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Is Saturday Night ....

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CharliesAngels81 · 18/04/2023 18:56

Light hearted thread. Me and my partner always have discussions about this but is Jacket Potato a Saturday night dinner/tea?

I say it's not but partner disagrees x

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Beezknees · 19/04/2023 05:57

No, Saturday night is pizza!

Usernamesarenoteasy · 19/04/2023 08:09

I don't understand what would be different about a Saturday night dinner vs the rest of the days?
A jacket potato with beans and cheese is dinner any night of the week!

ifonly4 · 19/04/2023 08:28

Here it's our lunch. DH would want more than a jacket potato for his main meal, so as Saturday is the only day we don't work, we have it for our Saturday lunch together. Saturday evenings, I tend to do something a bit more special from scratch, usually with a bottle of wine.

Monkeybutt1 · 19/04/2023 09:09

Usernamesarenoteasy · 19/04/2023 08:09

I don't understand what would be different about a Saturday night dinner vs the rest of the days?
A jacket potato with beans and cheese is dinner any night of the week!

A lot of people, myself included tend to have a more special or treat tea on a Sat night.

mindutopia · 19/04/2023 09:25

Saturday night is when we pull out the nice dinner that takes time to prepare. We routinely have jackets on a Wednesday nearly every week.

BeginningToLookALotLike · 19/04/2023 09:26

Saturday lunch yes.

Saturday night no, unless you wanted an easy quick dinner before going out.

slimdown · 19/04/2023 09:39

I don't understand what would be different about a Saturday night dinner vs the rest of the days?

More time to prepare for one thing so I'm more likely to be happy to cook a lasagne on a Saturday night or a pie, or try something new which I wouldn't do from scratch mid week when I have less time and am more tired from working.

Also, it's the weekend, feels like a time to have "treats" as opposed to jacket potato and beans, we'll spend more on our weekend food, so we'll spend more on meat, a joint for example. Will have a dessert, which we don't do mid week.

It's just a good way of balancing calories, money and time, to save the more "indulgent" foods for the weekend.

shakeitoffsis · 19/04/2023 09:39

Jacket potato is a lunch time meal no way a Saturday night.

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