Use it up! Don't throw it in the bin!

PolishBigSpender

I often see people here talking about leftovers from Sunday dinners. Do people just use what wasn't eaten, or do you take the leftovers off plates too?

aliasojo

Leftovers for me is what is left from a roast or a chicken etc after the meal has been dished up. I wouldn't take the leftovers from plates (although I have been known to reheat my dinner if I was too full to eat it all ).

BitterAndTwisted

There might be people out there who salvage foods off plates but I certainly wouldn't. If I had a dog that's what I'd do with plate leftovers.

I rarely have any leftovers myself because I live on my own, so even if I cook too much I generally eat it all. That's probably why I'm a chubby

Essex_Maid

Yuk............. not off other plates. Yes for food not served up, or left in serving dishes.

Penelope_Penguin

If someone hasn't touched, for instance, a roast potato, then I'll save that for later. I take bones from plates to make stock.

I don't save half-chewed broccoli

I'll add this to the Leftovers thread later.

Penny. x

BitterAndTwisted

Blech! Anything that's been touched with a fork goes in the bin. Using bones off a plate to make stock, even though it's been boiled just doesn't seem right to me. Fortunately, we're all different and that's what makes life interesting.

Penelope_Penguin

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Blech! Anything that's been touched with a fork goes in the bin. Using bones off a plate to make stock, even though it's been boiled just doesn't seem right to me. Fortunately, we're all different and that's what makes life interesting.

It's only my family I can't see what we'll be sharing from dinner plates that we don't share ordinarily

Penny. x

BitterAndTwisted

I know what you mean but when when I had a partner (back in the Dark Ages) even though we swapped saliva kissing I couldn't touch anything off his plate. Like I said, we're all different and I'm probably more different than most

fifi35

I am doing brisket in the slowcooker today and will have plenty left over. Any suggestions as to what to do with it?
Thanks.

Fifi

Penelope_Penguin

fifi35 wrote: »

I am doing brisket in the slowcooker today and will have plenty left over. Any suggestions as to what to do with it?
Thanks.

Fifi

Try this - leftover beef

Penny. x