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As italian, this kills me, what if there’s leftover? The restaurant just throws it away? Food? For class snobbery? Like the restaurant can’t reuse it, no? So it

As italian, this kills me, what if there’s leftover? The restaurant just throws it away? Food? For class snobbery? Like the restaurant can’t reuse it, no? So it’s just thrown away?

CogitoCogito 3y ago
I assume people would just adapt to the culture by generally not ordering more than they will eat.
- Dalewyn 3y ago
  That's kind of tedious to do when a single menu item here in America is usually, to describe it aptly, infamously yuuuuuge.
  - CogitoCogito 3y ago
    We're not talking about America, we're talking about the UK.
    - Dalewyn 3y ago
      Apologies, the original story was about Simon getting overwhelmed by American servings so that context stuck.
      - lnxg33k1 3y ago
        If anything, it shows us that life is short, and can end at any moment, and maybe we shouldn't fill it with non-problems, like calculating the size of the food we order in order to don't have to take it away .-.
    - Jochim 3y ago
      Outside of fine dining/small plates, portion sizes are fairly large in the UK if you're planning on eating three courses.
- pjc50 3y ago
  Indeed - this goes along with other cultural values of clearing your plate and not wasting food. Some pubs offer "senior" portions for adults who don't eat much. It is definitely rare, but not completely unheard of; more common if you're in a sitdown place that also does takeaway/delivery. I've done it a few times. One memorable incident was in Bradford where we arrived late at a curry house after interminable faffing around, were all extremely hungry, ordered more than we usually would, and halfway through the starters and giant naan realized that we'd overdone it. Think we got more than one meal out of the leftovers.
  - lnxg33k1 3y ago
    Leftovers happen (semiquote)
- znpy 3y ago
  Very bland reply. Portion sizes vary by restaurant, and also you’re not always the same level of hungry. Just yesterday i tried a new restaurant, the meal was delicious and the portions were unexpectedly large (and i had a single dish, a single course). I happily took the leftovers away.
  - CogitoCogito 3y ago
    What's your point? That there might sometimes be leftovers even if you plan to finish it? So what? People also take left overs home and sometimes never eat them. It could very well be the case that places that don't send home boxed leftovers result in less overall waste than places that do. Especially when you consider the boxes sent home as well. No system is perfect and a culture of taking home leftovers does not necessarily reduce waste overall.
    - rovr138 3y ago
      > I assume people would just adapt to the culture by generally not ordering more than they will eat. How do you adapt and order less than 1 thing?
      - CogitoCogito 3y ago
        Is this a serious question? Order the smaller food items?
      - diggan 3y ago
        Restaurants are sometimes OK with splitting a dish in two/half if you ask nicely. Sometimes I do this for lunch when I'm not very hungry, and can't remember a single time someone said no.
    - hk__2 3y ago
      > No system is perfect and a culture of taking home leftovers does not necessarily reduce waste overall. Well not being able to take home leftovers does increase waste, because as others have pointed out there will always be cases where you will have leftovers, no matter how careful you are.
paganel 3y ago
You're not going to eat re-heated food that you've had at the restaurant a few hours prior, no-one who cares about food ever does (unless you're an American, maybe).
- defrost 3y ago
  This sub thread is filled with many examples of non Americans happy to take uneaten leftovers for later - it varies by country and culture. > no-one who cares about food ever does That's a bit universal for what's simply your opinion.
  - paganel 3y ago
    Even if they're non-Americans, this is a verily heavily American-influenced forum so the people here most probably have more American habits compared to the average people in their countries. > That's a bit universal for what's simply your opinion. Yes, and that's a feature, not a bug, we're here to share our opinions, this is not a peer-reviewed forum. With all that said, I still cannot understand how come a person who says he/she cares about food could eat re-heated takeaway stuff (supposedly at the microwave, which makes it double yuck-y).
    - hk__2 3y ago
      > Yes, and that's a feature, not a bug, we're here to share our opinions, this is not a peer-reviewed forum If it’s your opinion, you may want to introduce it with "Personally, I would never …" instead of writing "no-one who cares about food ever does", which is obviously false. > With all that said, I still cannot understand how come a person who says he/she cares about food could eat re-heated takeaway stuff (supposedly at the microwave, which makes it double yuck-y). There are other ways to re-heat food, you can mix with other things, you can also eat it cold if that’s your thing. It’s also not just about caring about food, it’s also caring about money: when you eat your leftovers, you don’t have to pay for new food.
    - nozzlegear 3y ago
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As italian, this kills me, what if there’s leftover? The restaurant just throws it away? Food? For class snobbery? Like the restaurant can’t reuse it, no? So it’s just thrown away?

CogitoCogito 3y ago

I assume people would just adapt to the culture by generally not ordering more than they will eat.

Dalewyn 3y ago
That's kind of tedious to do when a single menu item here in America is usually, to describe it aptly, infamously yuuuuuge.
- CogitoCogito 3y ago
  We're not talking about America, we're talking about the UK.
  - Dalewyn 3y ago
    Apologies, the original story was about Simon getting overwhelmed by American servings so that context stuck.
    - lnxg33k1 3y ago
      If anything, it shows us that life is short, and can end at any moment, and maybe we shouldn't fill it with non-problems, like calculating the size of the food we order in order to don't have to take it away .-.
  - Jochim 3y ago
    Outside of fine dining/small plates, portion sizes are fairly large in the UK if you're planning on eating three courses.
pjc50 3y ago
Indeed - this goes along with other cultural values of clearing your plate and not wasting food. Some pubs offer "senior" portions for adults who don't eat much. It is definitely rare, but not completely unheard of; more common if you're in a sitdown place that also does takeaway/delivery. I've done it a few times. One memorable incident was in Bradford where we arrived late at a curry house after interminable faffing around, were all extremely hungry, ordered more than we usually would, and halfway through the starters and giant naan realized that we'd overdone it. Think we got more than one meal out of the leftovers.
- lnxg33k1 3y ago
  Leftovers happen (semiquote)
znpy 3y ago
Very bland reply. Portion sizes vary by restaurant, and also you’re not always the same level of hungry. Just yesterday i tried a new restaurant, the meal was delicious and the portions were unexpectedly large (and i had a single dish, a single course). I happily took the leftovers away.
- CogitoCogito 3y ago
  What's your point? That there might sometimes be leftovers even if you plan to finish it? So what? People also take left overs home and sometimes never eat them. It could very well be the case that places that don't send home boxed leftovers result in less overall waste than places that do. Especially when you consider the boxes sent home as well. No system is perfect and a culture of taking home leftovers does not necessarily reduce waste overall.
  - rovr138 3y ago
    > I assume people would just adapt to the culture by generally not ordering more than they will eat. How do you adapt and order less than 1 thing?
    - CogitoCogito 3y ago
      Is this a serious question? Order the smaller food items?
    - diggan 3y ago
      Restaurants are sometimes OK with splitting a dish in two/half if you ask nicely. Sometimes I do this for lunch when I'm not very hungry, and can't remember a single time someone said no.
  - hk__2 3y ago
    > No system is perfect and a culture of taking home leftovers does not necessarily reduce waste overall. Well not being able to take home leftovers does increase waste, because as others have pointed out there will always be cases where you will have leftovers, no matter how careful you are.

paganel 3y ago

You're not going to eat re-heated food that you've had at the restaurant a few hours prior, no-one who cares about food ever does (unless you're an American, maybe).

defrost 3y ago
This sub thread is filled with many examples of non Americans happy to take uneaten leftovers for later - it varies by country and culture. > no-one who cares about food ever does That's a bit universal for what's simply your opinion.
- paganel 3y ago
  Even if they're non-Americans, this is a verily heavily American-influenced forum so the people here most probably have more American habits compared to the average people in their countries. > That's a bit universal for what's simply your opinion. Yes, and that's a feature, not a bug, we're here to share our opinions, this is not a peer-reviewed forum. With all that said, I still cannot understand how come a person who says he/she cares about food could eat re-heated takeaway stuff (supposedly at the microwave, which makes it double yuck-y).
  - hk__2 3y ago
    > Yes, and that's a feature, not a bug, we're here to share our opinions, this is not a peer-reviewed forum If it’s your opinion, you may want to introduce it with "Personally, I would never …" instead of writing "no-one who cares about food ever does", which is obviously false. > With all that said, I still cannot understand how come a person who says he/she cares about food could eat re-heated takeaway stuff (supposedly at the microwave, which makes it double yuck-y). There are other ways to re-heat food, you can mix with other things, you can also eat it cold if that’s your thing. It’s also not just about caring about food, it’s also caring about money: when you eat your leftovers, you don’t have to pay for new food.
  - nozzlegear 3y ago
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