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AIBU?

To ask for the rest of the chicken?

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startwig1982 · 01/03/2017 18:22

I recently went over to a friend's house after dinner and she and her DH had had roast chicken plus the trimmings.

While she was making cups of tea, she started to bag up the rest of the chicken and the carcass to go in the bin! There was at least half a chicken left and so I expressed my astonishment at her throwing it away.

Apparently she never keeps leftovers and always bins whatever is left, even if it's half a roast!Shock
So I asked her if I could have it instead. She said yes but was a bit Confused about it, but I couldn't bear all that going to waste when you could get another 2 meals out of it. So WIBU?

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andontothenext · 01/03/2017 18:24

I actually don't know if YANBU!

I wouldn't have asked for fear of looking like I'm begging for food

UsedToBeAPaxmanFan · 01/03/2017 18:24

Gosh, I'd think to.myself "what a waste" but don't think I'd have the nerve to ask for it. But good for you OP.

dudsville · 01/03/2017 18:24

On the whole I would just say that was an awkward situation all round.

Bluntness100 · 01/03/2017 18:26

Yeah, I'm not sure either, I don't think I could have asked for the left overs either. If offered maybe I'd have accepted, but not sure I'd have asked for what she was about to bin.

startwig1982 · 01/03/2017 18:28

She's quite a close friend so used to my oddness. I guess it's a bit weird to ask for it but was just shocked by how much she was going to bin. We mainly DH try not to waste food as much as possible.

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DontTouchTheMoustache · 01/03/2017 18:28

I'd probably have pretended it was for the dog...

putanotherlogon · 01/03/2017 18:29

Could be worse. I was once peeling veg for a friend and, rather than chuck the peelings in the bin wrapped them in newspaper to take home for my compost.
I've no idea what I was thinking Blush

SparkleTwinkleGoldGlitter · 01/03/2017 18:30

I do think I'd be a bit Confused if a friend I'd invited to my house for dinner wanted the left overs to take home.
I wouldn't dream of asking a friend if I could take leftovers home, I find it quite cringe really.

If your offered them fair enough to accept but to ask for them no just no!

Sunnysky2016 · 01/03/2017 18:31

If you are close enough to go around for dinner, your close enough to ask for it imo. I hate food waste and would have done the same!

downwardfacingdog · 01/03/2017 18:32

I think it's fine if she's a good friend and you're not bothered about 'etiquette'!

Babbaganush · 01/03/2017 18:33

Op - I would have done the same!!! I hate seeing food go to waste.

Pinkheart5915 · 01/03/2017 18:33

I'd find a friend rude tbh, it's fine if your asked if you want them and if we've had friends over for picky lunch/tea I normally offer them any stuff left to take home but to ask for them I find rude.

I certainly wouldn't dream of asking for leftovers.

I agree with pp awkward situation really and a bit cringe

Desperina · 01/03/2017 18:33

Shock I don't think I would be able to stop myself from saving the chicken one way or the other

Eatingcheeseontoast · 01/03/2017 18:34

Why would anyone throw out half a chicken! I'm genuinely shocked. A chicken died for that...and the money.

I'd have said, ooh I'll take it for sandwiches and stock, if it was a good friend. But I don't think I'd be friends with the kind of weirdo who didn't love a cold chicken sandwich.

Bluntness100 · 01/03/2017 18:34

I think the fact it was the remnants of their dinner, you went round after they had finished and were not invited for the meal kind of makes it a bit worse if you know what I mean.

Going round after someone's dinner and asking for the left overs just as they are about to bin them is a bit, well, awkward. If you're good friends though it doesn't matter.

You get what three meals out of a chicken? Feeding how many people in total? Is this another one of those i make a small chicken last a family of six for a week threads? 😂

VeryBitchyRestingFace · 01/03/2017 18:35

If I were your friend, I would assume you are starving and send you away with half a cupboard's worth of non perishables.

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BillSykesDog · 01/03/2017 18:36

All I can think of is you asking for the carcass back and her yelling 'YOU ARE THE CARCASS!'

wobblywonderwoman · 01/03/2017 18:37

Oh, I don't waste food but I wouldn't have asked. .

The dog would have been a good excuse

VeryBitchyRestingFace · 01/03/2017 18:39

All I can think of is you asking for the carcass back and her yelling 'YOU ARE THE CARCASS!'

An oldie but a goodie...

startwig1982 · 01/03/2017 18:40

Bluntness a chicken will do me, DH and the two dc(5 and 2) Sunday lunch, Tuesday curry and then stock for soup later on in the week.

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AshesandDust · 01/03/2017 18:42

Why would anyone throw out half a chicken! I'm genuinely shocked. A chicken died for that

This ^

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startwig1982 · 01/03/2017 18:43

I think that's the main issue rather than me taking leftovers!!

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Ohyesiam · 01/03/2017 18:44

Really don't get why some people would find it cringeworthy. Makes me wonder what kind of relationships pass as "good friends" in some people lives, arn't you meant to be able to be yourself with close friends?
The weirdness is throwing away that much food.

paxillin · 01/03/2017 18:45

I understand why you'd be amazed she bins that much food. A really, really good friend might even be ok asking if she always bins that much, but it is borderline.

Asking to fish a carcass I had no part in eating out of somebody else's bin would make me cringe for the rest of the year. In her place and in yours.

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