Infinitives and Gerunds

I take leftovers home with me and it’s quite usual in Germany. Especially if you go to a restaurant with children they often don’t finish their meal, because it is too much for them and I think food shouldn’t be wasted.  When we throw food away we should think about other countries where many people starve. Food is something we really need. We should appreciate to have enough to eat and we should’t think that this is normal. Everybody should recognise that all people who have enough to eat are very lucky. And this is why I think that throwing food away is not moral. But in Germany a lot of food is thrown away. People go to shops and buy to  much food, so many of them can’t eat all this food. However I think that the situation is worse in some other countries. When I was on holiday I recognised that many people took a huge amount of food from the buffet and then they left more than half of it on their plate. This made me really angry.

In my country it’s not common to take food you not finished at a restaurant home. But our portions are normal so we usually always finish our food.But in America portions are HUUUUGE.  OMG, I can eat those portion for 3-4 times.It is ridiculous ! Of course waiters always offer to take it home:-)

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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!

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.

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.

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.

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 …

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

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.

yeah.

but the plastic containers are bad for the environment…

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

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

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

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

nowadays I cook more than I need for the day and I keep the rest in tupper ware in the freezer . it is very practical but one should melt the food in the fridge and not in the microwave…

in china,it’s ok to do this especialy in very formal occasion ,and most chinese are thrift in daily life,so when you ask the waiter to pack the food you didn’t finished ,they are willing to help you,,,,,,,,,i think,if doing this will be looked upon down in your country or your city,you shouldn’t ask too much food and you won’t face the situation,,,,

Lucas Silva, I was in Sao Paulo and one thing that I liked and it was new to me is that at some places  you choose the food and after they  put the platter on a scale and charge you  according to the weight of the food.

I dont like a lot eating leftovers because they don’t taste the same when you have to heat them up in the microwave. But i have to own up that there are very useful, especially if like me you dont like cooking or do the shopping.

In Spain it is very unsual that, in fact, i’ve never seen or heard from somebody who has taken his leftovers back at home. It’s kind of looked down upon. But I wish i lived in America just for being able to do that wihouth any strange peek.