How long do you keep leftovers?

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  • Sian-of-the-dead
    Sian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    dunkman wrote:
    Jeffrey Dahmer kept his for 6 days!!!!! 6days!!! :eek:

    and i thought he was a weirdo before i knew that.. thats just tipped it over the edge for me... i was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!

    nicely done Dunk :cool:

    me, I keep mine for around 2 days :D
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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Super Vedder wrote:
    i just give mine straight to my dog.....unless its curry or chilli then its straight in the bin. How much food do ya make if ya have enough leftovers to warrant keeping it??? :confused: Just make smaller portions ;)
    well I could be wrong but curry or chilli are probably the safest foods to keep a day or two considering all the spices, they even get nicer afterwards.

    I don't need a minimum amount... sometimes if I'm stuffed halfway though my dinner, I think 'I might have that later if I get peckish so I'll put it in the fridge' and then I find it a few days later :o
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  • Super Vedder
    Super Vedder Posts: 1,531
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    well I could be wrong but curry or chilli are probably the safest foods to keep a day or two considering all the spices, they even get nicer afterwards.

    I don't need a minimum amount... sometimes if I'm stuffed halfway though my dinner, I think 'I might have that later if I get peckish so I'll put it in the fridge' and then I find it a few days later :o

    i meant if theres a bit of curry or chilli left i dont give THAT to the dog, just chuck it away.

    and surely if you're getting "stuffed" halfway through your dinner then you are making too much food, just make less :D
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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    Super Vedder wrote:
    i meant if theres a bit of curry or chilli left i dont give THAT to the dog, just chuck it away.

    and surely if you're getting "stuffed" halfway through your dinner then you are making too much food, just make less :D
    :D Nope... I make the same amount every day but my appetite seems to vary. Some days I'm still hungry when I'm done... other days I can't get halfway through it. Depends on what I've had or if I've had lunch and at what time... also depends on how active I've been... and sometimes it simply varies.

    I know you meant you just chuck it away... but that's the stuff you should keep, would be yum the next day :)
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  • Super Vedder
    Super Vedder Posts: 1,531
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    :D Nope... I make the same amount every day but my appetite seems to vary. Some days I'm still hungry when I'm done... other days I can't get halfway through it. Depends on what I've had or if I've had lunch and at what time... also depends on how active I've been... and sometimes it simply varies.

    I know you meant you just chuck it away... but that's the stuff you should keep, would be yum the next day :)

    Righty dokey i'll bear that in mind, usually i dont have enough to justify saving for later though....;)
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  • MattCameronKicksButt
    MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    dunkman wrote:
    Jeffrey Dahmer kept his for 6 days!!!!! 6days!!! :eek:

    and i thought he was a weirdo before i knew that.. thats just tipped it over the edge for me... i was willing to give him the benefit of the doubt.

    Whats wrong? There's nothing wrong with a bit of fungi. It's a good for you! Unless it kills you.
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    Whats wrong? There's nothing wrong with a bit of fungi. It's a good for you! Unless it kills you.


    aye but Dahmer didnt like fungi my dear... Lungi yes, but fungi no.

    p.s. look him up oh non-reader of anything interesting :p;)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • MattCameronKicksButt
    MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    dunkman wrote:
    aye but Dahmer didnt like fungi my dear... Lungi yes, but fungi no.

    p.s. look him up oh non-reader of anything interesting :p;)

    Oh. I thought he was member of the board. ahaha. (You know I was only joking in my last PM? I didn't put a wink)! :eek:
  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    Oh. I thought he was member of the board. ahaha. (You know I was only joking in my last PM? I didn't put a wink)! :eek:


    yes its ok... people on here already know you want to keep me in your fridge.. a wink wasnt required.






    :)
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,224
    We keep leftovers about 3 days. Maximum of a week though. My wife cleans out the fridge every weekend, and any leftovers are disposed of properly. Usually we don't have a lot of leftovers as one of us will take the leftovers from the previous night's meal to work for lunch.
  • MattCameronKicksButt
    MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    markymark550 wrote:
    We keep leftovers about 3 days. Maximum of a week though. My wife cleans out the fridge every weekend, and any leftovers are disposed of properly. Usually we don't have a lot of leftovers as one of us will take the leftovers from the previous night's meal to work for lunch.

    Good man. I hate wasted food.
  • ajedigecko
    ajedigecko \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,431
    until the percentage of surface area covered by mold is greater than that which is not covered by mold.
    live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
  • markymark550
    markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,224
    MattCameronKicksButt wrote:
    Good man. I hate wasted food.
    Yeah, me too. I can't stand to see something sit in the fridge and sour/rot/mold when it was a perfectly good meal a day or two ago. Besides, taking it for lunch is probably healthier than whatever else I would go buy (fast food most likely) and also saves some money.
  • Somnium
    Somnium Posts: 85
    Eating a used version of something I just had a day or two ago doesn't appeal to me.
    fuck the public
  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    I usually make enough food to eat leftovers the next night and sometimes the night after that. That's the limit, though. (I did eat some turkey bacon in a salad yesterday that I had cooked on Saturday evening, and I felt like I was stretching that...but I haven't died yet so I think it was ok...lol.)

    We used to be sooooo bad about wasting leftovers, but I work really hard to make our grocery money go as far as it can! We spend about $90 a week on groceries (for a family of 3) so I think we do pretty well. Also, I don't like to spend a lot of time cooking, so if I can cook about 3 or 4 times a week and eat leftovers other nights, I'm happy.
  • Brain of J.Lo
    Brain of J.Lo Posts: 3,259
    somnium wrote:
    Eating a used version of something I just had a day or two ago doesn't appeal to me.

    Some things are so gross as leftovers, but I think some things get better the second day!
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,168
    2-3 days depending on what it is

    reminds me of a carlin skit:

    is it meat?

    is it cake?

    I have no idea whatsoever.


    Its MEATCAKE!
  • nfanel
    nfanel Posts: 2,558
    i usually give it 4-5 days. i take leftovers as my lunch almost every day so usually doesn't last too long!
  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    Depends on what it is. Stuff like Dal (Indian style lentils) will last 5 days or more, if you boil them well every day. Seafood shouldn't be kept more than 1 day or so. Stew will last 4-5 days, again if you boil it well each day. I learned this from my husband who grew up without a refrigerator - it is how they keep things from spoiling in Bangladesh.

    I love having leftovers (usually big pots of soup that last for several days) because I don't like to cook, and don't mind eating simple food, or the same thing for several days. It is better than having to cook again.
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  • civ_eng_girl
    civ_eng_girl Posts: 2,001
    I had a roommate in univeristy that firmly believed in what he called "The Head Jerk Factor"

    which means, if you can stick your nose over something, take a big whiff, and your head doesn't jerk back from the smell, then it's OK to eat.

    i still use this method today... it seems to work. ;):D
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