To ask for the rest of the chicken?

[startwig1982]

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!
So I asked her if I could have it instead. She said yes but was a bit about it, but I couldn't bear all that going to waste when you could get another 2 meals out of it. So WIBU?

I think binning half a roast is a ridiculous thing to do. I would've done the same as you.

Did she explain why she does that?

'YOU ARE THE CARCASS!'

That was a wonderful moment. Forgotten about it until now.

I always make stock from chicken carcasses and most of my friends would probably have just offered it to me. If it's a close friend I can't imagine it would be an issue.

We have 5 greedy chickens - so I am always asking friends if I can take leftovers at the end of a night or a party. Most are v happy to avoid the waste - they maybe save their til after I've gone. I even get people passing me tubs of stuff at school like contraband

OP I'd have asked for the carcass too (but not for the chickens - they'd eat it but I do have some limits)

YANBU

YABU. She paid for the chicken, she can do what she likes with it.

I always throw out what others consider "leftovers". The thought of eating food after it's been cooked and isn't hot anymore makes me feel quite ill. Food waste doesn't bother me at all; it's my money to spend as I please and it doesn't affect anyone else.

If you'd have asked me, I would have thought you exceptionally odd and carried on to throw it away. Having your own leftovers is bad enough, the thought of having someone else's is just .

Why should she mind giving it to you? She was about to throw it in the bin! Makes no difference to her, whether it's in your fridge or her bin.
The awkwardness would be around any perceived judging of her kitchen management habits - but surely she's seen the publicity about food waste, how 20% of what we buy is thrown away, etc? What goes through these food-chuckers minds when they see/hear about that? I do wonder sometimes....

Well, you've got more balls than me OP, but I can see why you did it. My MIL is like this - invites people over for a meal, cooks twice as much food as needed, and then at the end chucks loads of it in the bin. As a vegetarian I particularly cringe when I see perfectly good meat being thrown away. If you've killed something to eat it then surely it's just respectful to at least actually eat it all.

We'd just finished a pub meal and a guy was clearing plates away. Someone at the next table had left half a steak. My DH asked if he could have it and left a long pause........................... then said "for the dog". The look on the guy's face was priceless.

Yanbu, you need to send her left over chicken recipes. Chicken curry, chicken and chorizo pasta. Hot chicken butties, chicken soup, list is endless. Even if you portion it and freeze!!

I would have asked. No shame here! It's a waste to throw away good food, even more so if it's meat as like a PP said a chicken died for that.

Don't be embarrassed, maybe she will think twice about how to use leftovers now.

Oooh a MN chicken thread!!

Yanbu at all. So she thinks you're a bit odd. At least the food didn't go to waste.

I wouldn't be upset in your friends shoes, pleased rather it's not being wasted.

OP, Im fortunate in that I have plenty, Im very fortunate in life, but I could not have stood by and let half a chicken be thrown in the bin . Its obscene. I would have commented on it and if it meant taking it home either because I said if you are not going to use it I'll take it, or if my friend had said I dont want it - do you want to take it, the chicken would not have ended up in the bin that night.

I couldnt care less what people think of me for that. Ive had nothing in my lifetime and I now have plenty - I dont have a short memory.

I think you did the right thing - what a terrible waste - she could have made sandwiches with it or a stir fry or anything. Has she got more money than sense?

I've done this with my neighbour before - she never uses up leftover meat from a roast either.

However I asked if I could have it for our animals (at the time I had six dogs and three cats). Then I ate it

I could not have stood by and let half a chicken be thrown in the bin . Its obscene.

That is exactly what it is Peely.

I can't believe people throw meat away, it's disgusting.

"If you'd have asked me, I would have thought you exceptionally odd and carried on to throw it away. Having your own leftovers is bad enough, the thought of having someone else's is just ."

^ This. Really? If it's BOILED for stock? When 1/3 of the world doesn't have enough to eat I find that shocking. Plus home made stock is just so good...

You are the carcass
Had it actually made the bin before you got it?

Chatnanny A third of the world not having enough food isn't affected by me throwing food away.

yy! Good for you.
'A chicken died for that...and the money.'

I've done similar before, I can't abide waste in any way. Just because you can afford to throw food away doesn't mean you should.
Some of my friends save bread bags and sandwich/food bags for me to pass onto my mum for her to use as dog poop bags

I'm loving the empathy being shown towards the poor chickens dying on here. That and the starving people in the world. Reminds me of when I was little, "eat yer dinner, there's kids starving in Africa " . 😃

I'd think it a complete and utter waste (you can get sarnies and all sorts out of that!)
I definitely wouldn't have the nerve to ask to take the leftovers home with me, if I was your friend I'd be a bit and at that!

sprradyourhappiness I think your attitude to leftovers rather more 'exceptionally odd' than the OP's!