To not understand people that dont eat leftovers?

[Eliza9917]

I've seen a lot of people say this, and wondered why? What could eating leftovers possibly do to you? Is it a fear of poverty in some way?

My sister knew a girl that would roast a chicken for Sunday dinner and only eat the breasts and throw the rest away. To me, that's madness, I'd get at least 2-3 dinners and a soup out of a large chicken.

I love leftovers.

A relative once admitted that they would carve off a few slices of the turkey breast for Christmas dinner to feed 3 or 4 adults then throw the rest away. If it had been a closer relative I would have gladly rehomed the leftover carcass but sadly it was a distant aunt.

I hate wasting any food. When the twins go off to university the amount wasted is really really small - I know exactly as every week we have to put it out in a special bin for the council. In those weeks it tends just to be the middle of a few pepers - seeds etc and perhaps a few carrot tops and not much else.

However we don't tend to over cook so are more like.ly to have less food for the family and too much so left overs are not a big issue here even when the boys are home.

@FrogFairy that's a shame, I think I actually enjoy my leftover turkey and stuffing sandwich more than my Christmas dinner.

I love leftovers. Saves me a ton of time as I don't have to cook every day.

I do wonder if the people that don't like the idea of food being reheated, or think they don't like the taste of reheated food ever eat in a restaurant.

Not much is made to order...

I live on my own. If I didn't batch cook/eat leftovers it would cost me a fortune! I make say beef stew and it makes 4 portions, I wouldn't eat 1 and bin the other 3

If I made one portion it would be the same amount of gas/electric, I would end up with 1/2 onion, 1/2 tray of mushrooms, having to buy beef off the counter to get say 50-75g... it's pointless. I make enough for 4 and freeze the rest

youre stil throwing it away even if it goes in a food waste system its throwing it away i.e not eating it

Leftovers and Christmas go together. Big plates of bubble and squeak with the left over vegetables, turkey every which way - especial favourite Delia Smith’s recipe for it in a pastry crust. Anything remaining turned into a massive soup.

Is a point of honour to have a nearly empty scrap recycling bin.

GunpowderGelatine

If you say so! None of my leftover cheesy things have ever been grey!

Grim?

There are posters who say leftovers are grim?

Blimey.

as I know it's not going to taste good.

Some cooking classes might be the answer for you then.

Stews, casseroles, curries are well known to taste much better a day after cooking.

I have a certain soup, Jamaican pea soup (lamb, carrots, potato, yam, kidney beans, dumplings) that I specifically make the day before we want to eat it as it's better the next day.

To quote Hugh F-W .. it shows respect to eat every part of an animal that you can. I abhor waste and we use all we can, even if it ends as soup.

I'm with you op. We love leftovers!

I'm always dumbfounded by the menu planning lists on here that say "roast on Sunday, chilli on Monday, pasta tuna bake Tuesday etc ..." and always think, where are the leftovers, don't they eat any? It always seems very extravagant to me to start afresh each day.

If we have a roast on Sunday, we always have cold cuts with veg or salad on Monday for example. Cooking once-eating twice is a good strategy actually; it saves on cooking and prep time, saves energy, and a lot of dishes such as soups and stews, taste much better the next day anyway!

If people are worried about food poisoning, then invest in a good fridge (with thermometer) and microwave combo. Microwaves heat things up from the inside out and can make things stonkingly hot! And there's nothing wrong with eating cold meat from fridge if it's been cooked properly, cooled rapidly and stored well in fridge with a cover.

We eat at my grandas on christmas day so went out on boing day to get a turkey - so that we could have 'leftovers' - best bit!

A family I know massively overspend when they go to a supermarket and then throw so much away as use by date get near

Xmas day had a massive turkey crown and a small pork joint for 6 of us , I think Husband had one slice of the pork joint and there was over half the turkey crown left as well as loads of veg etc
I bet by the end of Boxing Day it will all have been in the bin or their latest justification of giving it to the dogs rather than waste it

I have pulled them on it loads of times to no effect

I always cook extra vegetables and potatoes, just so we can have bubble and squeak. Food of the gods!

I got snarky arse comments off someone cos I said I ordered a turkey for me, my DH and my DD who is 2. kept going on about how much waste I’d have while rolling her eyes when I mentioned we’d have turkey for leftovers.
I have got at least 8 days worth of Turkey in the freezer, all separated in ziplock bags, can’t wait to pull them out and eat them!

Hate the doggy bag thing in the US.

Why on earth would you hate that? The alternative is throwing food away.

Personally I think it's the respectful thing to do - both to the food and the chefs who have cooked for you.

Mostly because if I have had chicken for one meal I don't want it again for a few days however much you dress it up in another receipe. I try to buy small portions to avoid waste but I honestly won't magic another meal up just to use leftovers for the sake of it.

My council composts food waste so it doesn't get thrown in the black bin.

youre stil throwing it away even if it goes in a food waste system its throwing it away i.e not eating it

Technically because you're not putting it into your body you're "throwing it away". But so what? It's not going to landfill either it's going into my garden. What's wrong with that? What do you care if I "waste money"

Bit confused at the posters who use a food waste digester saying the have no food waste. The name literally spells out that you put food waste into it. Great that you are composting, but let's not pretend it's something that it's not. You are composting your waste. So yes, you do indeed still have food waste.

I don't really do leftovers, we tend to cook what we need, has worked well for a good 25 years or so.

It's crazy not to eat them! I must admit to clearing out some on Sunday but only because I couldn't remember when I cooked them and they were a touch furry!

I might scoff the last bits out of the dish for supper, but I don’t batch cook or do extra to save for lunch the next day.

I’d rather just do the right amount for each meal, so we can eat something different every day. Planning, cooking and eating my dinner is the highlight of my life.

Happy to waste the money as well.

My food waste caddy was so full after Christmas I had to squash the lid down waits for MN to collapse with the news

I love leftovers they taste better the next day, especially if something with lots of flavour.
A good bubble and squeak for monday lunch is fab.

I was thinking of the food waste units I've come across in the States. A wee under the sink grinder unit. You run the tap, tip the waste down the plug and the machine grinds it into a paste which then flows into the sewage system (I assume).

Composting is better I suppose, but I still can't get my head round why you wouldn't just eat it.