Reheating leftovers

Sometimes four days if it's been refrigerated. Usually I freeze things after two days though as I get bored eating the same thing for any longer

Don't waste the food you have wrongly given to the cat.
Eat the cat.

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Sometimes four days if it's been refrigerated. Usually I freeze things after two days though as I get bored eating the same thing for any longer

Four?!

After four days, I am pretty sure some of my food would not even look good.

A week in the fridge! Re-heat thoroughly. No ill effects.

A week!

Goodness me.

I has assumed all these years I was doing the same as others.
That two days was the standard.

No rules here, just basic instinct really.

Totally depends on what the leftovers contain and whether I am reheating or not. No hard and fast rule but I very rarely throw any food away or give it to the dog for that matter as he's fussier than OH!

Blimey, anything that's been in my fridge for 4 days I consider "only just bought".

About four days here too, but cooked veg and potatoes could go 5/6, we very rarely throw food out - no pets.

I also totally ignore use by dates, my eyes and nose are pretty good at detecting when something has gone "off".

I have eaten leftovers up to 4 days later…. So far, so good. The only food poisoning I’ve ever had is from a pre-prepared salad from the most popular food-hall.😫

2 days for me( in the fridge). I don’t fancy it after that. I chuck anything we have had out for more than 3 hours away, except cheese . It tends to be fairly warm here ,though, so you have to be careful with things like cream etc.

I don't have a "number of days". It depends what it is.
We are vegetarian so no meat or fish to worry about. I do eat eggs though.

As 99% of what we eat is made fresh I am happy to eat leftovers several days later.. logically if I make something on (say) Monday, it will still be OK (if not so delicious) on Tuesday Wednesday Thursday, probably Friday and using my superpowers of smell and vision, it may be OK on Saturday and Sunday.
Houmous for example, make with freshly cooked chick peas on Monday will be fine right through the weekend as I'll keep it covered with a layer of olive oil in the fridge.

We eat a lot of chopped/torn salads with lots of different veg in them. They are OK for a day but I admit I prefer those freshly made.
I would never serve yesterday's salad to anyone other than my husband and me - not becauseIthink they are off but because lettuce often oxidises a little and looks less exciting. I might squash it in an avocado sandwich though!
I'd happily serve left over quiche or pasta sauces to adult children or grandchildren if they happened to be here.

By the way, sour milk and cream I'd usually cook with.

No need to bin it.

I lived in the days before fridges. We seemed to survive. I can’t ever remember upset tums etc.

Perhaps women had more common sense back then?

Was it not Morrisons that was taking the date off bottles of milk, to save on waste?
Then I thought about people who had loss their sense of taste & smell during Covid. (milk, bottled sauces, jams, etc, I write the date of op on the bottle)
That’s what I rely on my smell. I have had homemade soup in the fridge three days still smells & looks ok but will throw the bit that’s is left.

Like others I'm quite happy to keep left over food in the fridge but my grandchildren are HORRIFIED and tell me I should dispose of it asap!!!

If it’s covered and in the fridge, 5 days. No ill effects. I remember my mum scraping mould off things and then serving it to us!

Still happy to take a layer of mould off jam (if it is a thin layer) plus a centimeter or 2 of the jam below it. I would only use it in cooking - as it needs to get very hot/boil I understand.

OP must have a very accommodating cat. None of mine would have lowered themselves to eat leftovers although they would condescend to share the Sunday chicken.

It is an accomodating cat.
And anything it doesnt eat, there are 3 cats that wander through that are happy to finish anything off.

It’ll depend very much on what it is, but I rely on sight and smell. Very little ever gets binned here - any waste of food really bothers me.

Can't think of any food I ever reheat. If I ever have any left over meat/poultry then I would eat it cold the next day.