Leftovers from a restaurant meal

[sommap]

Do you bring home leftovers when you eat at a restaurant?  I don't mean a fast food place.  My granddaughter always leaves about half of her meal.  She says she doesn't eat leftovers, so I usually end up taking ithome.  With what my daughter and my granddaughter left on their plates yesterday, I have two meals of my own.  I am not poor and don't have to have them so I can eat, but I hate wasting good food when I paid good money for it.

Since I live alone, I also eat lots of my own leftovers.  It is not easy to cook for just one.  I sometimes get 3 or 4 meals when I cook once.  Thank goodness for the microwave.

[bigedshult]

there are only two of us we have a lot of leftover all the time you are wright about microwave.

[Flackle]

If there is enough food left, we bring back leftovers all the time. Even if we don't end up eating it, we can usually feed the dog with whatever meat is left over.

[rusgiftsaolcom]

If my wife and I can't finish all of our meal we bring it home and the next day take it for lunch at work, or have it for dinner.

[daughtytam84]

It sounds like your granddaughter is a spoiled little brat who always gets what she wants. You or her parents need to put the foot down and not let her order so much if she is just going to waste it. And if she doesn't eat it all, make her take it home. She needs ot understand now she cannot waste food that costs good money! That makes me so mad when kids do that crap and the parents don't do anything about it!

[Peds]

I always keep leftovers, I used to work in a restaurant as a busser and was shocked at how much food people left on their plates to be thrown away. Almost entire meals went to waste! I remember a few times when I was bringing back plates that were almost untouched the dishwasher at the time looked at them and said, "god damn man, thats a huge waste of food, look thats a whole sandwich right there. Gimme that, I'll eat it. I'm not letting this bad boy go to waste!" I laughed and occasionally followed her custom, typically with desserts and other things that I knew for sure the customer didn't touch.

[ancmetro]

   Yes. I do! Take a small plastic container with a lid to carry out your leftovers and save on your food bill!

[dreamyxo]

Heck yeah I take the leftovers with me.  I have no problem eating leftovers.  I will eat leftovers for 4 or five days if I have to.  I don't like wasting food or money.

[Anasatsia]

every now and then.

[keauhou]

Absolutely! Why stuff yourself or waste food?

[kbagwell]

I would bring them home if I ever had any left, I usually eat my whole plate and then some.

[thetop31]

I bring them home, I don't want to waste food, cos there are still a lot of people who don't have food to eat, not only in America, especially in Africa. so save food, don't waste.

[tashamjoy]

YES I DO!!! It bugs me when my family goes to eat and has no desire to bring there food home, especially when then they come home from dinner and eat more ahhhh wasteful bugs me !!!

[dodgers16]

 No I never bring home leftovers from a restaurant meal!! If I wanted to eat it, I would have finished it 

[Kisst]

I really don't like to waste food. I work in the food industry and it really is horrible how much has to be thrown out because of health reasons and company policies. So I usually do take leftovers home, but if its really bad food I just leave it. Well... I have taken the bad food (bad meaning bland or too salty, etc) and given them to a homeless person.

Main point is. We really shouldn't waste any food. ESPECIALLY IN BUFFETS!!! SAMPLE FIRST BEFORE GETTING A PLATE!