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Old 05-19-2009, 01:13 PM   #58
Urbane Guerrilla
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Originally Posted by Tiki View Post
It's homemade leftovers that suffer. Also I have this neurosis about leftovers; if I don't eat something when it's freshly made, it's not food. I can't bring myself to eat it. . . Completely ridiculous, and it leads to a lot of food going bad. I know it's related to OCD but I just can't see going on medication for something that trivial.
Ya shoulda had something happen to you like what happened to a maternal ancestor of mine. George Austin Corey of Massachusetts fought in the Civil War, got captured by the Confederates at Cold Harbor, I think, and did six months in Andersonville.

He survived, though down to skin and bone. Let's just say the experience thoroughly affected Grandpa Corey's attitude about leftovers. It's family lore that he never allowed food to be thrown out for the rest of his days: "Leave it there, I'll eat it for breakfast," he'd insist. And he would.
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