# No doggy bag, please. Foods that don't make good leftovers. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 9, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-doggy-bag-please-foods-that-dont-make-good-leftovers/379784 "2006-11-09T23:42:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-doggy-bag-please-foods-that-dont-make-good-leftovers/379784/41 "2006-11-11T03:06:27Z")
Ratatouille. Then again, I won’t even touch the stuff piping hot. I don’t even wanna _think_ about what it’d be like cold. ---
**Author:** ![Aestivalis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Aestivalis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aestivalis)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-doggy-bag-please-foods-that-dont-make-good-leftovers/379784/42 "2006-11-11T20:55:45Z")
[QUOTE=Lemur866] Wait, the best way to reheat cold pizza is with a cast iron skillet. Slide your slice on the skillet, turn on the gas, and let the bottom get a bit crispy. Turn off the heat and let the residual heat melt the cheese. Hands down better than any other possible method. [/QUOTE] I’ve got a similar technique, but I use a non-stick pan, a touch of olive oil, and a microwave the slice for about 15-20 seconds before I stick it on the pan. Gives me a nice crisp crust pizza, which is nearly impossible to get in Illinois outside of the Famiglia’s Pizza at the Tollway Oases… ---
**Author:** ![SusanStoHelit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@SusanStoHelit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SusanStoHelit)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-doggy-bag-please-foods-that-dont-make-good-leftovers/379784/43 "2006-11-11T21:04:03Z")
I used to visit a town with a Mongolian Barbecue (basically DIY stir-fry). Like most restauraunts of this type, it was all-you-can-eat and it was wonderful the next day reheated or cold. It was a little on the expensive side but I figured I got two good meals out of it so it was worth it. Now where I live we have a similar restauraunt that is also all-you-can-eat but they don’t let you take home any leftovers. It makes me so mad, because I never eat much in one sitting so it is a near-complete waste of $12. ---
**Author:** ![SusanStoHelit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ab992/32.png) [@SusanStoHelit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SusanStoHelit)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-doggy-bag-please-foods-that-dont-make-good-leftovers/379784/44 "2006-11-11T21:07:56Z")
[QUOTE=ladyfoxfyre] At my house, we write death messages on the styrofoam. It started out innocently enough, just names and dates and the contents of the box but it soon got extremely ugly… -foxy [/QUOTE] Growing up I had this problem also. I would always write my name and date on everything and my brother would just “not see it”. finally one day I wrote **“Not Tommy’s Pizza”** on a sticky note and taped it to the tin foil. I came downstairs the next morning and he was chomping away on my pizza. I started yelling at him asking him if he saw the note at all. Beaming, he thanked me for being so considerate as to save him a piece. I asked him if he _read_ the note. He answered that he had read the note. It said: **“Note, Tommy’s Pizza”** :smack: :smack: and he was always clueless enough about everything that I can believe that’s what he actually thought he read. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-doggy-bag-please-foods-that-dont-make-good-leftovers/379784/45 "2006-11-11T21:13:19Z")
Anything deep fried. Grease tastes great the few minutes after it’s first fried. Anytime after that, it’s just slimey. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-doggy-bag-please-foods-that-dont-make-good-leftovers/379784/46 "2006-11-11T22:21:39Z")
Once I brought home some chocolate soufflé in a glass ramekin that the restaurant’s owner kindly said I could keep. I put it in the fridge. The next day, I found that the soufflé had shriveled down until it resembled a tough brown pancake. I gave it to my pet rats, and they loved it. ---
**Author:** ![nevermore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a587f6/32.png) [@nevermore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevermore)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2006, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-doggy-bag-please-foods-that-dont-make-good-leftovers/379784/47 "2006-11-11T22:38:20Z")
I discovered a long time ago that reheating anything with lettuce and tomato on it is a one-way trip to nasty. I now remove these things before storing the food, and life is better. I am rather trial-and-error about my leftovers; I will attempt to save just about anything except seafood. if I open the box and the smell removes my appetite, into the trash it goes. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 12, 2006, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-doggy-bag-please-foods-that-dont-make-good-leftovers/379784/48 "2006-11-12T05:48:59Z")
[QUOTE=Missy2U] Totally psychological. [/QUOTE] Is it just plate-leftovers? I can see that being icky… but like if you make a huge lasagna, do you not eat the rest that was in the pan? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-doggy-bag-please-foods-that-dont-make-good-leftovers/379784.md?page=2)