Am I cooking shit or being stingy??

yep.

I generally think of myself as quite greedy but always do 70-75 g of pasta per person and use 500g of mince in a Bolognese which lasts 3 people for 2 nights ie 6 portions! I wouldn't really have liked the breakfast options but rather than complain and laugh I would have just eaten it then gone to a shop and bought cereal/ bread/ croissants/ whatever as extras for the next morning. Even if they didn't think it was enough food or what they're used to they are unbelievably fucking rude and tight.

😭 okay no! But I am a good host.

When hosting people, offer them good quality food and a good amount of it.

I'd be pissed off if I went to a restaurant and they offered me a watery, vegetabley bolognese with a tiny bit of pasta!

You host, you offer plenty of food, and make it as best you can!

That said, as i said, there seems to be more to the story here, and they havent been polite themselves

Given the only words that poster used were fatty and tasty with plenty of garlic bread and pasta I dont see how you can say that's repulsive. You have literally nothing to do off

They’re extremely rude and very entitled.
However, that spaghetti 🍝 does sound very stingy to me, tbh.

None of my family would eat porridge or yoghurt for breakfast. I’ll be really honest and say that I’d expect some toast to be available. Do you not have any bread there?

What was the discussion about food before you went on holiday? Did you say that you were going to do all the cooking/catering?

If so, you should really have established the sorts of foods that everyone likes.
No, I am not being cheeky here. If I had invited my family to stay with us, I’d want them to enjoy it therefore I’d ask them. Particularly the children.

If there was no discussion about how the food aspect of the holiday was to be arranged, then that was a bit daft of all of you. It’s not like you were going to a hotel where there would be choices.

I do think they’ve been really rude, though. Maybe they’re just hungry!
But yes, they can go and organise their own food.

Welcome to mn, the under eaters Olympics

When someone else is hosting you, you don't insult the food. Especially when they're providing you with a free holiday.

As others have asked, how were they planning to feed themselves if they hadn't come with you on holiday (for free)? Maybe food costs more where you are now, but surely they can afford something they'd be willing to eat.

No good deed goes unpunished eh?

They are incredibly rude and unreasonable because you have no obligation to be feeding them at all so any complaints are unreasonable. Stick to your boundaries, they are welcome to your food if they are polite, or they can cater for themselves separately.

I wouldn't call you stingy - you have been incredible generous to include them - but appetites are variable so if I was cooking for 7 I would plan meals that I was confident would actually feed 9 and plan for there to be leftovers (usually then incorporating those into soups or salads later in the week if not needed). In my family the smaller/slimmer people are generally happy with 75g pasta but the larger and more active/muscular would consider 100g to be a minimum portion with 100g meat

The OP isn’t hosting them!!! She’s on holiday FFS..

Shes hosting them on holiday! I am not saying she should cook every meal!

But you are hosting - offer a good solid breakfast, and maks sure your meals are tasty and filling enough for people to be groaning at the table!

you know porridge has carbs don't you?

50g of dry oats cooked into porridge: about 170–190 calories, 30–33g of carbs, 5–6g of protein, and 3g of fat.

when i make a bolognese, its fatty, tasty
which one? fatty OR tasty? Because it's unlikely to be both

Your post to the OP was weird.

They weren't at a restaurant, they were in the holiday home that OP had paid for, eating food that OP had paid for and then made. In that circumstance you are bloody grateful for what you get. You might think yourself a good host but you must be a terrible guest!

Ultimately it is your holiday, you've done the food shop and seem to be paying for everything, you can eat what you like.

If I was servng a bolognese to guests Id do plenty of pasta, garlic bread, Id probably make it fairly meaty, however you arent hosting these people, they are essentially crashing your holiday. If someone provided me with a free holiday no way in hell would I moan about the food provided, and if I wanted specific things for breakfast Id bring them! They are being incredibly rude

That's the recommended portion size. It's what DH and I have each and it's plenty. Have people lost sight of normal portion sizes??

Fatty and tasty are the correct adjectives

Honestly - if you have to break down the calorie contents of PORRIDGE offered to your guests - you are not being a good host.

Next time op, head to waitrose (or aldi) and pick up a load of breakfast stuff

Pastries
Pancakes
Bread
Bacon
Eggs
Sausages
Tomatoes
Black puddding if thats your thing
good butter
Fruit
Jam and marmalade
Lots of juice
Tea
Coffee (if youve got a machine/cafetière) - if not, offer to uber eats in a Starbucks

Edit following below comment - maybe rich is what I meant. Just good quality bolognese, we know how this tastes (well some of us do, going by this thread!)

'Fatty' isn't a very appealing description - I've never heard it used positively. I appreciate that the poster may actually have meant 'rich'.

When hosting people, offer them good quality food and a good amount of it.

I like pastries, I can't stand fry up and would much rather granola than a fry up if there's no alternative option.

I never once seen a "watery" pasta dish with "a tiny bit of pasta" even when my kids were learning to cook 😂

I don't believe your posts are genuine

They expected all inclusive food on their free holiday? They are rude CF.

No, be a better host, at least for the first night!

I wouldnt dare insult someone but I do see why theyre not fans of the food offered

And I also ask about the background to this, as there seems to be a backstory

She invited them on holiday - that doesn’t mean she has to cook a variety of meals three times a day.

I disagree that if you invite people on holiday with you you are suddenly ‘hosting’ them. That’s 7 people and three meals per day. Not a great holiday. Why can’t everyone muck in? Why can’t the husbands cook? Why can’t her sister pop to the supermarket?

It’s a family holiday that the OP has already paid for them. They are getting a free holiday!

You BAKE on holiday??!

OP are either or your sister or bil good cooks. Could you and them do a big shop and they cook for all of you?

It sounds like they have bigger appetites than you generally and prob have less healthy options day to day.

The bigger issue I expect is they’re expecting “holiday food” and you’re providing normal home cooked meal. On holiday some people expect treats, big portions, BBQ, etc.

Given that the sister and BIL are getting free accommodation, I think if anyone should be going out with long shopping lists it's them, not OP.

They truly sound like a bag of dicks (including your husband).

I do think there should have a been a discussion about food beforehand though. Were you expecting them to chip in or was it agreed you would also cover all food as well? Did you ask them what sort of things they like to eat for meals or just hope they would eat the same things in the same amounts as you? Did you bring extra food to accommodate them or are you stretching out what you have?

If I were to be honest, the portions would be too small for our family, and the breakfast wouldn't go down well as we tend to have a more substantial and savoury meal.

That being said, if you were footing the bill for our holiday, and providing and cooking the food, we would be eternally grateful and telling you it's the best damn food we ever had.

I assume if they had stayed at home they would have had to buy food for themselves so they should use that money to buy some food. They shouldn't have spunked it all away on crap and then complained about not having enough money to keep doing food shops.

I wouldn't want to cook again for the ungrateful arseholes either.