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Original poster

To think this was quite a nice packed lunch I made for 20 month old.

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B4Beatrice · 20/04/2011 12:28

In brief, meeting relative for picnic yesterday. I said I would do food as she works part time so would be coming straight to park. I made our DDs both 20 months, a homemade scotch egg (very big) each and bough them a tub of strawberries to share.

Friend told me it was not an adequate lunch and that a sandwich is more appropriate??

Am I or her BU??

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HollyBollyBooBoo · 20/04/2011 21:26

Not much of a meal really is it? I'd want a bit more variety and choice and wouldn't take you up on your offer of providing lunch again (oooh cunning plan!!)

RitaMorgan · 20/04/2011 21:30

I wouldn't have been massively impressed if that was it! Needn't be a sandwich, but a scotch egg isn't a meal in my opinion.

skybluepearl · 20/04/2011 21:33

my toddler would love that lunch and it's proabably about the right size. x

AuntiePickleBottom · 20/04/2011 21:45

i would said it was fine for a snack, but i would not class it as a picnic.

when i take the kids for a picnic it tends to be this
quiche, sandwiches, cakes, selection of fruits, yogurts, salad items and
lemonade

Original poster
B4Beatrice · 20/04/2011 21:52

Funny post LifeofKate!

I do see where you are coming from and I agree the post wasn't super clear. However it just like to clear up about where you said

Did you tell the friend that there was chicken salad, samosas etc on offer, or just the scotch egg and strawberries?!

Basically, we sat down and she said "whats for lunch?" I said "there is salad, a some samosas and a fruit salad, I have also made a couple of scotch eggs and brought a tub of strawberries for the kids."

So she knew what we were having before she knew what I had ear marked for the toddlers.

I just think that she could of added up in her head that there was a fair few bits a bobs for her toddler to choose from before she laughed and said "a scotch egg and some strawberries, how is that an adequate lunch?"

Anyway, some of you share the same veiws so fair enough. You learn something new everyday Grin

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RitaMorgan · 20/04/2011 21:57

So was the salad, samosas, fruit and scotch eggs for everyone? If so that's fine as a picnic lunch.

Just giving the children a scotch egg and some strawberries for lunch would be a bit odd though.

Original poster
B4Beatrice · 20/04/2011 22:07

Well not really. There were two large scotch eggs that I had made the day before with the toddlers in mind. The strawberries were for them as we had a fruit salad with some strawberries in. Its not like it bothered me if they ate something of ours. Thats just the way it was in my head really! (exposing myself as a bit crazy now!)

Am feeling the urge to post photo of scotch egg, to show you all how adequate it was, all rustic and good ingredients? No? Wink Wink

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RitaMorgan · 20/04/2011 22:13

I'm sure the scotch egg was great, just a bit limited - I wouldn't eat just a scotch egg for lunch. I'd have found it strange to just give the children a couple of things when you have much more variety - why only strawberries for them when you have fruit salad for instance?

ImNotThere · 20/04/2011 22:19

Good gracious me, I am well impressed that you made a scotch egg yourself. Sounds great and my kids would be fine with that for lunch. Extremely rude of your friend when you have done her a favour. If I hadn't been overly impressed in the same situation I woudl have kept my mouth shut and just fed them more at dinner. Bloody cheek.

CheerfulYank · 20/04/2011 22:20

I do want to see a pic actually! I've never heard of a scotch egg before!

Original poster
B4Beatrice · 20/04/2011 22:22

Am I going to have to make some more? Damn it. Grin Wink

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namechangertoday · 20/04/2011 22:26

I usually show off a bit when preparing a picnic for other people, she was expecting you to impress her OP Wink

Clary · 20/04/2011 22:28

I think your friend was a bit rude tbh.

That said, I think a Scotch egg ... and nothing else except strawberries was a bit limited and risky for a 20mth old.

One of my DC (can't recall which one off hand) won't eat hard or soft-boiled eggs so you'd be out of luck there. Or they would Grin

Point is they are not fussy at all, will eat almost anything, so I prob wouldn't mention it to a friend. Personally as others say would offer more variety eg carrot/cucumber sticks, grapes, some crisps, breadsticks, hummous?

Reading yr later posts, I am a bit puzzled anyway. The whole picnic sounds yummy, but personally I would have divvied the whole lot up, rather than saying "this is for us, that is for them". But then I hate that whole adults'/children's food thing anyway...

Original poster
B4Beatrice · 20/04/2011 22:37

I do too Clary. TBH I have no idea why that was the way I thought it would work. I just did.

And my DD has no "kids food", ever.

Maybe I had it in my head that the egg was a complete meal? Bread, meat, eggs. Then some fruit?

God knows.

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magicmummy1 · 20/04/2011 23:29

I'd have been disappointed with the lunch, if I'm honest - would have expected a bit more variety. And I can't bear the thought of cold samosas! But I think your friend was incredibly rude to say that it was inadequate - how terribly ungrateful!

CurrySpice · 20/04/2011 23:30

Oh god...home made scotch eggs are the food of the gods

In order to judge if this was "appropriate" (and what a judgey pants word that can be eh?) I will need you to make some more and send them to me please B4

JenaiMarrHePlaysGuitar · 21/04/2011 09:25

Is it this recipe B4 only you bake them rather than deep frying? What temp do you bake them at?

BringBackGoingForGold · 21/04/2011 09:42

Lots of judgeypants on this thread, if I may say so, and I'm not sure about the 'my kids wouldn't have eaten it' justification. I don't think it matters a jot if the kids ate the food or not. The point is the OP's 'friend' should not have openly criticised food that the OP went to the effort of making. Rude, rude, rude.

heliumballoons · 21/04/2011 10:18

bringback Most people have said although their DC's wouldn't eat it, or they too agreed it was enough/appropriate whatever that they wouldn't be so rude as to comment/ complain about it. And people would at least take something towards the picnic (that they know their child would eat)just in case.

heliumballoons · 21/04/2011 10:19

wasn't enough etc

Quenelle · 21/04/2011 11:32

Does anybody else really fancy a scotch egg right now?

HowToLookGoodGlaikit · 21/04/2011 11:40

Yes!

Quenelle · 21/04/2011 12:22

Perhaps B4B is making some right now for the photoshoot.

mushroomsandolives · 21/04/2011 12:43

I agree, a LOT of judgypants on this thread. Do you all make perfectly nutritionally balanced meals for you DCs every meal? Ensuring the correct amounts of carbohydrate, fat, protein, vitamins, essential amino acids, etc? Surely it's the balance of foods eaten over the day and week that is more important. Homemade scotch egg sounds lovely, the friend was extremely rude (and incorrect IMHO - perfectly satisfactory meal in amongst a balanced diet), and if friends DC was known to be fussy, friend should have brought something herself.

Bloody hell, I bet it's really fun at meal times for all the judgypants'
DCs! Perspective?!

Sirzy · 21/04/2011 15:49

Mushroom have you actually read the thread? Most people have said nothing wrong with the scotch egg (although it appears a lot of children wouldn't eat it!) but they would rather have more options to.