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Sick of “it’s too hot to eat people”

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Monteah · 27/05/2026 11:29

Anyone else surrounded by this performative nonsense. Both dh and his mum (staying with us as she has building work going on) pull this crap.

Yesterday we had scrambled eggs and toast for lunch. I snacked on sardines to hold me over to dinner. So not much food at all. Dh and MIL probably snacked more than I did. When I asked dh to go bbq the chicken I had marinated for dinner both he and his mum said they couldn’t possibly eat cause of the heat. Like wtf. We still need energy. MIL is not slim. It’s just bizarre and annoying.

Im a size 8 and still require dinner. Ordered food in for myself in the end.

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Tink3rbell30 · 27/05/2026 14:36

It is too hot to eat. The thought of cooking and eating hot food or ordering from a sweltering takeaway where who knows how hot the food the food gets when stored in there is an ick.

DilettanteRedRagger · 27/05/2026 14:28

ChopstickNovice · 27/05/2026 12:02

I doubt it would be too hot to eat people if you were hungry enough

Absolutely. You can eat people warm or cold. I prefer a nice people ceviche in this weather.

incidentally · 27/05/2026 14:28

😋

Sick of “it’s too hot to eat people”
NeverDropYourMooncup · 27/05/2026 14:28

ruethewhirl · 27/05/2026 14:24

Do the skins need pricking though? 😄

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If they're high meat content, probably not, but if you're going for the full crackling experience, you'll need to singe all the hairs off first, stab repeatedly with a salad fork and massage in olive oil, Rosemary and sea salt - I think that's available from John Lewis cosmetics departments and Booths for those who live further north.

Pasithean · 27/05/2026 14:27

OtterandaRock · 27/05/2026 11:31

Take them out of the freezer for emergencies. As any good prepper kno.

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Perfectly fine although the cooking method has to be correct and the temp. Not too hot. As the telecoms engineer found out this morning when he turned up to dig up our garden.

LeedsLoiner · 27/05/2026 14:25

VickyEadie · 27/05/2026 14:01

"It's too hot to eat" is not a sentiment I have ever understood (and I lived in Greece for several years, where summers are very long and VERY hot - zero impact on my appetite). I strongly suspect that if I arrived in hell I'd be asking for directions to the buffet.

Surely in hell it would be a barbeque rather than a buffet ?

ruethewhirl · 27/05/2026 14:24

Babyboomtastic · 27/05/2026 14:06

But people are so easy to prepare in this heat. Just pop them outside for a bit to finish the slow cooking process. Apparently we are a bit like pork, so I'm thinking slow roasted pulled humans.

Don't forget the bread and a massive salad.

Do the skins need pricking though? 😄

OtterandaRock · 27/05/2026 14:19

FoodYUMyum · 27/05/2026 14:16

As Noel Edmonds one said:
Britain is too full….

After you…

This is why David Cameron was confused 🐷💋💓

OtterandaRock · 27/05/2026 14:16

VictoriousPunge · 27/05/2026 14:11

YABU for turning 'snack' into a verb. It was a bad enough word when it was only allowed in the noun department.

YAalsoBU for not responding to the amusing posts picking up and running with your accidental suggestion that you eat people.

But YANBU for wanting some actual dinner.

Eating a snacc
Hot

GardenTable · 27/05/2026 14:16

It's not performative nonsense. If people don't want to eat then that's up to them.

BBQing food in 34 degree heat sounds like a miserable thing to many people.
'Oh it's hot, let's eat hot food around a fire'.

OP was OK with DH standing in the sun besides a hot BBQ.

But -
OP didn't want to make the house hot by having the oven on inside.
OP couldn't be arsed to stand in the sun besides a hot BBQ herself.

OP telling u all she's a size 8 and her MIL 'is not slim'.

OP is a first time poster.

If this isn't a load of goady bollocks I will eat a hat/person.

FoodYUMyum · 27/05/2026 14:16

As Noel Edmonds one said:
Britain is too full….

After you…

VictoriousPunge · 27/05/2026 14:11

YABU for turning 'snack' into a verb. It was a bad enough word when it was only allowed in the noun department.

YAalsoBU for not responding to the amusing posts picking up and running with your accidental suggestion that you eat people.

But YANBU for wanting some actual dinner.

BorneBackCeaselesslyIntoThePas · 27/05/2026 14:10

Well this topic does sound like a modest proposal 😃

NeverDropYourMooncup · 27/05/2026 14:09

molevalleyfanclub · 27/05/2026 13:53

Delicious. If any leftovers could then add some lentils to make MIL last until next weekend.

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Depends upon the particular MIL, I guess. Mine would have been the equivalent of a quail and requiring significant marinading with gin to get anything much out of her, whereas DP's would have comfortably fed nine for a month with some redcurrant jelly to offset the inherent bitterness and a Pepto-Bismol smoothie for afters.

Babyboomtastic · 27/05/2026 14:06

But people are so easy to prepare in this heat. Just pop them outside for a bit to finish the slow cooking process. Apparently we are a bit like pork, so I'm thinking slow roasted pulled humans.

Don't forget the bread and a massive salad.

Youhadrambledonfor18pages · 27/05/2026 14:06

yabu.

I’m a size 16 and sometimes feel too hot to eat in weather like this. It’s not performative, it’s how I actually feel.

Seems you don’t realise that different people feel differently about things.

Yellowworm45 · 27/05/2026 14:05

Omg
Where is my head at
I thought this was about sex ..

Peanutbutterkitty · 27/05/2026 14:03

AuContrairePubicHair · 27/05/2026 11:30

Is there a temperature at which it's ok to eat people?

Oh i came here to say exactly this!

StabiaGirl · 27/05/2026 14:02

I don't think it unreasonable that your husband refused to bbq the children.

VickyEadie · 27/05/2026 14:01

"It's too hot to eat" is not a sentiment I have ever understood (and I lived in Greece for several years, where summers are very long and VERY hot - zero impact on my appetite). I strongly suspect that if I arrived in hell I'd be asking for directions to the buffet.

UpperLowerMiddleClass · 27/05/2026 13:56

The people who loudly declare this (rather than just eating a bit less and getting on with lives) do seem very performative to me. Not least as in my experience they’re often the same people who then go on all inclusive holidays to 30C Mediterranean resorts and eat and drink non stop for two weeks!

suki1964 · 27/05/2026 13:55

Monteah · 27/05/2026 12:04

Didn’t want the oven on heating the house up

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And for that type of meal Id not dream of dirtying the BBQ, Id have thrown them in the air fryer which is ideal for cooking drumsticks and wouldn't have heated up the kitchen let alone a whole house

MyDeftDuck · 27/05/2026 13:55

“Ordered food in for myself in the end” .……..and I hope you fended them off with a cattle prod whilst you enjoyed your food.

My appetite does decrease in the warmer weather but I agree, we need to eat……..just smaller amounts of lighter food. Fluids are key and I find if I drink plenty of water I can manage a meal……..very little water and I feel crap, sickly, banging headache and no appetite!

OtterandaRock · 27/05/2026 13:55

People are not oysters. You don't have to wait for a month that has an 'r' in its name.

Pushmepullu · 27/05/2026 13:53

We see to eat more in the heat! When we are on holiday we seem to be capable of having a larger than normal lunch then a 2 course meal. We never refuse the little cakes or fruit the restaurants give out either.