to give your leftovers to a homeless person? They aren't always greatful for them. I had a friend have the food thrown at her as she was walking away.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wtf? Like your half eaten leftovers are decent enough for the homeless because they should be grateful. This is not the depression nor a world war. Get a grip. Food production and yield has greatly improved and an abundance is the result in a wealthy nation. Excess results in a lack of scarcity which means reduced value. This can surface as a demand for better or even fresher quality to the foods we consume everyday. Restaurant food in particular can be too mass produced to be truly good. There are usually leftovers because they sucked to begin with. Why should saving them a day and reheating them improve the quality of a bad meal. When the next famine hits we can all eat potato skins out of the garbage bins, but until then I'm throwing away whatever is of poor quality. I'm certainly not going to decide that whatever's not good enough for me is good enough for someone poorer. They deserve quality food too even if I have to pay for it.

That is a such a stupid f$%ing argument, and so is the one after it. Poor people are dying of malnutrition - and in this country, often in the form of obesity - because QUALITY food is not available to them. Only the rich, spoiled and out of touch eat the way you do and then throw a third of it away. My family was fairly well-off and we happily ate my mother's leftovers at least half the week. At least my parents would be ashamed of you; yours probably raised you this way.

r

NP. Have you ever tried to give your leftovers to a homeless person? They aren't always greatful for them. I had a friend have the food thrown at her as she was walking away.

You can't just walk up someone on the street and hand them a tupperware of leftovers. You need to donate good food to a shelter where it can be served with dignity to people in need - homeless people, women and children in domestic violence shelters. I don't know what shelters' policies are on prepared food, but it's worth inquiring.

[Anonymous]

It dosent matter if u are rich and eat left overs or if your poor and u don't eat left overs or if your rich and don't eat left overs. It has nothing to do with how much money you have. Some people don't like the taste of them. Or they have other reasons for not eating them. I absolutely won't eat left overs. I can't stand them.

[Anonymous]

I'd like to say we are all entitled to our opinions and we should agree to disagree, but I can't ignore the stupidity of the spoiled wasteful morons I am hearing chime in on this website. I wonder how many leftovers they've enjoyed at restaurants...you do realize that they do that. They are money making enterprises that would never think of tossing out perfectly good product.

[Anonymous]

Why has this year-old thread been revived?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting. I've noted in my own personal life that men seem to be the most adamant against leftovers. Seems to be that way here, too. I wonder if its a biological thing where women are more open to leftovers.

+1 the only people I know who are adamant about leftovers are men.

I'm a woman and I hate leftovers. I do the cooking, FTR, and like some leftovers (chili improves, for one), but otherwise. Blech.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why has this year-old thread been revived?

We're all very passionate about leftovers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't get it. Why can't I complain about severe storms? I think we can all agree that fresh cooked food is better and what I like to eat and feed my family.

Fresh cooked food is not always better. There are some things that are better fresh (agree about most seafood) but many foods that are well spiced are actually better the second day, after the flavors have time to meld.

[Anonymous]

My family doesn't have a lot of money and we spend about $100 on food for the month. I cannot stand eating leftovers that are older than 2 days. Every time I try and force myself, I vomit. The idea of eating old food makes me sick to my stomach and I have to stop. I hate wasting food and will try to eat as much as possible to avoid wasting it. It's not because I'm rich or entitled, I just cannot make myself physically sick like that. I'd eat a cup of noodles over 5 day old leftovers because at least I know it's fresh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My family doesn't have a lot of money and we spend about $100 on food for the month. I cannot stand eating leftovers that are older than 2 days. Every time I try and force myself, I vomit. The idea of eating old food makes me sick to my stomach and I have to stop. I hate wasting food and will try to eat as much as possible to avoid wasting it. It's not because I'm rich or entitled, I just cannot make myself physically sick like that. I'd eat a cup of noodles over 5 day old leftovers because at least I know it's fresh.

I would think this is some form of OCD or other mental issues if eating perfectly good unspoiled leftovers would cause you physical ill and vomitting...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My family doesn't have a lot of money and we spend about $100 on food for the month. I cannot stand eating leftovers that are older than 2 days. Every time I try and force myself, I vomit. The idea of eating old food makes me sick to my stomach and I have to stop. I hate wasting food and will try to eat as much as possible to avoid wasting it. It's not because I'm rich or entitled, I just cannot make myself physically sick like that. I'd eat a cup of noodles over 5 day old leftovers because at least I know it's fresh.

I would think this is some form of OCD or other mental issues if eating perfectly good unspoiled leftovers would cause you physical ill and vomitting...

+1

[Anonymous]

I won't eat most food as leftovers. I grew up in a large family and had leftovers regularly, so now I can't stand it. I generally try to only cook enough that I need for me and DD. I'll eat some things, like soups and stews as leftovers, but otherwise I avoid it if possible.