Comments on: Leftover Night

By: Christina

Christina — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:45:31 +0000

Great idea! I’m kind of like you’re family though…never get too excited over leftovers. But I’ll take the “green” approach next time and it will probably make my earth-loving self feel better.

Christina
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By: Dawn

Dawn — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:44:19 +0000

In my dream I would have my family hoovering up our leftovers. I’m loving all the names too.

By: alicia

alicia — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:36:28 +0000

i love all the different names people have for leftover night. in our house, we call it “Hoover-ing Night” — as in, vacuum hoover. thats the night we put out all the leftovers and do buffet style. . .

By: Dawn

Dawn — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:02:43 +0000

I too eat leftovers for lunch most days, but we still have plenty left for the rest of the family. I’m thinking it sounds more exotic if you put the emphasis on the first syllable.” I’ll give it a try tonight.

By: Geri Weaver

Geri Weaver — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:22:19 +0000

We never call it “Leftover Night” at our house. I’ve taken the name from my own foster mom, and we call it “Mustgo Night” – it sounds rather exotic, doesn’t it? My children normally forget from one week to the next (if the leftovers last that long) what exactly “Mustgo” means, and they’re normally excited for new food. “Mustgo”? Food in the fridge that MUST-GO! But, as we don’t eat sandwiches for lunch because of gluten allergies, we normally tend to eat up the leftovers through the week. We do end up with some that need to get out of the fridge before they end up as science experiements. Feel free to have your own “Mustgo Night”!!

By: Dawn

Dawn — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 22:12:07 +0000

Yep, I have one who has tried to argue that since the jar of PB is open and the bag of bread is open that PB sandwich should qualify as a leftover. I told him to save his argument for future law school. It had to come out of the fridge to qualify as a leftover. I am absolutely going to use CORN. I’m a sucker for acronyms too.

By: The Gang's Momma

The Gang's Momma — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:16:25 +0000

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By: The Gang's Momma

The Gang's Momma — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:15:19 +0000

We call it Leftover Smorgasbord here. I could not survive without it. It’s thrifty, it’s time-efficient, and it’s free-ing! I try to schedule it for a night that I’ve been super busy, either out running errands, etc. or when I have had company for breakfast or lunch. Then I don’t have to feel as if I’ve been in the kitchen prepping and cooking all day. It used to only be on Monday’s as I tend to cook more creatively on the weekends. But moving it around keeps them all guessing now

And the big catch to Leftover Smorgasbord Night? The first one to come when called and sit (PLEASANTLY!) at the table waiting gets their first pick of entrees. Sure motivates those teens and tweens who move at THEIR own pace instead of mine

And I have to say, I had a hubby who went through a season of despising leftovers, in any way shape or form. It was awful and almost became a deal-breaker in our marital bliss. Almost. He came around eventually. I can be very persuasive when I choose to

By: tam

tam — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 20:12:32 +0000

we call it corn(clean out the refrigerator night) or FFY(sounds like foofy) which means fend for yourself! I get the same “oh great.” about leftover from my kids too. they would rather have a penaut butter sandwhich which would still leave the leftovers in the fridge! so no peanut butters allowed that night!

By: KLTTX

KLTTX — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 17:19:56 +0000

Tuesdays are leftover night at our house too. I usually cook a big meal on Sunday and we eat it again on Tuesday. My son usually complains but eats it anyway.