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Subject: Re: Restaurant portions Posted on: Tue, 31 May 2005 15:32:39 EDT

In article ,
"Rita Daggett" wrote:

> Not so much that we think its gauche as that the idea of using up leftovers
> like this isnt very attractive. OK, SOME things are OK heated up or eaten
> cold but I wouldnt want to choose my meal on that basis.

Well, I don't choose on that basis but I quite often take food home, and
I really enjoy it a day or two later! And so do many of my countrymen. I
can't believe that wouldn't carry over into other countries; it doesn't
seem to me to be something where the properties change as you cross an
international boundary.

And having had it
> all squashed up in a bag and carried around with you for a while - I dont
> think I'd fancy it at all the next day!

You'd really have to eat in a dump to have the leftovers treated that
way. Any GOOD restaurant puts them in a rigid container.

Apart from pizza, and possibly roast
> meat, what else works like this? how do you manage with vegetables? anything
> with a sauce?

It works just fine, with all of the above.