Genuinely... Why are leftovers better than the actual Christmas Dinner?

[Piginablankie]

Just polished off a plate of leftovers... It was undoubtedly better than the sit down meal yesterday.

Why!?

Because the food has had a chance to marinade

I think it’s because the flavours have time to develop, also there often a lot going on Chris day and I’m the cook so I’m tasting as I cook and it takes the edge off. Today we are alone , relaxing and savouring. Bread sauce on cold turkey is delicious.

Typo central

You are more relaxed and eat them the way you prefer.

They're not, not a patch on the main meal.

As I was cooking Christmas dinner yesterday, DP and I were saying: “I’m already looking forward to tomorrow so we can have the leftovers.”

For me the Meal is better, the leftovers the chorus line.

Chinese food as well!

I had leftover trifle for breakfast (my tradition of 30+ years on Boxing Day), and Bubble and Squeak (with fried egg and baked beans) for tea.

Best day of the Xmas period.

Boxing day food has been unbelievable. Easily done about 3000 calories today.

@Tania64

Because the food has had a chance to marinade

Marinate.

Marinade the noun.

We had unusual Christmas dinner yesterday as it was just a small group- salmon en croute, but I still enjoyed leftovers this evening!

What could compete with cold chicken, pigs in blankets, stuffing, ham, salad, bubble and squeak, cranberry sauce, pickles? Best meal of the year!

Because the food is still lovely, you can have it in absolutely whatever combination you fancy, and everyone is completely relaxed including the cook.

We sometimes have our roast dinner on Christmas eve specifically so we can eat leftovers all day on Christmas day. It's amazing but it confuses elderly relatives so we don't always go that far.

The actual meal has the fluffy, crunchy, hot roast potatoes though.

I suppose the good thing about 'leftovers' is that you can eat delicious cheeses and biscuits instead of with them.

Christmas Day dinner on the day is best for me. Leftovers are good because it saves cooking and/or preparing another full meal.

Because a) you don't have to cook it and b) it invariably involves cheese

Me and the eldest dd had an entire roast dinner made of leftovers from yesterday.

It was blooming lovely, tasted better and I polished off the lot, I enjoyed far better than yesterdays, was just the two of us, no stress.

I agree, in fact was just saying that to DH today!

I said that today too, and we don’t even have turkey.