Hey, we like irony here. But you know Poe's law, right? :)

No - I wasn't being ironic - I am a hardcore atheist. Anyway, I was under the impression that Americans didn't understand "irony" - now you've upset my stereotyped vision of the world......

Hmmmm...

Was that another Pastor pretending to be a hardcore atheist?

If anybody ever asks me to pray for anything at all, I usually punch them hard in the face. I find this works - generally people don't ask me to pray for anything any more.

Nowadays, people send me emails asking me to pray for this or that. I respond by sending them emails with virulent viruses attached, under the heading "From Steve - please open the attachment to this email immediately". This, I think, is starting to work - I'm now getting less "Please pray for some one-legged, blind, palsied, African boy with leprosy" emails...
Must go - I need to keep up the good work

I don't have left overs often, being single has that perk :) The bummer is being single and craving watermelon. Single serving watermelons just don't exist.

If you think your leftovers may go bad, stick them in the freezer. Then one day when you are starving and have no time to cook - voila! A homemade healthy meal. Keeping your freezer stocked also saves energy, because all the cold food keeps the temperature down.

My wife is a full time university student in a program so time consuming that the other people in her studio keep sleeping bags by their desks. If she didn't have a steady supply of leftovers, she'd starve.

I just made a big batch of taco meat last night that will keep her fed until I can cook again.

Leftovers, they aren't just to avoid waste, they are a part of our lifestyle.

How many do you cook for than. As someone who really only cooks for themselves, healthy nutritious meals are normally designed to feed 4 or more. This for me leads to leftovers that get smelly and moldy, and have me toss them out. Its a horrendous waste. I can't eat a full loaf of bread or 6 big buns before they go bad, fruits and veggies are best fresh, so with school they are hard to get consistently. I drink less than a half litre of milk in a month, even buying the small ones, it goes bad. Soups go bad in about week and eggs I go through 4 a month, 2 go bad. It really Sucks

It's only a problem if you make large meals and don't eat it. Make smaller meals, and presto, no leftovers!

http://pbfcomics.com/?cid=PBF182-Food_Fight.jpg

You're part of the problem, Daniel.

:)

I don't like leftovers! Give me fresh, tasty food over leftovers any day.

Who doesn't like leftovers?

@Ty

Well that makes you a far better example than most people. It really isn't that much effort to waste less food: take a shopping list; avoid 2 for 1 offers; use left overs to provide lunch; learn to love offal; learn to cook. Follow all this and maybe we wouldn't have a food system that provides close to twice the calories we need.

We throw almost nothing away, and my wife composts what we do.

We do eat a LOT of leftovers.

Troubled by extra leftovers? You better get you a good dog, boy. I'm telling you, it's the WAY to that much quested after, morally right green lifestyle. No food to throw away, & if your dog is thorough, you won't even need to use any water to wash the dishes! Just put 'em on the floor & walk away. Later, once the thin layer of dog spit has dried, pick up your shining clean dishes & simply put them away. Viola! Save on water, AND keep pesky soaps out of the environment. Clean & green.

@DF

We (first world countries) are getting there whether it is by the manufactures of food, the sellers of food or just the consumers.

Sometimes I wonder if we throw away more food than we eat. We're trying to fix that.

I think it's funny. Also, I can always use more tupperware. There are only two of us, and I tend to cook for an army for some reason.

Tell you what. You can have the vintage tupperware collection, & as a bonus, if you act now, I'll throw in my cousin's wife, who you can access via her many facebook groups, including, "Jesus, son of god," "marriage - one man, one woman," & "Let's keep christ in christmas, he's the reason for the season." (Is this funny? Sorry to say, I'm not making these up.)

Hey, if your head explodes, can I have all your stuff?

If you can't vent to us here at UF, where can you?

I hear ya! Tell it! You go girl!

That's me being a good listener/yes-man.

The wife of an Alabama cousin (nuff said, huh?) has been posting on facebook that we should all pray for some toddler with some kind of genetic disease. Today she posted that he finally earned his wings in heaven but we should all pray for the family anyway. What I really want to write is...Pray? Why? Wouldn't that be a gross act of hubris against your great & powerful all-knowing overlord? According to you, he controls everything, so clearly he intended for this to happen. That being the case, why in the world would he bend his mighty ear to your sad bleatings? He wanted that kid to suffer. He made the kid, he has a plan, this was quite obviously a part of it. Also, how is it that a very young child needs to "earn" any kind of grace, since a 2 year old is so young & helpless, he is not much more than the biped version of a happy dog?

I despair of people ever getting along. She & I are both in the same country, share relatives, are both skinny white women, have kids the same age. Yet I know it's utterly hopeless to even try to talk with her. Jesus wept.