On Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:59:11 -0800 (PST), Cindy Hamilton wrote:

> On Wednesday, February 10, 2021 at 11:09:15 AM UTC-5, Graham wrote:
>
>> I never re-heat meat. So leftovers are used with salads or in sandwiches.
>
> I will very occasionally re-heat meat. Gently. In a flavorful sauce such as
> barbecue sauce or Buffalo wing sauce.
>
> Like you, I can taste the off-flavors that develop when cooked meat is reheated.
> (Not everybody can.) I don't have McGee's _On Food and Cooking_ anymore,
> but he talks about it at one point.
>
> Cindy Hamilton

My father was the same. As a result, Mum never made stews with leftovers.
I'll look up the McGee reference.