# Foods that taste better as leftovers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 8, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-better-as-leftovers/180391 "2003-06-08T03:09:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-better-as-leftovers/180391/1 "2003-06-08T03:09:57Z")
In the same vein as the Foods that are better cold, what do you like better the next day-reheated or not. My mom makes the best chicken pot pie, but in my opinion, it’s sooo yummy the next morning heated in the microwave for breakfast. Mmmmmm… Bisquick Impossible Cheeseburger Pie. Yeah, I know, I know-but I love it. Especially leftover, with lots of ketchup and mustard. Soooo good. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-better-as-leftovers/180391/2 "2003-06-08T03:18:33Z")
Spaghetti Fried chicken ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-better-as-leftovers/180391/3 "2003-06-08T03:19:42Z")
Chili is one of my favorites the “day after”. ---
**Author:** ![Cleophus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a88e57/32.png) [@Cleophus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cleophus)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-better-as-leftovers/180391/4 "2003-06-08T03:28:56Z")
Pizza. Especially cold. ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-better-as-leftovers/180391/5 "2003-06-08T03:32:33Z")
Scalloped potatoes are supposed to be fried in butter the next day. It is their _telos_, their purpose, their end. Fried rice is better the next day. I think sesame noodles are, too. A lot of stews are better reheated, it goes without saying, really, that soup does too. ---
**Author:** ![Turek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/turek/32/18782_2.png) [@Turek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turek)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-better-as-leftovers/180391/6 "2003-06-08T03:34:38Z")
Gumbo. Almost anything that’s a conglomeration of ingredients that get simmered. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-better-as-leftovers/180391/7 "2003-06-08T03:35:05Z")
I make a stew with a lot of spices, especially Indian spices, added. It is so much better the second day! After the tenth day, it gets a little spooky though. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-better-as-leftovers/180391/8 "2003-06-08T03:36:46Z")
Pizza. ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-better-as-leftovers/180391/9 "2003-06-08T03:36:48Z")
Mmmm… leftover dinner-party trifle for breakfast… Also, curry improves over nights and bubble and squeak (ok, it’s made from leftovers…) ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Tiger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Mama\_Tiger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Tiger)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-better-as-leftovers/180391/10 "2003-06-08T03:37:59Z")
Dirty rice. And jambalaya. Yummm. ---
**Author:** ![Capcha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Capcha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capcha)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-better-as-leftovers/180391/11 "2003-06-08T03:39:11Z")
lol this will come-off as weird: (and not exactly a leftover) Tomato soup. The more times you reheat it, the more concentrated it becomes. _shiver of delight_ … _stomach rumbles_ now see whaddya made me do? ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-better-as-leftovers/180391/12 "2003-06-08T04:00:46Z")
Beef bourignonne, brisket, my grandmother’s sweet-and-sour meatballs…pretty much any Northern or Eastern European peasant cuisine main dish. Pie for breakfast the next morning. It may not actually taste better than it did fresh out of the ove, but the guilty pleasure of eating pie for breakfast more than compensates. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-better-as-leftovers/180391/13 "2003-06-08T04:06:45Z")
Oh yes. Eating pie for breakfast is soooo yummy. It’s so deliciously decadent! ---
**Author:** ![Daikona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@Daikona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daikona)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-better-as-leftovers/180391/14 "2003-06-08T04:07:05Z")
Chili, any sort of soups and stews, spaghetti sauce, meatloaf, a lot of rice dishes, especially when there’s something creative done with the reheating (fried rice makes the best rice burgers I have _ever_ had), potatoes and gravy (the texture is just so much better the second time). ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-better-as-leftovers/180391/15 "2003-06-08T04:09:16Z")
Not exactly what you mean but whenever you cook duck you should retain all the rendered fat so that next day you can have a massive breakfast fry up of eggs, bacon, hash browns, sausages and french toast. Unbelievable how much better it all is cooked in duck fat. Spag Bol if you have mixed it all up the first time around (as you should) with a tablespoon of water to steam it in the microwave. ---
**Author:** ![green\_bladder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/73ab20/32.png) [@green\_bladder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/green_bladder)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-better-as-leftovers/180391/16 "2003-06-08T04:10:45Z")
Pizza, definitely. ---
**Author:** ![Flowerchild](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/858c86/32.png) [@Flowerchild](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flowerchild)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-better-as-leftovers/180391/17 "2003-06-08T04:28:40Z")
Homemade soupy stuff in general: Stew, Chicken noodle soup, What have you. My Nauny’s spaghetti sauce, hmmmmm ::Homer simpsons vioce:: Tanksgiving stuff, turkey, stuffing , all that stuff you have for breakfast the next day ---
**Author:** ![Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horrifying_Howler_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-better-as-leftovers/180391/18 "2003-06-08T04:39:58Z")
Pizza that is made with feta cheese. Craaazy Bread. Bruschetta (that is the best the next day, cause the garlic has had a chance to soak in the bread) ---
**Author:** ![geordielass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3da27b/32.png) [@geordielass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/geordielass)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-better-as-leftovers/180391/19 "2003-06-08T04:45:56Z")
Homemade spaghetti, definitely. ---
**Author:** ![Quantum\_Butterfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e79b87/32.png) [@Quantum\_Butterfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quantum_Butterfly)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-better-as-leftovers/180391/20 "2003-06-08T04:57:32Z")
Fried spaghetti! Cold cooked spaghetti, fried up with butter and Parmesan… mmm, comfort food. Rice pudding. Last time I made it, it was fantastic warm out of the oven and lovely straight out of the fridge the next day. That pudding didn’t last long. Anything involving lots of spices and herbs that need time to blend. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-that-taste-better-as-leftovers/180391.md?page=2)