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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s weird; I can’t imagine my parents “saving a plate” from any kind of meal we had.  But we weren’t hyenas either because food was always wildly plentiful.  We were a faculty of four and the only time we cooked for for four people rather than a generous eight was if we were making something that didn’t keep like omelettes.  If you missed the dinner of roast chicken the leftovers were naturally still in the fridge when you got home.  If dinner was leftovers [b]or fridge ambush[/b] there maybe wouldn’t be the exact same thing everyone else had but there would be plenty of other leftovers or meals available and you’d just choose what you wanted to eat.  Treats (like if someone bought a box of donuts) it was understood everyone should get some and no one stole anyone’s Halloween candy but there’s no expectation that it would be perfectly equal.  You don’t eat the *last* donut but you might have two before your sister has one if she’s off with her friends.  But treats too were plentiful so it didn’t really matter if you got fewer donuts today; maybe you’ll just have a coke instead.

I don’t get the McDonald’s thing; the treat is presumably for being brave at the doctor’s so why would a kid who didn’t have an appointment get to share?  I understand (although had never heard of) the cake thing I guess but birthday cake isn’t more special than other cake in my mind — everyone eats what they want and when it runs out we make another cake.[/quote]
I love this! The first decade or so of marriage I honored DH’s preference to avoid leftovers and just took them to work with me for my lunches. 20 years on as the sole cook, if I’m not feeling inspired or there’s food that will go to waste soon, everyone will be eating an amalgamation from the fridge and owe me thanks if I heat it up. [/quote]

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