Leftovers...How long will you keep

Depends on what I am eating. I went like 4-5 straight days with the butterbeans and shrimp I made. But I live by myself and I don't like to cook that often.

I guess I have no set time, but I'm more conservative than most with how many days I'll keep something. Restaurant leftovers only get kept a couple days. If I haven't eaten it within 2 days, I take that as a sign I'll probably never eat it. I foolishly take home stuff that doesn't save well sometimes, and ultimately it gets thrown out for that reason.

Food that is prepared in larger batches by default like gumbo, stew, etc. gets ~2-4 servings put into the fridge and the rest gets frozen for later.

I almost never batch cook something large and eat on it for days at a time. Not unless it was something I specifically made for that reason, like a batch of something low cal to take for work lunches so I don't have to fuss with planning.

It isn't so much that I'm concerned about the food itself (I know it's fine for like 5 days), but I don't like to eat the same thing over and over for the most part.

It depends on the dish but usually after 2 days, I wont touch it.

I grew up poor as shite and was taught to not waste food but I just can't eat most leftovers past a day or so.

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Leftovers...How long will you keep

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Four days

I'll keep something for at least a week before I even think of throwing it out. As far as making a big pot of something and eating it over and over, I can't make it beyond Tuesday or Wednesday eating leftovers of something I cooked over the weekend. Generally, I freeze a portion of it the day I make it to defrost and eat later. But I frequently make a lot of something on Sunday and eat on it through midweek. Tonight will be day #3 of smoked chicken and ribs and made for the super bowl.

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how many days in a row will you eat leftovers

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Until it's gone if it was good. My wife not even the next day. So we don't eat leftovers all that often which results in huge amounts of food waste considering my toddlers won't eat anything besides chicken nuggets and PBJs

Sunday is my fridge clean out day. All tupperware items get tossed on Sundays

Still eating red gravy and meatballs from Saturday.

Pork and chicken 5 days . They make me nervous . Everything else a week .

As long as it takes my wife to find and throw away after some artful hiding.

If it’s not seafood, 5, maybe 6, days.