I used to use the same tactic when I was a student.
(, Wed 13 May 2009, 19:24, archived)
to throw out the excess without feeling like it's a waste of money.
Of course there's still the Starving Armenians and the threat of no dessert and whatever other childhood demons continue to make you feel the compulsion to eat ALL your dinner...
(, Wed 13 May 2009, 19:27, archived)