Guest says I starved her <shock>

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Had a relative to stay for a few days, she just wanted to eat all time which we did not expect. I had cooked and baked which she ate (way more than us) then she said she wanted to get up in the night as she was so hungry!

Assuming you were giving 'normal' size portions...

This surely would be plenty for most people??

It would be for me... I would consider myself someone who eats more than average too!

Sounds a rude guest !

@ShinyAppleDreamingOfTheSea

you must spend loads of money on your food shop! Do you never just think oh id rather spend some of that money on other things?

Has she got dementia? I read another thread recently about an older woman who was so starving at a party that she grabbed the cake before it had been served and a lot of people said that this can be a sign of dementia.

Good heavens - You are really finding something that’s not there from two random posts I’ve made tonight! I’m a bit gobsmacked actually. The things some people dream up about others 🤣 Bizarre.

Haha, we tell house guests in advance we won’t be cooking for them in the week.

The guest room has a tiny kitchenette with a fridge, I stock it before they come. eg cheese, fruit, yoghurt, milk, cereal. They always eat out or get a take away. DH and I work too hard to worry about catering for guests.

I think she is rude. She could have bought extra snacks or helped herself from the fridge.

That's a lot of food.

Soup is a drink! Even when belatedly some lentils appear in it

You can't have eaten a decent soup then. Not all soups are thin enough to drink. I make a lovely minestrone thick with vegetables and pasta. You definitely need a spoon to eat it.

OP hasn't been cooking more than three meals a day...

@MyrtlethePurpleTurtle

good! Probably cos she has a life and it would be totally unnecessary

Wow, so people have different eating habits, and some people eat more than others. Hold the front page!!!

"What size of scone are you thinking about that it can be a full meal?"

oh, you know - like the mythical Mumsnet chicken that will feed a large family for many days, before then chicken sandwiches being made for work and school lunchboxes, chicken soup, chicken stick and a bit leftover for the freezer

Of course one scone is a meal... For all us teeny tinies anyway. 😆😋

Or - maybe 2/3rd of that depending on portion size

Or - a Scooby Snack 😆

Exactly

I think I would have just ordered a takeaway with that menu. It's bare bones alright and nothing even remotely appetising. Least she could do would be offer to buy takeaway if she is staying for free and felt hungry or didn't like what was offered.

It's really not splitting hairs.

Portion size is basic and fundamental.

Take pasta. A modest amount of pasta with a basic tomato sauce will weigh in at least than 300 calories. However, Prezzo Pasta Spaghetti Carbonara Al Forno weighs in at 1,405 calories. Now call it splitting hairs, but I have a vague hunch that one is a larger portion size (and more filling) than the other. And to claims otherwise is disingenuous

@Hotpolishcloth

really?? What does an average day of eating look like for you, out of interest?

🤣

Peak Mumsnet - along with the dementia, diabetes and thyroid (??) diagnoses

@MyrtlethePurpleTurtle

still at least 300 calories there. Just cos somethings small and not very filling doesn’t mean it’s isn’t calorific

Really?!
I feel like I eat a lot and that would have been plenty for me (I’m guessing average portion sizes and not a thimble of granola etc)
how is 3 meals and snacks bare bones?

You make the perfect point - small and not very filling

Are you a farm labourer or did you not read the OP's updates?
She has provided plenty of food.

@MyrtlethePurpleTurtle

OP should have just cooked a roast dinner six times a day shouldn’t she