How many mince pies is it acceptable to eat in one day?

[ABitCrapper]

Just asking for a friend.....

Ok I fell better, but you are forgetting the spoonfuls of homemade mincemeat that get eaten every time I go in the cupboard when're the big bowl of mincemeat lives!

My girls love them and a strange part of me tries to convince myself they are vaguely healthy as they have lots of dried fruit in them (mine do at least!)

I rather think if it is 35 in one day - today - you are in for a very long night !

That's what Imodium, in large quantities, is for!

Imodium of course ! Never taken it. May need to stock up if it is such a wonder drug as to deal with this potential scenario

I ate half an Aldi GF iced Christmas cake bar the other day for breakfast. And the rest for dinner.

I convinced myself it was a ore Christmas detox the next day

I ate 3 today. 😪🤢I think that's too many.

My homemade ones are about half the size of shop ones, so obviously I should double any of the numbers quoted here.

At one point (years ago) we had a lodger. We knew her vaguely before she moved in but were oblivious that she was an anorexic binge eater. I helped with various youth groups and spent a day about 150 mince pies for the many Christmas parties that were coming up. I went out one evening and when I cam home the lodger said " I hope you don't mind but I had a couple of mince pies."

A Couple!! From the far side of the room I could see that the huge towering pile of over 150 was massively depleted. She eaten over 30 of them in just a few hours.

Can I gently suggest that more than 10 per hour is excessive? Of course, if you can keep them all down, crack on.

I haven’t even had one yet this Christmas. That’s just not right is it. Must rectify that tomorrow.

As for how many is too many? The number that makes you ill -1

Yep! You'd be surprised what anorexic binge-eaters can keep down. Although you're sure she wasn't bulimic? As binging anorexia is rather rare in my experience of both being one, and talking to hundreds of people with eating disorders over the years, although I recognise a few hundred isn't very many in the grand scheme of things.

That said, when I'm in a binge-phase it's scary what I can put down. 25+ filled doughnuts?

As many as it takes to finish your tea/ coffee.
Obviously your cup will need refilling.

Well I suppose if one starts eating them at 5am?.....

None . Food of the devil 👿 unlike coffee ice cream 🍨..... (thank you previous house owner for leaving your freezer in the garage for mass storage 😍)

As many as you can!

I thought it was 6 until I bought a box of 12 the other day.

Turns out it's 12.

It's Christmas Eve @ABitCrapper so restrictive behaviour goes out the window with the mince pie wrappers and boxes. You go girl, throw in ample booze of your choice although probs best to wait until after lunch for that!