Bread.
Leftover cheese is not tolerated in my house, and is dealt with quickly and mercilessly by whoever is feeling a bit peckish.
But there's not much one can do with a solo slice of bread outside of adding stuff to it.
Bread.
Leftover cheese is not tolerated in my house, and is dealt with quickly and mercilessly by whoever is feeling a bit peckish.
But there's not much one can do with a solo slice of bread outside of adding stuff to it.
Leftover... cheese? I know what each of those words mean individually, but put them together like that and you've lost me.
We're in Germany. There's always more bread.
Cheese and a slice of sausage is a breakfast. Bread optional.
Yeah who needs those carbs anyway. Protein is where it’s at.
Bread would be worse because I’m less likely to want to eat just bread. It’s also minimal because why care about bread? I might eat it simply because I don’t want to get up to find a place to dispose of it. If there were extra cheese I’d just eat it
But I reject this scenario: a more realistic and relatable one would be crackers and cheese. It’s also philosophically more of a challenge since crackers are valuable bread
I’ve personally faced the cracker conundrum before. Leftover brie feels odd, because you shouldn’t just throw it in the fridge and forget about it. If that ever happens, I’m obligated to buy some more crackers the next day.
Leftover crackers are fine though, because they have a long shelf life. Brie doesn’t.
However, you can always put an extra thick layer of brie on a salt cracker to make the numbers match. However, if they’re grossly mismatched, it’s better to have leftover crackers IMO.
I think it would actually be the opposite because leftover cheese means you could have previously just made a sandwich with extra cheese but now you're stuck with cheese and no bread. Leftover bread is no big deal because you can just toss it without a care or have some fun feeding wild birds which means it can't be the worse option.
The premise is flawed. I would not only count them properly in the first place, but continue to keep tabs whilst I supped, and adjust ratios as necessary in order to avoid unpaired leftovers.
That is a valid approach too.
Having not scanned your history, are you German? That sounds like something a German would say.
No, but I've been mistaken for one before. Und Ich sprech ein bißchen Deutsch.
Neither is a problem, leftover cheese will just get eaten as a snack if it's not enough to keep until I go to the shop next (I usually go every other day for something since it's a 2 min walk)
Leftover bread just becomes a piece of toast with some butter (I basically always have it in, and get the replacement before I totally run out). Tbh with a coffee that's just my normal breakfast some days anyway
You always have a toaster and butter on the train?
I've gotta be honest I somehow missed the entire context added to the body, but OP gave a good answer anyway
I screwed up the original post. It went to a pretty quiet community, and I tried to fix that by cross posting it here, but I screwed up that as well. Initially, it was just a title and a picture, with no extra details. As soon as I realized that, I quickly copied the original body here as well. However, many people had already replied by then. Oh well…
No need, if you have a normal kitchen at the destination.
I don't understand: leftover cheese? I always use exactly as much as I have at home.
Bread. Cheese never makes it
Leftover broad is worse. Leftover cheese is edible on its own.
100% this; cheese on its own is always a wonderful snack.

I knew someone would figure it out. Top tier detective skill!
Yeah.
I sure love to eat rye bread.
My wife no so much Of me Eating it Before bedtime
I'd rather have cheese if I'm on a train and don't need carbs for fuel. If I was riding a bike, I might feel differently.
If there's a disparity in your bread/cheese supply, you could stretch it out by only eating one slice of bread at a time, folding it over a whole piece of cheese (also folded).
Im perfectly fine with both :3 I'll eat the leftovers either way ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Leftover bread is worse because im eating whatever left and cheese is nicer than bread.
Unless its awful cheese or super premium bread.
Maybe I do just buy nice bread, because I'd happily eat slices of it plain. Unless it's square bread, but im kinda assuming by the thumbnail picture we're talking proper bread
Dark rye bread, round, pre sliced.
I can definitely devour some dark rye bread :3. Or alternatively take it home and make fried bread snacks. Either way bread is not any more of a problem than cheese to me
Hold on .. you could have made a grilled cheese and just ate both as is??
Do you bring a griddle with you on the train?
You don't??
You guys get bread and cheese?
How can leftovers be annoying? They're food and you have them in case you get hungry.
Together, they’re awesome, but one missing is a bit disappointing. There’s clearly a synergy between these ingredients, like peanut paired with chocolate. Each flavour is individually just fine, but together they create something far superior. Being forced to settle for fine is just disappointing when the memory of something far nicer is still fresh in your mind.
When I'm at the deli, I tend to order by the slice so that I have exactly the right amount of everything for the sandwiches I plan to make.
Ultimately, I wouldn't blindly throw cheese and bread in a bag to bring along on a trip. I would only count out the exact amounts I need. However, if I made a mistake and there was an imbalance, it would not be an issue because I have no problem eating either bread or cheese on its own.
I am realizing right now that my daughter would consider all of that to be evidence of autism. Which I still deny because I have not been diagnosed as being on the spectrum. In my opinion, it's just rational sandwich planning.
Ha ha, my wife accused me of that as well, because of this exact scenario.
…. But eating sandwiches is very predictable: why wouldn’t you order exactly the slices you need for a week?
Bread, unquestionably. Cheese is fantastic on its own. Bread kinda depends on the quality of the bread, but I'd prefer any quality cheese over low-quality bread.
Rarely happens, I freeze bread and consume cheese fast enough. But bread would be more annoying, I can make breadcrumbs but I don't use that too often (so that will have to go to the freezer too)
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