Looking for leftovers.
By marguicha
@marguicha (215405)
Chile
May 22, 2017 5:00pm CST
Today, while we had some coffee and melted cheese sandwichs, Leticia told me very angry that although she was the main provider at her home, the rest of the people there would not eat food that had been cooked the day before and placed in the refrigerator.
Her granddaughters, 19, said that the "old" food smelled bad and yet prepared an amount of food that was too much for them.
Yesterday, they had leftover mashed potatoes. They said that they would not eat it and went away. Leticia turned the potatoes into gnochi and served ot with a leftover frozen tomato sauce that the girls would not have eaten either of they knew that it was not "fresh".
I use most of my leftovers and most of the time the second time is much better than the first.
How about you? Do you use your leftovers?
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
22 May 17
Many times they taste better than when we cooked it the first time.
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
22 May 17
@Happy2BeMe Even when I make an omelette, I love it.
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
22 May 17
@marguicha that is what I find. Somethings tastes better the next day.
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@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
22 May 17
Yes of course. If I had kids saying no to leftovers, they would starve then.
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
22 May 17
Leticia doesn´t fight. She just waits until noone is near and does her magic.1 person likes this
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
22 May 17
@marguicha Oh yes, why not, that is a good way to do so.
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
23 May 17
@TiarasOceanView I don´t like picky people, specially when they are already grown up.
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
24 May 17
@dfollin I don´t lose a bite of food if I can help it.
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
22 May 17
I do that too.
Leticia is very resourceful.
Leticia is very resourceful.1 person likes this
@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
23 May 17
That's very wasteful considering there are a lot of people going hungry with nothing to eat.
I don't mind eating leftovers.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
24 May 17
@marguicha true.
Food is one major expense every household has.
@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
24 May 17
If I didn´t eat leftovers, I would need much more money to live.
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@cmoneyspinner (9221)
• Austin, Texas
22 May 17
I always tell whoever is in the house with me, if they don't want to eat what's been cooked, they're on their own. My youngest in the house is 16. The rest are grown and as far as I'm concerned they can feed themselves. I eat lots of leftovers.
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
22 May 17
I agree. I live alone now, but my daughter does that. Today she was in a great back pain and even 6 year old Sofía helped with the dinner.
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
24 May 17
@cmoneyspinner They like to cook when they are that young but get bored with it when they are in their teens
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@cmoneyspinner (9221)
• Austin, Texas
23 May 17
@marguicha - Those little ones like to help cook, don't they? 
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
22 May 17
@NJChicaa I´m fond of omelettes so I can eat even small leftovers.
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@LovingMyBabies (85127)
• Valdosta, Georgia
22 May 17
Oh my goodness yes we eat leftovers. It is so wasteful not to eat them!
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@GreatMartin (23677)
• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
23 May 17
I NEVER have leftovers!!! Really!
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
24 May 17
You mean you don´t eat them or you mean you don´t leave anything in the pot?
@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
23 May 17
Probably they have always eaten more than their share. And many times of unhealthy food.
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@Courtlynn (66921)
• United States
23 May 17
We never do. My boyfriend and my grandmother do though.
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@shivamani10 (11038)
• Hyderabad, India
22 May 17
I do not prepare in excess of what is required for the day. Everything will be prepared fresh. If by chance, anything becomes in excess I keep it and use it for the other day. This is not a bad idea.
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
23 May 17
I try to eat it the same day too. But if it doesn´t happen, I will do something else with it.
@thislittlepennyearns (58134)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
23 May 17
We use our leftovers as much as we can. Although I also have a two day rule that if it isn't used by the second day that I will throw it away because I make at least one meal just about every single day and so we usually have leftovers every night and it would get crowded if i kept it longer than that.
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@marguicha (215405)
• Chile
24 May 17
Some dishes can be kept for a longer time. Rice stays good covered and in the refrigerator for over a week.
