Open Discussion
In my family, we generally always make more than enough food so that there are leftovers. This is especially true for holiday meals, but I tend to do the same with any regular night I’m hosting.
We famously line up all the food before everyone leaves and everybody gets tupperware containers to go. Many people tend to be happy to take food, but I noticed others are less likely to do so. This could be because they didn’t like the food, don’t want to overstep outside of their diet, or because they just don’t like leftovers I suppose.
My husband’s family makes enough food for the meal and that’s it and not to be dramatic but I’ll admit it slightly grieves me lol.
I’m just curious, do you like for guests to take leftovers home with them? Is it expected in your family/culture? Do you have any hang ups about taking leftovers? Let’s discuss!
When I was elementary school age, us kids always fought over the bread because nobody wanted the crust. My mom finally got tired of it and told us that eating the crust was the same as eating two slices of bread. We believed her, so what happens, we started fighting over who got the crust. I finally won the argument since I was the oldest of six, so I always got the two for one slice of bread ;-)
Anyway, what were some of the "truths" you were told as kids to get you to eat something?