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Leftovers
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Leftovers
残羹剩饭

Infinitives and Gerunds

Date: Jan 18 2012

Themes: Food

Grammar: Verbs with "ing"

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Eating out can be expensive. Cooking at home can be a lot of work. But leftovers are both cheap and convenient.

Any time you have more food than you can finish, and you decide to save it for another day, that’s leftovers. Leftovers can come from something you cooked yourself, or they can come from a restaurant. If you can’t finish your dinner, you can always take the leftovers home by asking the waiter for a to go box or doggie bag. Hear Marni and Ella talk about leftovers.

出去吃饭非常贵。在家做又非常麻烦。但是残羹剩饭则既经济又方便。
每当你的食物多到吃不完,并决定保存起来第二天吃,这就是所谓的残羹剩饭。残羹剩饭可以是自己亲自烹饪的食物,也可以是从饭店带回来的。如果你不能吃完自己的晚饭,随时都可以向服务员要一个外卖餐盒或“打包袋”,将残羹剩饭带回家。听听玛尼和艾拉谈论残羹剩饭。

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Marni

Marni

Ella

Ella

Marni:  Ella, I am so full, and yet I still have like half of my meal on my plate.

Ella:  I know, what are you going to do? You don’t want it to go to waste.

Marni:  You’re absolutely right. Hello! Leftovers!

Ella:  Woo! I love leftovers.

Marni:  Me too. I mean, I don’t like to let anything go to waste.

Ella:  I find myself wasting leftovers a lot. I like having them there, because then I don’t have to go buy food. But then sometimes I just don’t eat it because I didn’t like the food already at the restaurant, but I felt obligated to take it home. But it usually goes to waste and I end up throwing it away.

Marni:  That’s too bad. That is a big waste of food. I don’t know, I always tend to eat them, because I’m pretty particular and I usually order something I like. Or if I’m somewhere at an event or something and there’s a bunch of food, I’ll always ask if I can take some home, because I’m kind of a fan of free food, or leftover food.

Ella:  Sometimes leftovers are looked down upon.

Marni:  You know, that’s true. I was in Venice, and I asked for a container to take my delicious pasta back to my hotel room, and the woman just looked at me like I was crazy. And I guess the entire city just doesn’t…They don’t take anything to go.

Ella:  I can’t imagine that.

 

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Marni and Ella are out to eat. Marni is full and can’t finish her meal. She and Ella agree that she should take the rest to go so she can have the leftovers on another day.

Both Marni and Ella like leftovers. But Ella often lets her leftovers go to waste. She forgets to eat them, or takes leftover food home from restaurants even if she didn’t really like it.

Marni, on the other hand, hates letting food go to waste. She always takes leftovers home with her if she can’t finish a meal at a restaurant. But in some places, this is unusual. When Marni was in Venice, a waiter was very surprised when she asked if she could take her leftovers back to her hotel with her.

Do you like eating leftovers? In your country, is it normal to take your leftovers home with you when you can’t finish your meal at a restaurant?

 

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saeedshin

saeedshin

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

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07:15 PM Aug 15 2012 |

saeedshin

saeedshin

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

I am disagree with a2020 and Elisabethvogler …. I think something which is belong to you is BELONG TO YOU!


when you put your extra-food in resturant nobody has duty to call you “please pich it up for left over!!”


I mean in iran or turkey everybody ashame of theirself to call the waitress or waiter for left over! If something is for you You have to prepare it for leftover!

03:02 AM Aug 15 2012 |

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Elisabethvogler

Turkey

in my country, it’s not common to take leftovers.
İf you haven’t finish your meal, waiter never ask do you want to take your leftover.
İ agree leftover is a good result of wasting food.
İ’ll encourage the restourants from this time.

02:37 PM Jul 22 2012 |

a2020

a2020

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

I like some delicious leftovers like Kebabs but  not all of foods.in Iran it is not custom to take leftovers home but anyway some people do that.

12:05 PM Jul 22 2012 |

Saenger D

Saenger D

Germany

I fully agree with those, who like to take away  food – they didn t eat  from a  restaurant.


Also at home., I call those stupid, who put it into waste….. We can use so many of them, one or two days later. (sure we have to store it under the right conditions


Note


EVERY 15   MINS A HUMAN HAVE TO DIE; BECAUSE HE /  SHE HAS NOOOOOO FOODAND STUPID PPL IN  EUROPE OR AMERICA PUT IT INTO A LITTER BOX


 I LIVED IN BRAZIL; IN A FAVELA (SLUM AREAFOR 5  WEEKS. SO I KNOW; WHAT IT MEANS TO BECOME HUNGRY


GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR


I REALLY HATE THAT BEHAVIOR


But as long as we have couchpotatoes, who haven t been abroad, and didn t visit slum areas, so long  we have stupid ppl who put it away.



Shame on those  !!!!!!!!!!!



08:07 AM Jan 23 2012 |

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kukuka

kukuka

Ukraine

No, in my country it’s not normal to take the food you didn’t fininsh home, but it’s ok to buy take-out-food at resaraunts. The waiter will put it for you in a blister.


I think americans and europeans have different food traditions which don’t only apply to the food itself but also to the way we’re used to meal. As we can see from Marni’s adventure at an italian cafe that’s can be funny sometimes.

01:35 AM Jan 23 2012 |

goodmahsa

goodmahsa

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

since I am personally a frugal person, I always try not to let anything go to waste.but unfortunately taking your leftover food home is looked down upon in most parts of my country.I guess this behaviour should be rooted in economic conditions of people in ancient times which nowadays people are still used to them.

02:13 PM Jan 21 2012 |

tilwayne

tilwayne

Morocco

People who look down upon leftovers are usually nothing but a bunch of snobbish folks who believe that leftovers are peculiar to the poor layer of the society. How pathetic …

03:19 PM Jan 20 2012 |

candycandice

Sweden

Personally, I like to eat leftovers, in this way you both save time and don’t waste any food. I easily get full, so therefore if there are some left of the meal, I prefer to take bites of it another time. Plastic boxes are my best friends when it comes to preserv the leftovers and put them in save in the refrigerator. Smile


In Sweden no one raise eyebrows if you like to take some of the dish you couldn’t eat home. The possibility to ask for a doggie bag or to go actually existe. We care very much about the environment. To not discard food is a way of helping mother Earth. Therefore, if you can’t clean your plate, at least put the rest away for another time! Wink

12:39 PM Jan 20 2012 |

CatcheR

CatcheR

Indonesia

I don’t like to eat leftover, It’s very common here to keep leaftover after eating :D not from te restaurant.

07:07 AM Jan 20 2012 |

Julissita

Julissita

Peru

yeah, Ola, maybe because the spices and flavors concentrate more after more time has passed, and as a result we have an extra delicious dish :D

08:31 PM Jan 19 2012 |

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ola33

ola33Super Member!

Seychelles

Julissita, I agree there’s some dishes that’re getting better for the next couple of days. Like Ukrainian borsch. It’s getting rich with all those flavours and with this, tastier.

08:02 PM Jan 19 2012 |

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Julissita

Julissita

Peru

I like eating leftlovers, and sometimes I feel some foods taste better the next day, maybe this depend on the type of food.


In my country is very common to take leftlovers home from a restaurant, so u can feel free to ask for it.Laughing


   

07:56 PM Jan 19 2012 |

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Angelaaaa

Angelaaaa

China

yeah.


but the plastic containers are bad for the environment…

06:22 PM Jan 19 2012 |

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Risk

Costa Rica

we rarely take leftovers home because  i ussually eat everything that’s in the plate, but when it happens it’s normal to ask for a  leftover box available in almost every restaurant in my city.you can easily take leftovers with you without any concern

09:19 AM Jan 19 2012 |

Olga_Alina

Germany

It’s really unusual to take leftover with you. I’ve never don it.

04:57 AM Jan 19 2012 |

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 julito

julito

Argentina

GORA.      WELCOME.

04:19 PM Jan 18 2012 |

gora610930

Mexico

I liked the conversesion, my name is Alejandro, is my fisrt time here in ebaby

02:09 PM Jan 18 2012 |

bercis

Turkey

I hate throwing away waste of food.Because  there are alot of people who are dying of starvation in parts of the Africa.When we waste food we should think that people.

01:56 PM Jan 18 2012 |

Gobsmacker

Germany

Leftovers are okay…it depends really. Sometimes if you mix leftovers together, add a few spices and shove it in the oven you can get the best of results! Eating leftovers can be really nice but sometimes it’s plain annoying: Some things just don’t taste the same when heated up in the microwave and some leftovers you get to eat for several days because the portion cooked was simply far too large. This in my opinion ruins the meal no matter how nice it may have tasted before. I just hate eating the same several days in a row. I’m a person that needs difference.


I live in Germany and most people here don’t take their leftover food home from restaurants: It might be considered as a slightly weird thing to do. Then again it totally depends what kind of restaurant you are eating at and whether the staff are friendly etc. But I think I have only taken my food home from restaurants once when I was really little and couldn’t manage big helpings of food yet. I had barely touched it so it would’ve been a waste to throw it away and the waitress suggested we take it home with us. So all in all I would advise tourists in Germany not to ask to take their leftovers home especially if the restaurant they are eating at is posh. And anyway: I always finish my food at restaurants! :D

12:21 PM Jan 18 2012 |

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