Do you bring home leftovers?

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Today I went out for lunch with a friend at a rather trendy neighborhood restaurant. I ordered my favorite - a Reuben sandwich and onion rings. We talked/caught up on things, and even though I was hungry I couldn't finish. So I asked to have the other sandwich half and remaining onion rings wrapped to take home.

I'll have a good snack late tonight. :yes:

If you don't finish your meal, do you take the rest home?
 

What are these leftovers that you speak of????

OK, yes, I definitely bring home leftovers. Restaurants give you so much food these days, I can usually get two meals out of one.

Of course, you have to be careful. No eating half your shrimp scampi and then leaving the leftovers in a car in August for two hours while you go to a movie at the mall....lol. A nice waiter once packed up an uneaten lobster for me in ice, nicely wrapped and all. I put it in the trunk and forgot about it for three days. Pee-yew!!!!
 

jujube said:
Of course, you have to be careful. No eating half your shrimp scampi and then leaving the leftovers in a car in August for two hours while you go to a movie at the mall....lol. A nice waiter once packed up an uneaten lobster for me in ice, nicely wrapped and all. I put it in the trunk and forgot about it for three days. Pee-yew!!!!
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Yes!

I've also been known to order a cut of pie to go for a late night snack!!!

The leftovers I really miss are the ones my mother used to pack for us all after a big holiday dinner the Thanksgiving care package was the best.
 
All the time, well, unless we share a meal, then there is none to bring home.

I remember once, a nice lady where I worked at brought me a plate of leftovers from her families Thanksgiving dinner. I was at work and it was a Monday. Since I was single, with no girlfriend or family, I didn't celebrate Thanksgiving, so having some Thanksgiving dinner food to eat sounded great. I ate it for lunch. Problem was, this was food from Thanksgiving on a Thursday and I was eating it on Monday at noon. I got sick that Monday night and I know, without a doubt, it was the plate of Thanksgiving food the lady gave me. She told me later, "I'm sorry, I completely forgot just how long that food had been sitting in the frig." I said, "I was so happy to have some Thanksgiving food, I didn't think about the time thing either."
 
I hate wasting food so I only try to prepare enough for one meal. I save leftovers but end up throwing them out.

Of course a restaurant meal is different. I'll take it home. I'm not proud.

Spare ribs? Next day you can't beat them.
 
Yes, we do unless time/temperature/distance indicates that we shouldn't, for health safety reasons.

We like the move to small plates and even the prix fixe menus - less food = less waste.
 
Yes, I bring extra home. But never would I share a meal! Maybe an appetizer, or trade a taste, but get your own plate of food. I'll eat my leftovers later.
 

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