Would you change your menu choice?

[Icefoot]

Every Sunday morning I go for a run with friends then to the cafe for breakfast. I have fried eggs and bubble and squeak.

While we were running last week, one topic of conversation was our favourite dinner. Mine involves mashed potato. I didn't realise, but my friend has such an aversion to mash that the talk of it led to her being physically sick at the side of the road. She definitely has food issues, her diet is very limited, but I didn't realise she felt like this about mash.

I didn't realise, but now I do, I can't order bubble and squeak, (essentially fried mashed potato) can I?

i think you should carry on. She clearly hasn’t had an isssue with it before so why change now. Plus the fact it’s fried means it’s not necessarily that smooth creamy texture that she might have the aversion to.

I'm not sure what bubble and squeak is but it sounds like a kind of fried potatoe cake made using mashed potato. Assuming that is what it is, that's a completely different thing to mashed potato.

I have a bit of a phobia about mash. I get the heebie jeebies just looking at it but wouldn't actually get sick. I would gag if I tried to eat it though. I will always avoid looking at a plate with mash on it if I'm eating with someone who is having mash. A fried potato cake is firm on the outside and if eaten reasonably normally, the mash inside wouldn't be visible to anyone so should not be a problem.

Well that was my plan, but most people here seem to be less sympathetic.

I'm a vegetarian. The thought of prawns or liver for example, make me feel queasy. I haven't actually thrown up though as when I'm out dining I'm only interested what I'm shovelling into my own mouth and the person next to me could be Hannibal Lector tucking into someone's boiled head, I couldn't care less.

Imposing your own problems on others is pathetic.

She can choose to sit at another table and wear dark sunglasses and a peg on her nose if she doesn't like your food choices.

Do not pander to her.

Sorry not sorry -

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