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!

Maybe with some bread, cheese and salami on the side it might even be lunch.

No

It would feel that way to me!

breakfast
morning tea
lunch
afternoon tea
dinner
snack
late snack

thats a lot.

No of course not.

She’ll now have to stay for a year! 😀

okay, was just giving bare bones here
Breakfast - porridge/granola, greek yog, fruit/ eggs
11am - scone/biscuits with coffee
Lunch - veg/pulse soup. bread, cheese, salami
3pm - scone/biscuits tea
Dinner - Spag bol/curry etc
Sweet treat, coffee
Supper - toast
I did feel it was rude to say they felt starved!

This update?

Yes I did and none of it remotely appealing except maybe the Spag Bol or curry, like I said, I would have ordered a takeaway.

You sound quite picky.
I always check dietary preferences with guests and make sure that I make meals they will enjoy.

That is a huge amount of food for a single day.

Is she very obese?

Class. Literally.
Being honest this is what I thought. But I daren't say it.

Baffled. What on earth do you eat, then?

Ha ha 🤭

We have soup for dinner once a week. We’re not starving.

I can't get over the thinking that soup can't be a decent filling lunch, especially if there's already been something for breakfast and there will be a cooked meal in the evening. A sachet & boiled water cuppa soup on it's own maybe not, but even a decent tin of cream of chicken/tomato/pea and ham etc with a crusty roll on the side would fill me up in the middle of the day.

And OP has said that she makes her own soup rather than using tinned. My cousin makes a decent soup for a lunchtime meal; diced veg like potato, swede, carrot, parsnip, whatever has been growing in the poly tunnel like squashes, seasoned with home grown herbs, maybe some lentils or barley. Definitely not a drink and you need a spoon, but not thick enough to count as a vegetable stew. Pair that with a slice of home made bread, and my problem isn't feeling hungry, more hauling myself out of the chair afterwards. Keeps us going all day on the farm.

I feel a few people on this thread are either grossly exaggerating how much they eat, or they are being economical with the truth and they do something very high energy all day as an occupation.

I make a roasted veg and lentil one that’s filling
even tinned tomato soup with a cheese toastie on the side is filling to me

A big bowl of soup with a handcut slice of low gluten rye mix bread fills me up beautifully in the winter.

Anyone who says that is not enough food is taking the piss quite frankly.

In what world is porridge and granola not cereal. She was just giving a ball park figure of what was eaten not each and every crumb

OP, Ive read all your posts and a couple of pages of the thread, cant be bothered to read the rest of the predictable competitive overeating claims

You say she said this to your sister who then relayed it to you. Is there any chance she was being sarcastic or tongue in cheek to relay that she was extremely well fed, perhaps overfed (I get this accusation from people who eat way more than me!) and your sister has not realised or misheard, or misunderstood something.

In any case, I wouldnt worry

Precisely, of course they are cereal. I had porridge with fruit and yogurt for breakfast today, porridge is definitely cereal, it's oatmeal.

Yes, maybe your dear guest is an emotional over-eater or a comfort eater? Maybe she's going through an especially difficult or even traumatising time at the moment?
I'm praying for you both 💚🙏💚

God Bless You
If your cousin sincerely felt starved, I'm sure she wouldn't be visiting you again so immensely soon 🤗

It was the inclusion of fruit & yoghurt & eggs. If you think that is the same as a bowl of cereal fair enough.