On 8/22/2017 4:42 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> On 8/22/2017 4:07 PM, graham wrote:
>> On 2017-08-22 1:48 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
>>> Well, it's not just me. Other people can taste off notes in leftovers:
>>>
>>> <http://www.seriouseats.com/2017/08/what-is-warmed-over-flavor-leftover-chicken-meat.html>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cindy Hamilton
>>>
>> Nor just me!!
>> I detect it strongly in any re-heated meat. My father was the same.
>> Therefore, I have never understood people extolling the virtues of
>> re-heated leftovers after xmas.
>> Graham
>
> Depends on the leftover and how it is reheated. I took leftovers for
> lunch for years and rarely had a complaint. You do lose the crispness
> of skin though. Stick something in the MW and crank it up to overheat
> and yes, you get poor results.

Yes, it depends on the leftovers. Chicken (especially breast halves or
reheated fried) is notoriously easy to ruin. If it's already well done,
reheating them in a microwave is going to turn them into crap.

A nice piece of beef, OTOH, initially cooked to no more than med-rare,
can easily be reheated (gently). Or a tough roast cooked in gravy or
stock. Especially if gravy is involved

I used to take leftover chuck roast with gravy, mashed potatoes and some
sort of vegetable to work for lunch. It reheated just fine in the
microwave. No funky taste.

My taking home-cooked leftovers to work got a bit annoying when one
young co-worker (22 year old) noticed I brought real food for lunch! I
mostly ate at my desk and read a book. The breakroom was entirely too
noisy with people trying to talk over the television on the wall. Too
distracting to decompress with a book and enjoy my leftovers lunch.

Anyway, shortly after this young man was hired in the department he
noticed I ate lunch at my desk. Leftovers from home. Homemade freezer
meals. I think he was surprised because he didn't know you could do
things like that. LOL

He'd stop by my desk practically every day on his way out to buy a fast
food lunch, asking what I'd brought. It to be a little bothersome.

Jill