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catdance
05-07-2005, 08:56 AM
Someone on last night's dinner thread, wrote it was a "YOYO" refering to "you are on your own" for dinner, some people used other names, for cleaning out the fridge..
At my Mama's house since I was a kid, she called it, "catch as catch can", so that meant she WAS NOT cooking and the leftovers had accumlated, so this was the NIGHT it was to disappear...so as I got older and figured THAT out, I started getting my "lot" of food gathered, covered it on a plate with my name and ate that later, because NO ONE was really running to that fridge, which meant it was leftover's and as spoiled as we were when this first started was quite a concept..so I used to be last..so the "catch" was no "homer"..6 people eating what was left..I got smart after a few times..we had good stuff, and really in the 70's we had this HUGE microwave, so we could heat it up..but when it down to 2 old chicken wings, and one tiny scoop of "whatever was suppose to have been in that bowl"...I figured it out..
So the term, is "catch as catch can"...and I got a few good dinners out of that..
I also cheated and threw stuff out and whined and did fare a few times better, but Mama did "catch on".. LOL!
Next?

MamaFairal
05-07-2005, 08:58 AM
we call it tupperware night

kelly12569
05-07-2005, 09:02 AM
We call it fin (fen?) for yourself night! And thats what we did for lunch today. There were bratwurst, burgers, ham, and leftover stroganoff in there and I told them to finish it off or throw it out! LOL :p

mimi37
05-07-2005, 09:25 AM
Same as Kelly, I call it "fend for yourself night"

newwiccan
05-07-2005, 09:54 AM
None of us can stand to eat leftovers so I had to learn to cook exactly how much we would eat. It was tough but I figured it out.

wndysfrnd
05-07-2005, 09:56 AM
It depends on what we have.

buttrfli
05-07-2005, 09:59 AM
YOYO you're on your own :)

Tasha405
05-07-2005, 10:11 AM
Fend For Yourself Night. :)

tracyb
05-07-2005, 11:24 AM
fend for yourself here also....but we wont eat a lot of stuff over so the dog gets a g ood slop bowl alot of time....no potatoes unless it is potatoe soup...then again we hardly have that left over.....lol..certain meat is no good reheated also... saturday supper is our ffys night alot... eat lunch out so i am not cooking supper!!

YankeeMary
05-07-2005, 11:40 AM
Fend for yourself night her also...BTW its my favorite night..lol.

sivohdarba
05-07-2005, 11:47 AM
We call it Hit or Miss...lol. Either ya hit it early and get the good stuff or ya miss and eat a pb and J :)

llbriteyes
05-07-2005, 05:30 PM
CORN - Clean out Refrigerator Night

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Tasha405
05-07-2005, 06:25 PM
We call it Hit or Miss...lol. Either ya hit it early and get the good stuff or ya miss and eat a pb and J :)
LOL I like that! :)

cpbaby
05-07-2005, 06:32 PM
Fend For Yourself Night. :)



Yep, Fend For Yourself.

jonette5
05-08-2005, 03:47 AM
We call it MUSTGO night, cuz everything must go one way or the other, be eaten or thrown out.

disneymom
05-08-2005, 03:54 AM
For some reason, we never have leftovers, but I LOVE THEM! I would rather leftovers anyday lol. Thats why I love going to my moms she always has the BEST leftovers and I usually clean her out lol. Left over spagetti is my FAVORITE! It just tases better luke warm and in the fridge for 2 or 3 days, call me weird!

belleofpa
05-08-2005, 10:11 AM
I call it "GOTTA-GOES"