As the holidays are beginning to fade into the annals of our memories, perhaps the only physical remnants are the decorations still waiting to be taken down. Maybe it’s new scattered toys, already abandoned by your bored children. Or it could be what’s still lurking in your refrigerator — leftovers!

Yes, those delicious, do-over delectables that keep calling out to you to come finish them off and put them out of their misery. And we gladly do so, not only to enjoy them again and again, but to get out of having to cook up new stuff. You know you’re guilty; admit it.