# Edible fast food leftovers?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-fast-food-leftovers/728397
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [August 20, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-fast-food-leftovers/728397 "2015-08-20T23:34:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2015, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-fast-food-leftovers/728397/1 "2015-08-20T23:34:27Z")
What fast food items are still good (or even better) as leftovers, or bought to be eaten later?
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### Author:  [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2015, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-fast-food-leftovers/728397/2 "2015-08-20T23:36:02Z")
Personally I like cold McNuggets. Most crispy fried items deteriorate very quickly, but McNuggets hold up surprisingly well old and cold.
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### Author:  [@Shaggy\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shaggy_Z)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2015, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-fast-food-leftovers/728397/3 "2015-08-20T23:51:09Z")
McDonald Apple pies.
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### Author:  [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2015, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-fast-food-leftovers/728397/4 "2015-08-21T00:06:52Z")
If Chinese take-out counts, I like cold General Tso’s Chicken almost as much as cold homemade fried chicken.
I wouldn’t turn down a cold, hours-old Five Guys double cheeseburger, either.
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### Author:  [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-fast-food-leftovers/728397/5 "2015-08-21T00:09:53Z")
Domino’s makes a spinach & feta bread that is very good when re-heated.
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### Author:  [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2015, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-fast-food-leftovers/728397/6 "2015-08-21T00:09:54Z")
Gyros, but you have to remove the onions and tomato and as much of the tzatziki sauce as possible. Then heat the meat and pita in the toaster oven and reassemble to eat. (I’ll often get an extra side of tzatziki for the day after.)
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### Author:  [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-fast-food-leftovers/728397/7 "2015-08-21T02:03:30Z")
> [@WhyNot](#):
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> Gyros, but you have to remove the onions and tomato and as much of the tzatziki sauce as possible. Then heat the meat and pita in the toaster oven and reassemble to eat. (I’ll often get an extra side of tzatziki for the day after.)
- a million. That’s about the only thing I can think of. And I get the extra sauce too.
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### Author:  [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-fast-food-leftovers/728397/8 "2015-08-21T02:13:23Z")
> [@Missy2U](#):
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> - a million. That’s about the only thing I can think of.
I think it’s because gyros are essentially meatloaf, and meatloaf always tastes better the next day, when the flavors have had a chance to mingle.
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-fast-food-leftovers/728397/9 "2015-08-21T02:14:57Z")
McDonald’s double cheeseburgers plain. You can reheat them in the microwave and they are indistinguishable from the sorry state you purchased them in.
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### Author:  [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-fast-food-leftovers/728397/10 "2015-08-21T03:42:49Z")
Popeye’s fried chicken
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### Author:  [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2015, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-fast-food-leftovers/728397/11 "2015-08-21T05:23:45Z")
A reheated burrito is usually ok if it has no fresh salad type vegetables in it - then it may be better cold.
Tater tots can be ok if reheated in a skillet.
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### Author:  [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2015, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-fast-food-leftovers/728397/12 "2015-08-21T13:21:16Z")
KFC and fried chicken in general tastes just as good cold. It is a different taste but a good taste.
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### Author:  [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2015, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-fast-food-leftovers/728397/13 "2015-08-21T13:56:31Z")
McD’s double cheese to be sure.
I’ve had a rough week. A broken hip sent my mom to the hospital. While I’m staying at her house, away from home, I bought a bag of 4, and then 2 more to have something quick to eat between hospital/rehab visits.
Got to be careful of the pickles, the microwave makes 'em hotter 'n hell.
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### Author:  [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2015, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-fast-food-leftovers/728397/14 "2015-08-21T14:18:34Z")
Pizza.
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### Author:  [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-fast-food-leftovers/728397/15 "2015-08-21T14:21:47Z")
Not all pizza, though. In my experience, Pizza Hut pan pizza is terrible cold and not very good reheated. But a New York- or New Haven-style thin crust pizza is sublime reheated and even good cold.
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### Author:  [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2015, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-fast-food-leftovers/728397/16 "2015-08-21T14:36:43Z")
> [@Quimby](#):
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> KFC and fried chicken in general tastes just as good cold. It is a different taste but a good taste.
Day old KFC is also good after baking (on a sheet pan) in the toaster over for five to ten minutes.
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### Author:  [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-fast-food-leftovers/728397/17 "2015-08-21T14:40:19Z")
Arby’s roast beef sandwiches are great reheated, if you remove the bun and the meat. And any toppings or sauce.
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### Author:  [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2015, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-fast-food-leftovers/728397/18 "2015-08-21T17:07:24Z")
…so, you’re eating reheated air?
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### Author:  [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2015, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-fast-food-leftovers/728397/19 "2015-08-21T17:13:59Z")
> [@Chronos](#):
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> …so, you’re eating reheated air?
It’s holistic. The air retains the memory of the sandwich.
So I think in that case it’s still no good.
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### Author:  [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2015, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/edible-fast-food-leftovers/728397/20 "2015-08-21T17:21:16Z")
> [@TriPolar](#):
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> It’s **holistic**. The air retains the memory of the sandwich.
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> So I think in that case it’s still no good.
Wrong woo, man. 😃
“Homeopathy.”
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