On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 12:13:39 -0800, "Julie Bove"
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> "sf" > wrote in message
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> > On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 15:38:51 -0800, "Julie Bove"
> > > wrote:
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> > your attitude toward leftovers will influence your shopping personality.
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> Then what about things like salad? Unless you are lucky enough to have a
> store that sells things like greens in bulk (and you can just buy the amount
> you need), you will have a lot of leftovers if you want a salad that
> contains a lot of things. I have yet to see a store that sells one green
> onion. Or six cherry tomatoes. This is why we often buy salad from the
> salad bar. Costs a lot more but much less waste.

I don't call salad greens I didn't use leftovers unless you mean you
made everything into a salad. Then they really are left over.
Personally, I'd call leftover salad "garbage", because that's where
it's going. The lettuce, green onion and tomatoes I didn't use for
salad today might be salad tomorrow or they might be something else,
but they are not leftovers for me. They are future ingredients.
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> I even buy from the salad bar when I am making a pasta salad or meatloaf.
> Otherwise I have either a ton of food or a ton of leftover vegetables.
>
I don't purchase from the salad bar either, unless I want one or two
pieces of celery. I can buy several types of salad mixes in bulk and
often buy enough for more than one day, but I do not call the salad
greens I didn't use today "leftovers".

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