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In a cafe, and a woman has just complained (funny)

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QuestionableMouse · 15/11/2022 12:15

She'd ordered a bacon sandwich and it's just been delivered to the table. She's now moaning because her bacon sandwich has a tiny crumb of black pudding on it. And she doesn't eat pork.

I feel for the poor staff having to explain which animal bacon comes from 😬

(And no, there's no vegan bacon on the menu so not a mix up!)

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AutumnCrow · 16/11/2022 09:08

00100001 · 16/11/2022 08:57

Umm cows milk cheese, or goat cheese? Because it's actually really difficult for me to understand what kind of cheese you might be using and what animal that may have come from.

Why are you excluding sheep milk and camel milk. And reindeer. I think that's extremely culturally insensitive and you should go and hang your head somewhere. And water buffalo, that's another one. [That's enough milks - ed.]

KettrickenSmiled · 16/11/2022 09:09

sashh · 16/11/2022 04:42

Teaching teens I am not suprised what people don't know. I've quoted this before

Me: Did you say pheasant (wondering what was said as it was a health and social care class)
Student: No Miss. What's a pheasant?
Me: It's a bird, you can eat it
Student: (Look of disgust) Uhg! Who'd eat a bird?
Me: Do you eat Chicken?
Student: Yes (pause while she thinks, cogs turn other students start to giggle, then she laughs)

Yep 17 years old, and had not realised that the chicken you eat is the same as, well a chicken.

17 years old, & the ability to accept she's wrong, & laugh at herself with good grace.

Cafe Woman & some PP should be taking notes ...

steppemum · 16/11/2022 09:12

I seriously like black pudding.
And offal.
kidneys, liver, fried hearts.

It is delicious. And I agree with pp that says if you morally are happy to eat an animal (and I am) then you shoudl be prepared to eat all of it. Don't waste it.

The only one I did draw the line at was a dish in Indonesia which is made of fried intestines. Like sausage skins with no filling. No, couldn't wat that one.

Sadly, I am not that keen on bacon. Smells lush, tastes disappointing.
Much prefer a good sausage.

KettrickenSmiled · 16/11/2022 09:13

Oh blimey - just in case - that was NOT a pop at you @sashh - top anecdote 😁

KettrickenSmiled · 16/11/2022 09:15

AutumnCrow · 16/11/2022 09:08

Why are you excluding sheep milk and camel milk. And reindeer. I think that's extremely culturally insensitive and you should go and hang your head somewhere. And water buffalo, that's another one. [That's enough milks - ed.]

Do not forsake the yak @AutumnCrow

MavisChunch29 · 16/11/2022 09:21

ChiefWiggumsBoy · 15/11/2022 17:04

Well if we’re going to be really pedantic, latte just means milk in Italian.

My dad always chunders about how a ‘latte’ is what he always called ‘milk with a dash’ - the dash being Camp Coffee! Grin

Clearly, but I'm in England. If I were in Italy I'd have something else.

Flapjackquack · 16/11/2022 10:04

KettrickenSmiled · 16/11/2022 09:15

Do not forsake the yak @AutumnCrow

Do not forsake the yak 😂😂😂

InMySpareTime · 16/11/2022 10:17

That's reminded me of Monsters Inc and the Abominable Snowman:

"Yak's milk is very nutritious if you pick the hairs out"

Labnehi · 16/11/2022 10:21

This thread has everything! Bonkers Pork Woman
The whack-a-mole wokerati coming up with every patronising excuse in the book
The twatty World Wide Nomad who also doesn't know that bacon is by its very definition pork.
The silly bint who thinks Karen isn't a slur and thinks anyone who knows it is is a tearful snowflake
The crazed theologist who tried to explain jewish and muslim dietary laws to jews and muslims, and got it epically wrong but still thinks they are in the right
The sad foamless cappucino....

Chefwithnolife · 16/11/2022 10:25

mam0918 · 15/11/2022 13:44

Well I feel a little dumb now, as a life long veggie (because Im allergic to a protein in most meats) I for some reason always though Black Pudding was made from sheep (sheep stomach with blood and rice I thought).

Now I feel like 9 pages of people are laughing at me for not knowing my breeds of meat lol.

Don't feel bad, I constantly have to explain different cuts of meat to my children.

Veal is always the one that upsets them. 🤔

sashh · 16/11/2022 10:30

KettrickenSmiled · 16/11/2022 09:13

Oh blimey - just in case - that was NOT a pop at you @sashh - top anecdote 😁

No, I got that.

Buggersticks · 16/11/2022 10:39

Great thread, I laughed and laughed 🤣

sueelleker · 16/11/2022 10:39

MavisChunch29 · 16/11/2022 09:21

Clearly, but I'm in England. If I were in Italy I'd have something else.

Milk was what my SIL's friend got when she asked for a latte in Italy!

IndysMamaRex · 16/11/2022 10:40

ivykaty44 · 15/11/2022 13:03

we had a couple who regularly purchased sour bread, then once a week would purchase the soda bread.

Then one day they explained they were vegan....

😂😂😂 I wonder if they still are non the wiser

AutumnCrow · 16/11/2022 10:40

Labnehi · 16/11/2022 10:21

This thread has everything! Bonkers Pork Woman
The whack-a-mole wokerati coming up with every patronising excuse in the book
The twatty World Wide Nomad who also doesn't know that bacon is by its very definition pork.
The silly bint who thinks Karen isn't a slur and thinks anyone who knows it is is a tearful snowflake
The crazed theologist who tried to explain jewish and muslim dietary laws to jews and muslims, and got it epically wrong but still thinks they are in the right
The sad foamless cappucino....

And yak milk. Don't forget the yak milk. You get absolutely admonished round here otherwsie.

Morestrangethings · 16/11/2022 10:41

CopOut27 · 15/11/2022 12:49

@AnApparitionQuipped

Sometimes people get things wrong and it’s nothing to do with cultural difference or ageism or sexism or learning difficulties or mental health or disability.

Sometimes people have a little giggle at that because it’s funny and because all of us at some point have made a silly mistake too. There is enough to be serious about in life. If you’re so upset and can’t understand a lighthearted thread then leave it. We don’t need lecturing to.

I so second this!

I’ve said/thought some foolish shite in my life. But we have to be able to laugh, at it, and ourselves, and take some delight in the ridiculous.

IndysMamaRex · 16/11/2022 10:45

QuestionableMouse · 15/11/2022 13:37

Unfortunately I don't have a satisfying conclusion for you all. Husband came back in she wrapped her scone up and they've just left! 😕

I need to shift too unfortunately!

Gutted 😂😂 cos I’ve just read 5 pages of this!..Some people. They walk among us, they really do! …ask the staff next time your their & you can all have a giggle

Funkyblues101 · 16/11/2022 10:48

steppemum · 16/11/2022 08:50

I lived in Kazakhstan for 8 years.
about 50% of the population are Kazakh ie muslim.
about 50% come form other places, mostly Russian, some Korean, some Chinese and then from the other stans.

Russians and Chinese (mostly) eat pork. They love pork.
Kazakhs who are traditional usually don't eat pork.
many Kazakhs don't stick to the religious guidelines and eat pork.

vast amounts of pork are sold in Kazakhstan.

Bacon - both beef and pork is common.
White pork fat is sold as a delicacy
a type of sausage, like a bologna sausage is very much part of the staple diet. You can buy it in beef or pork versions.

So every place selling meat either raw, cured or cooked will tell you if it is pork, beef or horse. All sold next to each other along with kidneys, liver, heart, etc etc.

I live in an Islamic Republic where pork is forbidden but bacon is still noted as eg. Turkey bacon on menus. People want to know which meat they are eating!
In the UK, only a (rather clueless) short term visitor would not expect "bacon" to be pork bacon. Anything pretending to be bacon would be listed as eg. Vegan bacon.

Morestrangethings · 16/11/2022 10:55

carefulcalculator · 15/11/2022 12:59

I really wish I was there, instead of just reading about it.

I just want a bacon sandwich.

Blueeyedgirl21 · 16/11/2022 10:59

My cat is sat here crying and shaking because you haven’t included cat milk

sick of ignorant people who don’t even understand other cultures , typical brits

Emotionalsupportviper · 16/11/2022 11:01

QuestionableMouse · 16/11/2022 01:04

I guess I technically live in Teesside and can see sheep from my window. There's a cow out there yelling right now.

Is it small, or is it far away?

Just curious.

Blueeyedgirl21 · 16/11/2022 11:02

@QuestionableMouse THERE ARE NO LIVESTOCKS IN TEESSIDE , you’re telling porkies …

QuestionableMouse · 16/11/2022 11:03

Emotionalsupportviper · 16/11/2022 11:01

Is it small, or is it far away?

Just curious.

The cow or the sheep? The cow is far away, but my house is next to a farm so there's sheep in the field behind me.

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QuestionableMouse · 16/11/2022 11:04

Blueeyedgirl21 · 16/11/2022 11:02

@QuestionableMouse THERE ARE NO LIVESTOCKS IN TEESSIDE , you’re telling porkies …

Porkies, eh? 🤔🤔🤔

I'm pretty good with animals. They're sheeps not porkies 😂😁

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KettrickenSmiled · 16/11/2022 11:04

And yak milk. Don't forget the yak milk. You get absolutely admonished round here otherwsie.

I know right @AutumnCrow - it's like some bossy, humourless gits round here reckon they're hanging out in AIBU. Also ... acknowledge the bison, you colonialist bastard.

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