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A hill you will die on.

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GreenEyesIsBack · 19/02/2026 15:04

Mine is amongst others that carbonara should only ever be made with long pasta, none of your penne, or fusili nonsense.

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exhaustDAD · 19/02/2026 21:30

Devilsmommy · 19/02/2026 21:29

No, I will die on this hill. Custard improves many a cake😁

Maybe it's because custard does the heavy lifting where the cake should be working? I mean... I can eat a dry leaf too, if you drench it in caramel, for example.

borntooobewild · 19/02/2026 21:32

Devilsmommy · 19/02/2026 20:57

Pineapple should only be on a cocktail stick with a cube of cheese as far as I'm concerned

Pineapple is only okish in a fruit cocktail!

Devilsmommy · 19/02/2026 21:32

exhaustDAD · 19/02/2026 21:30

Maybe it's because custard does the heavy lifting where the cake should be working? I mean... I can eat a dry leaf too, if you drench it in caramel, for example.

But it also complements some. One of my faves is a hot golden syrup cake with custard and it's just so bloody divine🤤

LeafyMcLeafFace · 19/02/2026 21:33

Devilsmommy · 19/02/2026 21:29

No, I will die on this hill. Custard improves many a cake😁

Custard makes anything it touches inedible; it is disgusting. Only made worse if it’s cold.

Procrastination4 · 19/02/2026 21:33

Bread sauce is gross.
Tinned fruit does not belong in a trifle.
A scone is pronounced to rhyme with “phone” not “gone”.
Text messages (🙈😂)should have correct punctuation and words spelled in their entirety.

BatchCookBabe · 19/02/2026 21:33

RollOnSunshine · 19/02/2026 21:24

When I eat out I want my food served on a plate. Not a fucking chopping board.

Or a piece of slate!

A hill you will die on.
A hill you will die on.
Benchdogs · 19/02/2026 21:33

DragonsAndDaffs · 19/02/2026 20:50

Cauliflower cheese and gravy should never be on the same plate!

I agree. Only because I grew up on cauliflower cheese, by itself - and was about 25 when I learned that it is often served as a side dish…to roast beef of all things.

I’m 55 now and still can’t get my head around that.

Devilsmommy · 19/02/2026 21:34

FloralSpray · 19/02/2026 21:29

Some foods taste differently depending on container or cutlery.
I am convinced white wine I have at home tastes better in the glasses with long green stems.

I get this. The best cups of tea I've ever tasted have always been in a china cup

Devilsmommy · 19/02/2026 21:34

LeafyMcLeafFace · 19/02/2026 21:33

Custard makes anything it touches inedible; it is disgusting. Only made worse if it’s cold.

Cold custard is pure rank I agree

PeloMom · 19/02/2026 21:35

Brewtiful · 19/02/2026 15:44

How is it not a holiday? The UK is made up of so many different places and lots of historically interesting sites. Why is travelling to see them not considered a holiday?

Right? People from all over the world travel to the UK for their holidays

ThiagoJones · 19/02/2026 21:37

ImWearingPantaloons · 19/02/2026 15:37

Yorkshire puddings belong with roast beef. Only.

Matcha is disgusting and smells of liquidised grass clippings.

Combining with another post above, we usually have roast beef for Christmas dinner so Yorkshire puddings absolutely do belong on Christmas dinner!

Dappy777 · 19/02/2026 21:38
  • There are too many people on this planet. In 1900 there were a billion of us. By 1960 there were three billion. Now there are eight billion and we’re heading for ten billion. OK, Europe’s birth rate is dropping, but Africa’s population is going to double, just as climate change is causing chaos. On top of that, we’ll soon have drugs and nanobots to slow and even reverse the ageing process, so people won’t be dying and making room.
  • Dogs are better than cats.
  • Foreign language films are better than the mawkish, woke, dumbed down drivel churned out by Hollywood.
  • Shakespeare isn’t funny.
  • People who modify their car so it makes a loud, screeching, exploding sound should have it seized and sold and the money should be used to repair potholes.
  • Football is a boring game generally played by ignorant, charmless thugs, most of whom can barely string a sentence together. Also, the World Cup is a hideous orgy of cheating and nationalism.
  • Bob Dylan is overrated.
Freda69 · 19/02/2026 21:38

PersephoneParlormaid · 19/02/2026 21:21

No such thing as cis.

Unless you’re a chemist.

Mumtobabyhavoc · 19/02/2026 21:38

Changedname9999 · 19/02/2026 20:59

Apparently Leo is gay and the young girls are beards looking out for their careers. Don’t know why he wouldn’t just say though?

The only info I found was a reddit thread with someone positing a theory including his DL partner is likely Toney Mcguire. 😂🤦‍♀️

ThiagoJones · 19/02/2026 21:38

Benchdogs · 19/02/2026 21:33

I agree. Only because I grew up on cauliflower cheese, by itself - and was about 25 when I learned that it is often served as a side dish…to roast beef of all things.

I’m 55 now and still can’t get my head around that.

We also have cauliflower cheese on our roast beef Christmas dinner 😁

ilovecardigans · 19/02/2026 21:41

Mr Cardigans eats cold custard straight from the tin. Ditto rice pudding.

dannyufcfan · 19/02/2026 21:42

We should have stopped developing the internet in, like 2002, and left it were it was at.

Hindsight is 20/20 on that one, granted.

BatchCookBabe · 19/02/2026 21:42

Mumtobabyhavoc · 19/02/2026 21:38

The only info I found was a reddit thread with someone positing a theory including his DL partner is likely Toney Mcguire. 😂🤦‍♀️

I have not heard that and think Tobey McGuire is straight and has been married and has kids. I have heard however, that Leo has a long term relationship with an old friend Lukas Haas.

bert3400 · 19/02/2026 21:43

Instant powder gravy is disgusting. I will cook bones, marrow , oxtail to get what I need for my gravy . I will say M&S ultimate gravy is pretty amazing but I don't live in the UK so can't access it. But I won't concede...it's bones or nothing 😂

Devilsmommy · 19/02/2026 21:43

ilovecardigans · 19/02/2026 21:41

Mr Cardigans eats cold custard straight from the tin. Ditto rice pudding.

Rice pudding yes but custard no😬

FloralSpray · 19/02/2026 21:44

Making cauliflower cheese is a way to spoil both ingredients.

On speech for the attention of Americans or journalists:
The past tense of to dive is NOT 'dove'. It is 'dived'

Benchdogs · 19/02/2026 21:44

exhaustDAD · 19/02/2026 21:23

Not too far off, basically, it's red because of food dye (I am already out, hate using food colouring), and the red sponge (which is mildly chocolatey) is contrasted with a sweet cream cheese frosting. Not a fan.

Thank you. It sounds like its made to look dramatic but tastes pretty bland?

I love a ‘cafe’ style rich chocolate cake with chocolate buttercream. I’ll just stick with that!

Luvmusic · 19/02/2026 21:44

Toilet lids must be closed before flushing.

BatchCookBabe · 19/02/2026 21:45

Devilsmommy · 19/02/2026 21:43

Rice pudding yes but custard no😬

I like custard hot and cold.

And rice pudding hot and cold too. Smile

TheYorkshirePudding · 19/02/2026 21:45

RubynRita · 19/02/2026 17:04

People who use the word brought when they mean bought.

I brought a cake. No you BOUGHT a cake.

You could have brought a bought cake?

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