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Made the lasagna without the lasagna

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 13:26

What to do?

Just prepped for dinner, did all the mince with tomatoes, onion etc and made the cheese sauce, boiled some potatoes and went to get the lasagna sheets and don’t have any.
Not feeling 100% so cba going to the shops, how can I make it into a proper meal? I have some pasta I could use instead, but what about the potatoes? Save them for tomorrow 🤷🏻‍♀️

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ALittleDropOfRain · 05/01/2026 14:42

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:20

Does bechamel not have cheese in? I melt butter, flour, milk, then add grated cheese…I thought the cheese was the whole point, this thread is confusing 😂

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Béchamel is a white sauce, sometimes called a roux. It’s flour, butter and milk, flavoured with a little nutmeg. I add a tiny bit of mustard to mine.

It‘s the base of a homemade cheese sauce, which you make by adding a hard, sharp grated cheese to (Cheddar works very well).

As we‘re debating terms, I‘d learnt that cottage pie and shepherd’s pie are nearly the same thing, but the former was made with beef mince and the latter with lamb mince.

titchy · 05/01/2026 14:41

If you have a rolling pin and some spaghetti you could boil the spaghetti, then lay each piece tightly next to each other in lasagne sheet sized groups, press firmly with the rolling pin so they all stick together and hey presto - lasagne sheets!

JoshLymanSwagger · 05/01/2026 14:41

Anonanonanonagain · 05/01/2026 14:39

I thought all schools went back today?

Not here, school is cancelled due to snow.

PassportPanicFuuuck · 05/01/2026 14:40

takealettermsjones · 05/01/2026 14:37

Is this your first day on earth or something?! You are pulling our legs, aren't you 🤣🤣🤣

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Genuine LOLs at this.

ISpyNoPlumPie · 05/01/2026 14:40

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:38

They’re really soft, they’ll crumble, they’ve been boiled

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Crumble you say? What about mince crumble and ice cream? You could even make your own ice cream with the CHEESE SAUCE. Delicious.

Anonanonanonagain · 05/01/2026 14:39

I thought all schools went back today?

RampantIvy · 05/01/2026 14:39

@Brainfogtothemax You have very rigid ideas about this and are reluctant to take on some of the excellent suggestions on this thread.
I sense that these is something else going on.

Failing that, you will just have to go to the shop and buy some lasagne sheets.

PassportPanicFuuuck · 05/01/2026 14:39

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:29

Because a pasta dish or pasta bake with potatoes too just seems odd

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Well yes...

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:38

takealettermsjones · 05/01/2026 14:33

I'm now getting weirdly hung up on the potatoes being too soft to slice... Were your family planning on swallowing them whole?!

They’re really soft, they’ll crumble, they’ve been boiled

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DappledThings · 05/01/2026 14:38

Duckiewasthefirstniceguy · 05/01/2026 14:37

This is now my favourite windup thread of all time. I’m a little bit obsessed.

Same. It's quite well done but on the verge of being overdone. Like the potatoes.

ISpyNoPlumPie · 05/01/2026 14:38

Gosh the OP is tiresome but some of the responses from other posters are very funny. So thank you OP…in a way.

Mt563 · 05/01/2026 14:38

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:36

It really isn’t??!

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So do pasta bake and potatoes!

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HolyFocacciaa · 05/01/2026 14:37

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:29

Because a pasta dish or pasta bake with potatoes too just seems odd

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But a lasagne is a pasta dish…?

takealettermsjones · 05/01/2026 14:37

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:34

In winter?

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Is this your first day on earth or something?! You are pulling our legs, aren't you 🤣🤣🤣

Duckiewasthefirstniceguy · 05/01/2026 14:37

This is now my favourite windup thread of all time. I’m a little bit obsessed.

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:36

AhBiscuits · 05/01/2026 14:31

People are very uncomfortable with the potatoes. If you order lasagne in a pub or something, it will frequently come with chips or garlic bread. Adding another carb isn't that odd.

It really isn’t??!

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JoshLymanSwagger · 05/01/2026 14:36

takealettermsjones · 05/01/2026 14:33

I'm now getting weirdly hung up on the potatoes being too soft to slice... Were your family planning on swallowing them whole?!

Or you could put them on a skewer and have Potato Lollys?

Namechangeforthis88 · 05/01/2026 14:36

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 13:49

What-mash and the pasta too? -seems weird

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Dude! You were the one that brought potatoes into a lasagne neal in the first place! No one else! Now you're all "Potatoes? With pasta?". That is what you yourself put on the menu.

SerendipityJane · 05/01/2026 14:36

WonderfulSmith · 05/01/2026 14:33

But pub lasagne is a different thing. Lasagne with chips in a pub - fine. Home - no. Don’t ask me why, I don’t make the rules.

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The beauty of home cooking (done properly) is that there are no rules.

Imisscoffee2021 · 05/01/2026 14:35

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:32

Why is it bizarre though?? I’ve had this since childhood

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Lasagne and chips with a side salad is a common meal at family style restaurants so not sure why you're getting so much flack op! It is double carbs but ... so what 😅

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Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:34

sittingonabeach · 05/01/2026 14:28

Can you make potato salad with the potatoes, not necessarily to be eaten with the pasta dish

In winter?

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DappledThings · 05/01/2026 14:34

Brainfogtothemax · 05/01/2026 14:32

Why is it bizarre though?? I’ve had this since childhood

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It's medium odd. It's magnified into totally bonkers because of your insistence that pasta dish + potatoes is totally fine and normal as long as the pasta is flat and rectangular. As soon as the pasta is in any other shape you declare it unacceptable.

JoshLymanSwagger · 05/01/2026 14:33

HumbleStumble · 05/01/2026 14:29

Duck à l’Orange?

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Sherry Trifle with mash?

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