‘Just the meat for me please’ Sunday Lunch issue ’

Nah, hate it when places and people do this! As a milk allergy sufferer, just leave my vegetables alone - hard enough to find something to eat as it is or already be thought of as fussy without slapping butter on everything including something as harmless as vegetables!

😂😂😂

You might think it's 'a simple way of eating' but it sounds unhealthy to me. And it's very inconvenient for other people if he expects other people to cook an extra chicken or something because he's decided not to eat what's provided for everybody else.

I trust that you would not expect this to be catered for, if you were invited to Sunday lunch?

You wouldn’t expect your host to be catering for your “current dietary” requirements?

The gym bunny needs to eat his pile of meat before he comes for lunch.
Then when he comes be polite and civilised round the table like any other invited guest.
I don't/wouldn't be playing or entertaining that ridiculous nonsense.
Triggering to hear people have to endure that when they are kindly laying on a lunch for everyone.

@AnnaPhylax "Mr. Universe" 😂

This thread is brilliant! Can't wait for the update.. might have to pile my plate high with white truffle risotto with extra truffle oil & have a magnum of Bollinger on ice waiting

Oh, I could easily eat a whole chicken. I wouldn't, especially not as a guest, but I could.

A PT recently told me there was no way I had gained 4lb of fat over one weekend break because that would mean I would have had to eat an extra 3,500 cals a day, so around 5000 calories per day in total.

He said it as if that would be hard to achieve, once you add Greggs and vodka to the mix it is frighteningly easy

I’d have to buy a new oven if I was trying to roast 3 chickens and a gammon, no way would all that fit in our current oven!

I'm with you on this. I eat to a protein goal as I do weight training so basically eat lean meat/fish and vegetables and dairy. Mainly whole foods with protein shakes if needed.

It's a simple way of eating and not inconvenient. It suits me very well in terms of satiation and energy levels.

The poor lad probably has no idea this fuss has been made. He'll probably estimate his protein from meat then top up later if needed at his next meal. Once you get the hang of it, guestimating weight and protein content isn't that hard.

I've known of many young lads eat an extra dinner (so 4 meals a day) simply because they are very active and have a high level of maintenance calories. DD's boyfriend will often cook chicken thighs or similar late on in the evening despite having eaten dinner as he gets so hungry. He goes to the gym but doesn't count his protein/macros.

I don't think this is orthorexia.

I ate a whole supermarket rotisserie chicken once, but I was in the privacy of my hotel room after a long flight and it was the easiest option. It was fucking great 😀

At somebody else's house and at their expense though - no.

I don’t know what size ovens people have got, but if i were already cooking 2 extra large chickens and a 1.8kg gammon I would seriously struggle with a third chicken. OP is doing lots of extras as well. It’s generally a pretty tight operation providing plenty of food for a roast for 11 adults. OP sounds like she’s already doing that admirably, why should she be expected to have the facilities of a professional kitchen?

It's hardly monitoring and rationing if one person is setting out to take such a disproportionate excess though

There's a happy medium between rationing and eating an entire chicken to yourself.

An. Entire. Chicken.

Not an entire breast, or a leg and a breast, but the whole chicken. Approximately 1500 calories of chicken. All to yourself.

If he won’t eat the green veg, maybe a side order of Dulcolax?

For one meal? Seriously? Rude.

I wouldn't invite people if I had to monitor and ration what they consumed.

Just meet them at a restaurant so everyone could order, and pay for, what they pleased.

Agree with this.

The indignation and outrage on this thread are off the charts.

FFS just deal with it; if he turns out to be a user/taker then address it. SIL is stirring the pot; she's the one to take umbrage with.

I'd hate to be so mean and stingy pre-emptively.

I am a bit surprised at so many people saying it's only a few extra quid and OP needs to be a better host.

If for example I invited a group of people around for drinks and said that there were x number of bottles of champagne to start so a couple of glasses of that each and then we would move onto prosecco, I would not be impressed by someone saying that they would only drink the more expensive champagne option, thereby taking more than their fair share, or me being expected to buy additional champagne, as a matter of principle

It is not at all like catering GF for ceoliac or other allergies/intolerances

Or should that be ‘meating’ his demands!

Sorry.

A extra chicken would cost you £5 . You could have been a better host imo and choose to make a massive fuss over nothing

You sound like a wonderful host and I’m saving your list of exciting veg!
Cheeky to expect more of the expensive bits, but I think you’re right to be generous.

You sound an excellent host 👏🏼
I could pop round and eat his share of the veg. Sexy is an understatement

He will be fine. Shove some extra chicken in to roast if you want, but I think your sis is just got a bit worked up over her DD having a new boyfriend and trying too hard. A lot of men actually eat like him, but they know how to be guests too. Anyway, never met a man who doesn't like yorkshire pudding.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Oh, thank you for this 😂💪😂

I’d have just got more chicken tbh. It’s not worth getting het up about.

I'm looking forward to the update. I am imaging ten normal people asking about the happy couple about the proposal and the wedding. Studiously ignoring the six inch pile of meat the fiance is chowing down on like the first symptom of the zombie virus is manifesting.