When it was all over — when the wishbone was snapped and the turkey unstuffed — we groaned under the massive quantities of food we managed to consume at the Thanksgiving table. But today — "Leftover Friday" — we'll dig in to the remains of our dinner, tucking into plastic-wrapped bowls of mashed potatoes, treating pie as a breakfast food or crafting turkey sandwiches with the rest of the bird. Then tomorrow we'll convince ourselves that those leftovers are starting to get a little mangy, because, let's face it: We're really over Thanksgiving food. And then we'll throw it away. Americans toss about $165 billion worth of food a year — almost 40 percent of our calories, according to the...
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