"Gary" > wrote in message ...
>
> I'm with you, Jill. Any leftovers come home. I actually do NOT enjoy
> eating
> in a restaurant. I prefer to eat in the comfort of my own home. And...oh
> all right...I enjoy watching tv while eating. I'm allowed to do this now
> that I'm no longer married. heheh
>
> For that reason, I always get take-out. And as I rarely do that, I
> usually
> over order for a meal. I'll get something for a dinner but I always order
> more to have leftovers for a second meal the next day or at least two
> snacks. I have never ordered a one-meal-only takeout.

The older I get, the more I want to eat at home. I liked dining out when I
was a kid. In those days, most places had big salad bars. I love salad
bars! Now none of the good restaurants have them. And the few that do, do
not have good salad bars.

I do not like taking food home though and never do, unless my husband is
home and it is something he will eat. For instance, one place has a soup
and salad which I will get. But it comes with a giant muffin. I don't eat
muffins so if he's around, I don't get it. But if he is here, I will take
the muffin to go. That's about the only thing I'll take.

Angela will take things though. When we go out for Chinese, she can never
finish her fried rice. So she will take half home. And often when we go
for Mexican food, she will take half of that home too. But once we did ask
the owner of one place if he could make her a smaller portion. And he did!
And he charges less. So now she usually does that. But once in a while she
will want the leftovers for the following day.

When we lived in NY, we discovered that most all of the restaurants gave
HUGE portions! We once went to an Italian place when my parents came to
visit. Even the child's portion that my daughter got was huge! So we
immediately asked for a large box and each of us took half of the food off
of our plates. We took this home for my husband who was working late. We
each ordered a different thing so he could try it all.

When we were moving to NY, we stopped at an Amish restaurant in Wisconsin.
I noticed that the tables all had this server on them that had three
compartments. Each one had a salad in it. There was pea salad, coleslaw
and I can't remember now what the third thing was. I wanted it. Didn't see
it on the menu. So I asked the waitress about it and said that I wanted to
order it. Instead of telling me that everyone got one and it was free, she
just said, "You want to ORDER one?" Gave me an odd look and brought us two!
I felt a little stupid then. But there was so much to eat just between that
and the bread basket, my daughter and I didn't even order a meal. We just
ate those things. And I think I might have ordered her a fruit cup. I can't
remember what my husband got but it was huge.