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To think this is a perfectly fine evening meal?

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IroningThrone · 14/04/2024 17:46

Had porridge at about 7am this morning and have been busy all day. Have just made myself tea (see pic) and my aunt (who is staying with me for a few days) has made me feel really bad about it - apparently it's too much food and a "greedy meal"

Aibu to think it's fine as an evening meal?

It's four new potatoes, boiled and crisped in the pan with a little olive oil (not how I'd usually have them with a salad type tea, but they were still a bit hard!), two slices of cheese, a tablespoon of fat free cottage cheese/coleslaw, two slices of ham, and a bit of salad cream (plus the salad leaves)

To think this is a perfectly fine evening meal?
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ImWearingPantaloons · 14/04/2024 18:00

It looks fine.

Eat it in front of your aunt only using your hands whilst never breaking eye contact with her.

Greywitch2 · 14/04/2024 18:00

That doesn't even look that large! As pp said, it's mostly salad.

Your aunt is rude. Even if it was a massively greedy portion it's damned rude for someone else to comment on it. Awful behaviour from her.

AcheyBreaky · 14/04/2024 17:59

Megapint · 14/04/2024 17:52

That's more than fine. Looks bloody handsome!

I've never heard a plate of food described as handsome but I'm bloody well going to steal it to use going forward! As for the plate in question, of course it's not too much, but even if it were that's nobody's concern but yours.

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IroningThrone · 14/04/2024 17:59

Sunquest · 14/04/2024 17:57

What did your aunt have ?

A slice of brown toast I think! She once insisted that me and my cousins shared a single choc ice - between four of us!

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Movinghouseatlast · 14/04/2024 17:58

That's a tiny meal. I'm on a diet and I'd eat that and lose weight.

Sunquest · 14/04/2024 17:57

What did your aunt have ?

Anywherebuthere · 14/04/2024 17:56

Your Aunt is rude to be commenting negatively on your meal.

The food looks fine and even if it didn't she shouldnt be commenting on it.

Notsuretoputit · 14/04/2024 17:55

I honestly thought it was too little. Definitely not too much.

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IroningThrone · 14/04/2024 17:54

She's always been weird about food, all of my life! Usually I just ignore her but sometimes she makes me feel like crap. She's heading home on Tue, thank goodness!

No lunch - I'd usually have a sandwich or some soup but today had been one of those days when time got away from me and I didn't realise how hungry I was until I stopped! 😬😂

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BaronessEllarawrosaurus · 14/04/2024 17:54

I'd still be starving if all I ate was that and porridge, she's not taking into account you're full day

HideTheCroissants · 14/04/2024 17:54

It would be too much for me but my tiny DD would easily eat that for her evening meal. So not greedy for someone with a normal appetite. Love the sound of the potatoes - I may try doing some like this later this week…..

NavyTiger · 14/04/2024 17:54

Looks delicious and fgs pipe down auntie potatoes look beautiful yummy yummy enjoy and make sure you have a pudding 😂

Candleabra · 14/04/2024 17:54

That looks like a lightish lunch to me. It’s mostly salad veg. There’s not too much substance in cottage cheese and a slice of ham. It looks very nice. Your aunt is either tiny, has no appetite or serious food issues (or trying to put you down).

JustWhatWeDontNeed · 14/04/2024 17:54

I usually eat 1.5 meals a day and the full meal is a mountain.

Ignore your aunt and her intrusive food issues.

ObliviousCoalmine · 14/04/2024 17:54

I've just had a steak and 1/3 of a tub of gelato. Tell her to bugger off.

Vegetus · 14/04/2024 17:53

I usually have the leftovers of the chicken I cooked 4 weeks ago and a huge salad.

Changingplace · 14/04/2024 17:53

Your aunt is very rude! It’s a perfectly fine tea, and has a really good mix of carbs, veg, protein- and even if it didn’t it’s none of her business what you eat!

MuggleMe · 14/04/2024 17:53

That looks like a great tea and not actually enough to make up for missing lunch.

LoveSkaMusic · 14/04/2024 17:52

It looks fine to me, if a little odd to have hot potatoes and cold meat!

Megapint · 14/04/2024 17:52

That's more than fine. Looks bloody handsome!

graceinspace999 · 14/04/2024 17:52

Looks lovely- what did your aunt have that was so virtuous?

Wafflefudge · 14/04/2024 17:51

Doesn't seem like very much to me. I'd still be hungry.

FrannieGallops · 14/04/2024 17:51

It’s fine. Makes me a bit nostalgic for a 1980s Sunday evening ‘tea’ (this is exactly what we’d have had as kids after a Sunday lunch).

Spencer0220 · 14/04/2024 17:51

Looks lovely. Not too much.

EveryoneJapan · 14/04/2024 17:51

And who asked your Aunt for an opinion? Tell her to do one.