What do you guys usually do with leftovers?
So this issue has been going on our house from years. Whenever we come to our grandmother's place, my mother usually makes the food or helps my grandmother in the kitchen. As a marwari family, food is made in good quantities so that everyone can help themselves to 2nd servings or as required.
My mother doesn't like wasting food but my grandmother doesn't care much about it. So when my mother says that let's make it in less quantity, everyone is very wary that someone else might want the 2nd servings(as less quantity usually means there is 2nd servings for 2-3 people and not everyone ) and at the end no one ends on taking it.
The leftover fridge goes into the fridge. At night, either me, or my father or my mother eats them. My grandmother only eats the freshly made food.
This goes on usually for a week or two, and then my mother gets frustrated that why should I only finish the food that was made before.
The thing is, my grandmother doesn't feel like food should not be thrown, and here in this area, there are many cows, so she simply feeds them or throws it in the dustbin.
My mother on the other hand, strongly opposes it, even to the point that she definitely does not want to eat that food or she is bored of it, but she eats it so that it does not get thrown and if it gets thrown, she gets angry and frustrated because she simply cannot stand it being thrown.
My mother also expects from my grandmother to also help in finishing foods and not always going for the fresh ones but, the thing is, my grandmother will not change.
So what can be done to keep the peace in the house?