We have a refrigerator magnet of a 1950s type housewife holding a head of lettuce. The caption is: I just bought some lettuce. Should I throw it out now or wait two weeks as usual?
As long as there’s potatoes or rice, almost any meat or vegetable can be added to make another meal. In fact, sometimes the mashups are better than the original.
I reckon that so long as there’s no blue fuzz growing on it, or it’s not developing legs and moving on its own, then the left-over in the fridge is edible…
My wife, however, does not take such a pragmatic view and nothing is allowed to reside in our fridge past its prime! (Good thing I don’t live in the fridge.)
No “Ghah! What’s this?” in my house. My wife and I are empty-nesters, and I still cook as much as I did when there were four or five of us at home. Just means we have more leftovers for additional dinners or lunches. Less menu planning, and fewer meals to cook.
Well my comic buddies I am now off to spend the rest of my 43rd wedding anniversary with my hubby and not on the computer….got all my comics done and all the comments answered and all my emails done. So off to a nice “us day”…….43 years married and lived together for 2 years beforehand to be sure!
In normal times we rarely have leftovers. I make what we need for the two of us and we eat it. The exceptions are Thanksgiving when a turkey is a lot for 2 people. Husband being a turkey fiend he will have snack at night and we will eat it all week for dinner and by then it will be gone. (Realized too late as could no longer find any back in March that we should have bought one or two for isolation.) We normally ate lunch at Wendys daily (junior burger plain for me, 2 junior burgers regular for him, 2 senior sodas – lunch for $3.88 a day) and ate dinner out 3 days of the weekend. No breakfasts as we wake late, but have cereal before bed as late night snack.
But the same beef stew which was one dinner is now 2 dinners plus lunches for husband as we eat much less of it and any other food to keep it longer. We are eating 1/2 to 2/3 or less of what we would generally eat for meals. Lunch is now 1/2 can soup or grilled cheese sandwich for husband, peanut butter (no jelly – ick) sandwich for me . On the other hand – I have lost about 15 pounds and I had to take his jeans in 2 inches as they were falling off.
Templo S.U.D. over 4 years ago
starting to me me think of the Alfred Yankovic parody made from Aerosmith
willispate over 4 years ago
reminds me of many Garfield leftover food comics.
TexTech over 4 years ago
We have a refrigerator magnet of a 1950s type housewife holding a head of lettuce. The caption is: I just bought some lettuce. Should I throw it out now or wait two weeks as usual?
stellanova87 over 4 years ago
We usually eat the leftovers the next day for breakfast or as a snack, depending on what’s left.
JoanHelen over 4 years ago
Label the containers and freeze them, including the date of freezing.
WaitingMan over 4 years ago
My mother would always have a refrigerator full of “GHAH! WHAT’S THIS?”
TheBigPickle over 4 years ago
Leftovers never last long in my house…
Michael G. over 4 years ago
Or, you might consider eating the stuff within a few days. Just a thought.
Diat60 over 4 years ago
As long as there’s potatoes or rice, almost any meat or vegetable can be added to make another meal. In fact, sometimes the mashups are better than the original.
Linguist over 4 years ago
I reckon that so long as there’s no blue fuzz growing on it, or it’s not developing legs and moving on its own, then the left-over in the fridge is edible…
My wife, however, does not take such a pragmatic view and nothing is allowed to reside in our fridge past its prime! (Good thing I don’t live in the fridge.)
royq27 over 4 years ago
More like three months…
martinman8 over 4 years ago
been there and do that
JPuzzleWhiz over 4 years ago
Who knew that Baldo could be so poetic? d;o)
mpearl over 4 years ago
what’s the literal translation of “Claro”?
verticallychallenged Premium Member over 4 years ago
How are there any leftovers with a teenage boy in the house?
Brian Premium Member over 4 years ago
With a teenage boy in the house, I’m surprised leftovers make it to the next day.
Numbnumb over 4 years ago
So you are saying not to keep leftovers at all??
paullp Premium Member over 4 years ago
No “Ghah! What’s this?” in my house. My wife and I are empty-nesters, and I still cook as much as I did when there were four or five of us at home. Just means we have more leftovers for additional dinners or lunches. Less menu planning, and fewer meals to cook.
bakana over 4 years ago
Baldo is a Pessimist.
whenlifewassimpler over 4 years ago
Well my comic buddies I am now off to spend the rest of my 43rd wedding anniversary with my hubby and not on the computer….got all my comics done and all the comments answered and all my emails done. So off to a nice “us day”…….43 years married and lived together for 2 years beforehand to be sure!
mafastore over 4 years ago
In normal times we rarely have leftovers. I make what we need for the two of us and we eat it. The exceptions are Thanksgiving when a turkey is a lot for 2 people. Husband being a turkey fiend he will have snack at night and we will eat it all week for dinner and by then it will be gone. (Realized too late as could no longer find any back in March that we should have bought one or two for isolation.) We normally ate lunch at Wendys daily (junior burger plain for me, 2 junior burgers regular for him, 2 senior sodas – lunch for $3.88 a day) and ate dinner out 3 days of the weekend. No breakfasts as we wake late, but have cereal before bed as late night snack.
But the same beef stew which was one dinner is now 2 dinners plus lunches for husband as we eat much less of it and any other food to keep it longer. We are eating 1/2 to 2/3 or less of what we would generally eat for meals. Lunch is now 1/2 can soup or grilled cheese sandwich for husband, peanut butter (no jelly – ick) sandwich for me . On the other hand – I have lost about 15 pounds and I had to take his jeans in 2 inches as they were falling off.