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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DH and I made a big, lovely dinner. We spent hundreds on groceries.

ILs are now in the kitchen dividing it all up to take home. Whatever, I’m letting DH handle his people, or not. But I did take over the turkey distribution because I want some to freeze for tetrazzini.

In my family, no one would dream of taking leftovers unless they were offered. It is so freaking rude. [/quote]

+100

Never in my life have I ever experienced what I've read about here. I've spent holidays with different members of my extended family and I've never seen people show up with their own tupperware and just start hauling off stuff. Never. [/quote]

Seriously. As the host I often try to send leftovers home with people, and appreciate if others hosting do the same, but it's a bonus, not an expectation! And it depends on how much is left. I usually try to offload leftover desserts but not main dishes - unless someone brought a dish I don't like, haha, in which case I don't want to deprive them of the leftovers! I have never ever heard of a guest going in to help themselves. Heck, I left my good pie pans at my aunt's house at Thanksgiving because there was pie left and she didn't want to transfer it to another dish. So she got the leftover pie and the pans, and she'll return the pans to me another time. No big deal. [/quote]

NP  my family LOVES leftovers. We're good cooks and really enjoy eating it again the next day. I really don't think we ever throw out food. I had prime rib for Christmas. If a guest had asked for some to go I definitely would have said no. I'd already planned out a nice steak salad and had been thinking about it. We pack up 2 cup amounts of ham and put them in the freezer for soups, quiches, nice slices for sandwiches.

Both sets of our parents won't eat a single leftover so they give us massive amounts of leftovers after each holiday. We aren't crass enough to ask for them though. I'm always saving their tupperware to return them. [/quote]

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