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Or are they just greedy bastards?

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Fleurdalys · 08/08/2024 17:21

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

OP posts:
I5itm3 · 08/08/2024 20:32

Jesus! My husband is a tank, and that would still do us two dinners for two adults and two little kids and a baby.

MyOtherCarisAVauxhallZafira · 08/08/2024 20:31

I think there will be discrepancy here about what people put in a Bolognese, an onion, mince and a jar of dolmio you will eat more meat. I use 1kg mince 2 rashers of smoked bacon, 3/4 large carrots, 3 large mushrooms (the Portobello/large field mushroom size), 2 large courgettes (can't use celery DH is allergic), 2 red onions all finely diced, 4 cans of chopped tomatoes, garlic, oregano, tomato puree and some water and cook it slowly for 3+ hours tweaking the seasoning along the way, wine if I have any open.
My kilo of mince will go much further than if it was just meat and jarred sauce

TortillasAndSalsa · 08/08/2024 20:27

That would do us 2 days. I cook for 4, 2 adults and a 9yo and a toddler and have half one day and half the next. They should of left you some that much between them is plain greedy

MyOtherCarisAVauxhallZafira · 08/08/2024 20:25

That's a pound of beef each, most people would consider four quarter pounder burgers greedy and a Bolognese has added veg and tomatoes etc.
It's greedy and selfish.

ChildlessCatLadiesRuleOK · 08/08/2024 20:20

Greedy and inconsiderate 🐷🐷

Sweetpeasaremadeforbees · 08/08/2024 20:20

He would eat EVERYTHING if I let him. He has no idea of portion control. He would literally stuff his face. No self control.

I'm not sure I could live with someone like that, I'd find it such a turn off.

cannellonies · 08/08/2024 20:17

GiddyNavyJoker · 08/08/2024 20:12

Wow, greedy sods! I've recently got in the habit of using 50% beef and 50% pork in ours. Tastier and cheaper 😊

Just no. Not for bolognese. Meatballs yes.

Runnerinthenight · 08/08/2024 20:16

cannellonies · 08/08/2024 20:06

Same here. Please feel free to share your recipe roughly!

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2lbs mince, 4 large carrots chopped into tiny piece, 2 tins chopped tomatoes, tube of tomato puree, minced onion (some of us don't like actual onion just the flavour), 2 stock cubes, Italian herb seasoning, bacon! A portion for me is 1.5 small soup ladles.

Oblomov24 · 08/08/2024 20:16

I used to like the Sainsbury's 1 kg of mince packs. I'd buy 2, ie cook 2kg of mince and batch cook it into a dinner, plus a few bags of spag bol, for the freezer. Now I don't like, so don't buy these new air tight packs of 500g or 1kg at Sainsbury's.

Jeannie88 · 08/08/2024 20:15

Yes, greedy shits, how rude! Next time make something similar but swap mince with mealworm, tomatoes with chillies, oh and add anything else you can think of that won't harm but prove a point 😉 😀

Alternatively stop cooking, their turn, then you eat/hide/freeze the same portions. Xx

Sweetpeasaremadeforbees · 08/08/2024 20:15

I'm not even sure I have a pan big enough for 2kgs of mince. I usually use 450g of mince plus onions, mushrooms, small pot of soffrito, can of toms plus a cup of passata and that feeds me, DH and teenage DD and leaves a large portion for DH to have with a jacket potato the next day. So 4 decent portions - I'd expect 1 kg to do 8 portions. DH and DD like to have a lot of pasta with it.

OP of course your DH and DS were greedy bastards, I hope you got a decent apology from them (and fair play on the wrap hiding).

lovelysunshine22 · 08/08/2024 20:13

TheBizzies · 08/08/2024 17:42

Mince is the new magic chicken I see

Thats exactly what i was thinking 😂

GiddyNavyJoker · 08/08/2024 20:12

Wow, greedy sods! I've recently got in the habit of using 50% beef and 50% pork in ours. Tastier and cheaper 😊

Barney16 · 08/08/2024 20:10

I cook normal portions for us, 2 adults. I always give OH more, so he gets 2/3, I have 1/3. I tend to put his on his plate first and there have been many occasions when he has tried to take my third before I have put it on my plate. He would eat EVERYTHING if I let him. He has no idea of portion control. He would literally stuff his face. No self control.

cannellonies · 08/08/2024 20:10

If there is only a little bit bolognese left it’s delicious on white bread with a sliced tomato and cheese, grilled in the oven.

LoneHydrangea · 08/08/2024 20:10

Gluttons. And inconsiderate.

GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 08/08/2024 20:08

cannellonies · 08/08/2024 19:48

What veg do you use apart from carrots, celery, onions and lentils out of interest?

Finely chopped mushrooms.

I’ve also been known to add very finely chopped swede. A good knife is essential!

cannellonies · 08/08/2024 20:07

Waffle78 · 08/08/2024 20:03

Yep their greedy barstewards I hope you ordered yourself a takeaway and eat it in front of them.

I’m sure her spag bog was much nicer than a takeaway tbf.

Waffle78 · 08/08/2024 20:07

MorvernBlack · 08/08/2024 19:53

My DH does stuff like this. We can't have meals where you help yourself from serving bowls, as he will take more than his share. Plus I will cook extra, so I have a meal sorted for another day and then find he's gone back for seconds and polished it all off.
He is morbidly obese, before anyone suggests he's being deprived.

I used to have to freeze leftovers or GB ex would have it for breakfast. He was also really stingy contributing to food. So I wasn't letting him have more than his fair share.

cannellonies · 08/08/2024 20:06

Runnerinthenight · 08/08/2024 20:03

^This!! I use 2kgs of minced steak for 5! Now there's usually some leftovers, but...!!

My spag bol is legendary in our house!

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Same here. Please feel free to share your recipe roughly!

cannellonies · 08/08/2024 20:04

MorvernBlack · 08/08/2024 19:53

My DH does stuff like this. We can't have meals where you help yourself from serving bowls, as he will take more than his share. Plus I will cook extra, so I have a meal sorted for another day and then find he's gone back for seconds and polished it all off.
He is morbidly obese, before anyone suggests he's being deprived.

Put what you want for you in lunch boxes before you eat, and leave what’s left?

There is no way in hell my dh wouldn’t leave more than enough for whoever isn’t there to eat.

Runnerinthenight · 08/08/2024 20:03

Nap1983 · 08/08/2024 17:54

Its both greedy and ver inconsiderate of them, id be raging!
I am however astounded how far some posters can make 500g of mince stretch…

^This!! I use 2kgs of minced steak for 5! Now there's usually some leftovers, but...!!

My spag bol is legendary in our house!

Waffle78 · 08/08/2024 20:03

Yep their greedy barstewards I hope you ordered yourself a takeaway and eat it in front of them.

allthemiddlechildrenoftheworld · 08/08/2024 20:02

@Fleurdalys so they each ate 1lb of mince and you got the remaining 0.2lb!!! they are really awfully inconsiderate!!! I wouldnt be making them any food for the next week!!!

Growlybear83 · 08/08/2024 20:00

Bunny44 · 08/08/2024 19:36

Are the people eating these quantities very overweight or very tall out of curiosity? I had an ex who was very tall and ate very large amounts because he needed to.

My husband and I and both of average weight and height - I'm 5' 6" and he is 6'1". We're not particularly active, my husband is retired and I'm semi retired, so we're both knocking on a bit.

If I'm making bolognese I would add a couple of onions, three largeish carrots, lots of tomatoes, and a glass of red wine. I would also use 500g of mince if I'm making a cottage pie for the two of us, or a chilli. I've always allowed for 250g of meat per person for a main meal.

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