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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've only seen leftovers offered when it's family and close friends. Obviously there is a difference between keeping leftovers and handing them out, but in close relationships handing out is part of the keeping. [/quote]

We have friends who are fantastic cooks, and if we visit them and they have smoked a bunch of ribs or brisket, they will send us home with some.  They once made a phenomenal red beans and rice dish and sent us home with a container, which we happily ate the next day.  To me it's a sign of their generosity.  If the food is of the sort that you cook a large amount, and it isn't the sort that goes bad quickly, and it's amenable to being reheated, I think it's fine to offer it to friends.   I wouldn't offer leftovers to guests at a formal dinner party, and I wouldn't offer them to everyone, but I don't think they are inherently suspect or anything.

And we definitely eat our own leftovers.  Growing up, one night a week was often "leftover night," when everyone chose from what was already in the fridge.  But my mom was a good household manager and we did not waste food.  [/quote]

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