I went to mom’s house for Christmas eve dinner and brought back tons of leftovers. Pork. rolls,rice, beans and an assortment of other goodies. And a simply awesome garlic mojito sauce that I just can’t get enough of. I’ll be grazing on this for two days.
Today, Christmas day, for lunch I have had another full meal; a little of everything. Later it was pork sandwiches with cooked onions soaked with the mojito sauce. Then another full meal this evening. All this is great, but too much of a great thing is not good either. I am already having happy thoughts of pizza, gator burgers and grilled salmon.
I have returned, over the years, to family, friends and neighbors’ houses the day after a party in order to help clean up the leftovers and a few times for lunch, the next day after that. On the second day, however, instead of pork and rice it morphs into pork hash and a salad with bean soup; still pretty good. Some foods just taste better the next day. The flavors have had a chance to meld and make your tast buds do the wave. But usually two days of leftovers, even great leftovers, is about my limit. I have never seen an official report on the subject, but I think that two days is about the normal lifespan of leftovers.
“The average lifespan of leftovers.” I think it would make a good tv game show question.
My favorite leftover? Beef stew.
Second favorite: Spanish polenta with pork. (tamal en casuela)
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