Left Overs

[gilf]

I have never got the concept of leftovers. That might seem an odd thing to say but hear me out. Growing up my mother always cooked enough food for us all to eat, she cooked often enough to know that X amount of food would feed X amount of people.

We always ate well and had plenty of roast dinners so had joints of meat or chicken etc etc. Yet we never once had anything left over, if we ever did it was certainly never in a portion big enough to do anything with, in other words the odd potato but that was a rare occurrence.

To be fair I can understand left over chicken, but just understand it, if you are only eating the breast meat why are you wasting time buying a whole one. But I have seen in the past somebody like Ken Hom using left over rice as a base for another dish, how the hell can a man who writes cookery books a profession not measure rice correctly?

How many people here have left overs to the extent they can use it as a base for another meal.... don't get me wrong buying a chicken to bone and use in X number of meals is a different thing.

[caththecrazy]

The only time I ever have anything left over is I'm cooking for visitors and you can't always judge the size of their appetite unless you know them well.

Some people I know do cook extra to use for another dish or to freeze but that is obviously planned.

[woozer]

I dont have "left overs "- I have lovely pre cooked stuff that makes a nice second meal :-)
Why use the fuel to cook two lots of rice when you can cook extra and have some for stir fry the next day - same with spuds for saute, or bubble and squeak - or rissoles - curry and casseroles taste even better second time around xx