Anonymous
Post 06/28/2015 09:07     Subject: People who just refuse to eat leftovers.
Anonymous wrote:People are spoiled. If you grew up poor, you don't hate leftovers.


My husband grew up poor and ate a lot of leftovers as a kid. Some I think we're way past their prime. So now he refuses to eat them.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2015 09:01     Subject: Re:People who just refuse to eat leftovers.
I will not eat leftovers after they've been sitting out for awhile. We hosted a Father's Day BBQ and my mom was aghast when I wanted to throw out the potato salad and cole slaw that had been sitting out. Same with the bowl of hummus. If it was her house she would have scooped it right back into the container and put it back in the fridge.

I will cook things specifically with the intent of having it to eat the following day as well. Soups etc work well for this.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2015 08:54     Subject: People who just refuse to eat leftovers.
Anonymous wrote:I don't eat leftover, therefore I cook just enough.

Agree PP! Are people cooking way too much, or just overlooking with the intention to get more than 1 meal out of it? I'm one of those who finds most leftovers gross but that's probably influenced by seeing co-workers lunch leftovers contsnataly rotting away away in our company fridge. Seems like everyone brings back doggie bags from restaurants then forgets them until they start stinking. That just turned me off to all leftovers.
That said, when I cook at home there is never enough left to be worth saving. I'll save a piece of pizza for the next day, but in general I don't have enough for leftovers. I.m not saving a just a spoonful of something. If that makes me wasteful and evil so be be it.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2015 08:53     Subject: People who just refuse to eat leftovers.
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.


It's because they aren't the ones doing the #%^*%} cooking and cleaning up every night.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2015 08:51     Subject: People who just refuse to eat leftovers.
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.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2015 08:50     Subject: People who just refuse to eat leftovers.
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.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2015 08:48     Subject: Re:People who just refuse to eat leftovers.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I hated leftovers as a kid and really, up until a couple of years ago. Then I found out about wetting a paper towel and laying it gently over the food while microwaving it. That makes it taste MUCH better.


What does that do?


np here. It helps the food to not get dried out during reheating. Alternatively if you are reheating chicken or pizza, for example you could sprinkle a bit of water over it before microwaving and that will help it to retain moisture as well.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2015 08:45     Subject: People who just refuse to eat leftovers.
I ate leftovers as a kid at least a couple of times a week. My mom could take dips and dabs from our various dinners and make some really tasty casseroles and taste combinations.

So I was a bit surprised when dh had zero interest in having leftovers for dinner. He would eat leftover dinner for lunch the next day. But try serving him a casserole made up from leftovers - no way. If I didn't know his mom I would have thought that she had catered to him way too much as a kid. But she grew up in a big family, too, and she is not the type to waste things.

Over the years he's gotten way less picky. He'll eat a casserole now for instance. But he really prefers that his dinners be freshly made nightly and even back in the days when money was super tight for us we found a way to do just that.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2015 08:36     Subject: Re:People who just refuse to eat leftovers.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
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.


Mmm. FRESH!


Naw. We don't all agree. Certain dishes I cook ahead because they get better if the are allowed to mellow overnight.


I don't agree either. There are a countless dishes that taste better the next day.I'm Indian and I can tell you that almost ALL of our cuisine tastes better after it has sat in the fridge overnight. Many dishes benefit from allowing the flavors to mature.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2015 08:26     Subject: People who just refuse to eat leftovers.
Anonymous wrote:People who "don't eat leftovers" 1) waste time and 2) waste money and 3 are crap cooks.

Sunday -roast 1-2 chickens. Mashed potatoes. Veggies. Nice Sunday dinner. That night I store the "gross leftiovers" and cut off all the extra meat as well then toss the carcasses into a crockpot to simmer overnight.

Purposefully made lots more food on Sunday than needed, because:

Monday: hot open faced chicken sandwiches, mashed potatoes, different veggie, salad

Tuesday: chicken pot pie, using up the leftover veggies, adding additional frozen ones as needed

Wednesday: chicken salad and homemade soup (from the stock I made on Sunday)

I get three more days of meals with minimal additional cooking, little to no waste, and nothing feels like "gross leftovers." Though if anyone turns up their noses at it they are welcome to a pb&j. That they fix themselves.


I like you. Especially the stock part - people who throw away chicken carcasses, then complain about others wasting food, are idiots.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2015 08:20     Subject: People who just refuse to eat leftovers.
I don't eat leftover, therefore I cook just enough.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2015 07:55     Subject: Re:People who just refuse to eat leftovers.
Anonymous wrote:
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.


Mmm. FRESH!


Naw. We don't all agree. Certain dishes I cook ahead because they get better if the are allowed to mellow overnight.
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2015 07:54     Subject: Re:People who just refuse to eat leftovers.
Anonymous wrote:I hated leftovers as a kid and really, up until a couple of years ago. Then I found out about wetting a paper towel and laying it gently over the food while microwaving it. That makes it taste MUCH better.


What does that do?
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2015 07:51     Subject: Re:People who just refuse to eat leftovers.
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.


Mmm. FRESH!
Anonymous
Post 06/28/2015 07:46     Subject: People who just refuse to eat leftovers.
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:People are spoiled. If you grew up poor, you don't hate leftovers.


This. It becomes ingrained when hating leftovers is not an option.


I've found it's often the other way around. I've seen it as a knee-jerk reaction to being forced to do it as a kid so much that it's considered a sign of their new affluence that they don't have to do that any more.