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Fleurdalys · 2024-08-08T16:21:18+00:00

Made a bolognaise pasta sauce type thing with 1 kg of minced beef steak. Onions, peppers and mushrooms added. Have come home from work and DH and DS 18 have polished the bloody lot off leaving me with a measly ladle full of sauce ( pasta was cooked separately for clarification) They are most of that too Twats

LuckySantangelo35 · 09/08/2024 14:26

EI12 · 09/08/2024 08:54

1 kg of meat between two healthy males? Gluttony? I would have been delighted because they would have shown appreciation and I would have been taught a lesson not to be mean and tight when cooking and make a proper amount the next time. I hope it explains it. I despise people mean with food, I despise 'and save the rest for sandwiches for tomorrow'. We are a first world country, mince is not caviar or lobster. Neither is pasta. You don't have to be rich to be generous with food, but to expect 1 kg to last in a household with two men, well, words fail me.

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@El12

exactly how much mince should have op cooked then? Cos it sounds like they would have kept eating and
eating until it was all gone just cos it was there? 2 stone of mince maybe? Would that be enough? And OP can just have a slice of bread or something.

Urgh it’s no wonder we’re having a climate crisis

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Fleurdalys · 09/08/2024 13:27

@ the secret
Dunno I was still in bed when they left
They discovered the frozen wraps
No doubt supermarket will be quids in today with meal deals

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FictionalCharacter · 09/08/2024 13:10

Octavon · 09/08/2024 07:37

Boys and young men who are very active (gym etc) eat a lot
But the point is they could eat a lot of something else. They could eat their dinner then top it up with toast or eggs or whatever if they’re still hungry. That’s absolutely fine. What’s not fine is taking OP’s dinner without considering that they’re leaving her with nothing to eat.

Exactly. Eating a lot - ok, if they need it. Eating all of the food and leaving a tiny spoonful, so there isn't enough for the person who cooked it to have a normal portion - absolutely not ok.

Like PPs I'm appalled at some of the replies here excusing these selfish people who won't exercise a bit of self control. So much so they're happy to deprive their wife and mother of a meal.

dbeuowlxb173939 · 09/08/2024 12:45

That would do 2 meals for us! (2 adults, 13 & 9 DDs), and DH would eat a big portion!

Tell them - they've been inconsiderate not leaving you enough for a proper meal

PoopedAndScooped · 09/08/2024 12:25

FixTheBone · 09/08/2024 09:11

Its not just 500g of meat though is it?

Vegetables, pasta etc....

60g is an adult portion of mince when used with veg etc,

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Ok 😂😂😂😂

CutthroatDruTheViolent · 09/08/2024 11:40

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 08/08/2024 22:51

Horror! I don’t always use real mince either! Once I’ve added pancetta, all the veg and some lentils all is good.

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Why bother purchasing the mince if you're going to dilute it so much with other stuff? Just use a beef stock cube and lentils.

Sometimes I'll add a handful of red lentils into the 1.25kg of meat (plus soffrito) but too much and it changes the flavour and texture.

BernardBlacksBreakfastWine · 09/08/2024 09:23

EI12 · 09/08/2024 09:15

Have you never been taught a lesson by men, women, dogs, cats? I am grateful for all the lessons given to me. I am particularly grateful for the lessons taught by men, in fact, my best teachers have all been men, my physics teacher, my chess teacher - and my skating teacher. And I don't view my dh and my dc as 'men', btw. My dh is one whole with me, my dc is my flesh and blood.

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Sure. Whatever.

EI12 · 09/08/2024 09:15

BernardBlacksBreakfastWine · 09/08/2024 09:02

In fact, there’s something very suspect about this post:

and I would have been taught a lesson not to be mean and tight when cooking and make a proper amount the next time.

Someone all delighted about the idea of a woman being ‘taught a lesson’ by two men. Nice try.

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Have you never been taught a lesson by men, women, dogs, cats? I am grateful for all the lessons given to me. I am particularly grateful for the lessons taught by men, in fact, my best teachers have all been men, my physics teacher, my chess teacher - and my skating teacher. And I don't view my dh and my dc as 'men', btw. My dh is one whole with me, my dc is my flesh and blood.

BrigadierEtienneGerard · 09/08/2024 09:13

DownThePubWithStevieNicks · 08/08/2024 17:22

Bloody hell. I’d expect that to be 8 standard portions!

Eight!

We get 3 out of 1Kg in our house!

FixTheBone · 09/08/2024 09:11

PoopedAndScooped · 08/08/2024 17:57

500g of meat, feeds 7 with some left over?

Wow. They must eat like a bird

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Its not just 500g of meat though is it?

Vegetables, pasta etc....

60g is an adult portion of mince when used with veg etc,

DancingPhantomsOnTheTerrace · 09/08/2024 09:09

1 kg of meat between two healthy males? Gluttony? I would have been delighted because they would have shown appreciation and I would have been taught a lesson not to be mean and tight when cooking and make a proper amount the next time. I hope it explains it. I despise people mean with food

500g of meat each? Yes I would consider that a lot.

Would you consider giving someone a 12oz steak to be being "mean" with food? That's 340g.

BernardBlacksBreakfastWine · 09/08/2024 09:02

EI12 · 09/08/2024 08:54

1 kg of meat between two healthy males? Gluttony? I would have been delighted because they would have shown appreciation and I would have been taught a lesson not to be mean and tight when cooking and make a proper amount the next time. I hope it explains it. I despise people mean with food, I despise 'and save the rest for sandwiches for tomorrow'. We are a first world country, mince is not caviar or lobster. Neither is pasta. You don't have to be rich to be generous with food, but to expect 1 kg to last in a household with two men, well, words fail me.

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In fact, there’s something very suspect about this post:

and I would have been taught a lesson not to be mean and tight when cooking and make a proper amount the next time.

Someone all delighted about the idea of a woman being ‘taught a lesson’ by two men. Nice try.

EI12 · 09/08/2024 08:58

Sharptonguedwoman · 08/08/2024 23:30

Maybe you have a bigger food budget. I wouldn’t be feeding the foxes, I’d be feeding the freezer.

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I don't have a bigger budget, I am just a shit homemaker, that is all. But I do NOT chuck steaks and salmon for the fox, in my defence.

BernardBlacksBreakfastWine · 09/08/2024 08:56

EI12 · 09/08/2024 08:54

1 kg of meat between two healthy males? Gluttony? I would have been delighted because they would have shown appreciation and I would have been taught a lesson not to be mean and tight when cooking and make a proper amount the next time. I hope it explains it. I despise people mean with food, I despise 'and save the rest for sandwiches for tomorrow'. We are a first world country, mince is not caviar or lobster. Neither is pasta. You don't have to be rich to be generous with food, but to expect 1 kg to last in a household with two men, well, words fail me.

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I think you’ve already told us once that you’d be delighted. No one’s buying it.

EI12 · 09/08/2024 08:54

LuckySantangelo35 · 08/08/2024 21:13

@El12

gluttony and selfishness would “delight” you? Really? Why?!

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1 kg of meat between two healthy males? Gluttony? I would have been delighted because they would have shown appreciation and I would have been taught a lesson not to be mean and tight when cooking and make a proper amount the next time. I hope it explains it. I despise people mean with food, I despise 'and save the rest for sandwiches for tomorrow'. We are a first world country, mince is not caviar or lobster. Neither is pasta. You don't have to be rich to be generous with food, but to expect 1 kg to last in a household with two men, well, words fail me.

BernardBlacksBreakfastWine · 09/08/2024 08:54

Leanmeansmitingmachine · 09/08/2024 08:14

I’m actually quite disgusted at the greedy men on this thread, shovelling in everything there is, trying to take their partner’s tiny share (penis portions seems to be a thing here for some reason), grabbing things out of unattended pans and eating a whole week’s worth of food without a thought, a total lack of impulse control, needing to be mothered like a child so they don’t eat a whole family’s worth of food…

And so many women making excuses for it. (He’s a ‘good guy’, he has a physical job, he’s just a bit thoughtless…?!) What the fuck?! I’m so glad my husband is an adult who can cook, portion, eat appropriately and doesn’t completely disregard my need to eat as well. 🤯

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Completely agree with all this.

LuckySantangelo35 · 09/08/2024 08:49

DownThePubWithStevieNicks · 09/08/2024 07:14

Given OPs update that they have 4 ham and cheese wraps each for lunch, and even giving benefit of doubt that they have a modest breakfast and not a box of cornflakes and litre of milk each…

They are having about 3500 calories, excluding any snacks and drinks. The manual labour would have to be very taxing to burn that off!

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It DOESNT burn it off!!

exercise burns far less calories than what people think.

Leanmeansmitingmachine · 09/08/2024 08:14

I’m actually quite disgusted at the greedy men on this thread, shovelling in everything there is, trying to take their partner’s tiny share (penis portions seems to be a thing here for some reason), grabbing things out of unattended pans and eating a whole week’s worth of food without a thought, a total lack of impulse control, needing to be mothered like a child so they don’t eat a whole family’s worth of food…

And so many women making excuses for it. (He’s a ‘good guy’, he has a physical job, he’s just a bit thoughtless…?!) What the fuck?! I’m so glad my husband is an adult who can cook, portion, eat appropriately and doesn’t completely disregard my need to eat as well. 🤯

Leanmeansmitingmachine · 09/08/2024 07:44

HunterDuke · 08/08/2024 17:28

I once cooked an entire side of salmon, left it in the oven and went for a shower. It was to be mixed with quinoa, veg and portioned out for a week. Came downstairs and my OH was finishing it off. The whole.bloody thing. He doesn't like salmon much. If I am cooking I need to be there at plating up or he would eat everything - literally everything in the pans or in the oven. It's insane.

Jesus. Is there something wrong with him? Why does he behave that way?! Is he devoid of any sort of rational thought?

Octavon · 09/08/2024 07:37

Boys and young men who are very active (gym etc) eat a lot
But the point is they could eat a lot of something else. They could eat their dinner then top it up with toast or eggs or whatever if they’re still hungry. That’s absolutely fine. What’s not fine is taking OP’s dinner without considering that they’re leaving her with nothing to eat.

Thesecretingredientiscrime · 09/08/2024 07:19

Fleurdalys · 09/08/2024 06:34

They take four wraps each for lunch

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So what happened with the wraps?! 👀

DownThePubWithStevieNicks · 09/08/2024 07:14

RosyappleA · 08/08/2024 23:51

Boys and young men who are very active (gym etc) eat a lot. For men working manual labour jobs and having just a wrap at lunch that doesn’t sound like a lot to me, maybe not every day but after a particularly tiring day. If they had office jobs it would be completely different. They should have left more for you though.
I have a friend who has 3 boys and she always comments on how she can’t keep up with feeding them and how I am lucky I have girls. They are lean and very active. I mean I wouldn’t want anyone in my house to go to bed hungry. Maybe find cheaper ways to get the calories in, yes if money is an issue.

Given OPs update that they have 4 ham and cheese wraps each for lunch, and even giving benefit of doubt that they have a modest breakfast and not a box of cornflakes and litre of milk each…

They are having about 3500 calories, excluding any snacks and drinks. The manual labour would have to be very taxing to burn that off!

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Fleurdalys · 09/08/2024 06:34

RosyappleA · 08/08/2024 23:51

Boys and young men who are very active (gym etc) eat a lot. For men working manual labour jobs and having just a wrap at lunch that doesn’t sound like a lot to me, maybe not every day but after a particularly tiring day. If they had office jobs it would be completely different. They should have left more for you though.
I have a friend who has 3 boys and she always comments on how she can’t keep up with feeding them and how I am lucky I have girls. They are lean and very active. I mean I wouldn’t want anyone in my house to go to bed hungry. Maybe find cheaper ways to get the calories in, yes if money is an issue.

They take four wraps each for lunch

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Koulibiak · 09/08/2024 01:24

Growlybear83 · 09/08/2024 00:40

@Koulibiak Where in earth do you find a side of salmon that feeds six or seven people , with leftovers for another meal? 😆😆😆. I've yet to see a side of salmon that would feed four and not leave them feeling a bit peckish.

A side of salmon is typically 1.3 to 1.8 kilo. Maybe you are buying half sides?

Octavon · 09/08/2024 00:43

I’d be really angry. Not about the amount they ate, but about the selfish inconsiderate greed of not leaving some for me. It implies they don’t give a shit if I have nothing to eat. If they were hungry they could have eaten their share and filled up on something else.