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AIBU?

To have given my son a tin of tomatoes for breakfast

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JeezyOrangePips · 08/01/2013 08:22

My son is a teenager, and more than capable of getting breakfast for himself, but I tend to get his breakfast when I get mine.

This morning I asked him what he wanted. The usual answer is toast or cereal. Today he said 'food'.

He refused to expand on his answer, so I've left him with a tin of tomatoes.

WIBU?

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SpanishFly · 08/01/2013 14:02

re tinned tomatoes on toast - do you heat the tomatoes or leave them cold? Sorry, I know thats not the point of this thread...

whois · 08/01/2013 14:13

YANBU

Tinned tomatoes on toast is a nice breakfast sometimes. :-)

JeezyOrangePips · 08/01/2013 14:15

Just got home from work, thanks guys, you've made me giggle!

Yes, they were in the tin and no, he didn't eat them. He grabbed a cereal bar. He was a bit grumpy initially but had a twinkle in his eye when I was given the tin back.

Rice pudding on toast - I do love a bit of a salt/sweet combo. That might be a bit too far - but I am tempted....

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PiggyPlumPie · 08/01/2013 14:21

I have not fancied anything to eat all day but am now going to go and have tomatoes on toast! Many thnaks OP!

SpanishFly · 08/01/2013 14:28

Are the tomatoes on toast served hot or cold???????

maddening · 08/01/2013 15:53

So what's tomorrow- this could end up with ever increasingly bizarre foods being offered :)

FryOneFatManic · 08/01/2013 16:00

Tinned tomatoes with (not on) toast is lovely. But not with Marmite (yuk).

DP likes Weetabix dry but spread with butter.

SpanishFly · 08/01/2013 16:03

could someone tell me, do you have tinned tomatoes HOT OR COLD with toast?!?!?!?

degutastic · 08/01/2013 16:06

I'd like to know that too, spanishfly - I'm presuming hot?!

ChippingInNeedsSleepAndCoffee · 08/01/2013 16:08

HOT
HOT
HOT

Cold is OK, but hot is better :)

ChippingInNeedsSleepAndCoffee · 08/01/2013 16:09

With a little black pepper as well - YUM

No toast
No time

SpanishFly · 08/01/2013 16:43

Interesting, I like the sound of this, I LOVE cold sliced tomatoes on toast or on their own on a sandwich, but wouldnt have thought of tinned tomatoes. Thats tomorrow's lunch sorted. And very low-calorie too (apart from all the butter I'll be spreading on the toast)

anewyear · 08/01/2013 16:44

Tinned Tomatos must be HOT son says,
cold is YUK...

nannyof3 · 08/01/2013 16:49

How old is he?

I wouldnt even bother ask him. Let him do it himself....

lljkk · 08/01/2013 17:17

The toms will have gone off by time you got home, though, no? Sounds like waste of good food.

My 8yo refused any breakfast. And then he refused all lunch (I know because I was on dinner duty). Sadly my teen would refuse all breakfast too, if I gave him only a tin of toms. And then eat nothing until 3:20pm (his daily habit).

So I wouldn't do it to my teen. But if you think you can, fine.

KatieScarlett2833 · 08/01/2013 17:47

Toast, bacon, tinned tomatoes (hot) and black pepper is the best breakfast sandwich ever.

JeezyOrangePips · 08/01/2013 20:03

lljkk

the tin was unopened.
it was a joke (I didn't expect him to eat them)
he can and does get his own breakfast regularly anyway
he grabbed a cereal bar - not ideal, but I'd rather he had that than nothing

HTH!

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FryOneFatManic · 08/01/2013 21:01

Right, that's it! Tinned toms on shopping list for lunch tomorrow. I don't have any in and I WANT THEM now.

Alternatively, fresh tomatoes, cut in half and roasted with a drizzle of pesto on. Mmmmmm

Merida · 08/01/2013 22:26

I snickered. And like the idea of leaving random foodstuff out for him each time he responds like that.
I would also probably hide the cereal and bread so he had to eat what I left him. But I am evil...

whois · 08/01/2013 22:30

HOT tinned toms on thick brown toast with some diced onion and black pepper. That's how they should be served.

HenryCrun · 08/01/2013 23:18

I dunno. As a kid I'd ask my parents "What's for tea?" and get the answer "Food!", the implication being that I'd damn well eat whatever I was given.

I still think this is funny. I'd eat the tomatoes. I quite like tinned tomatoes.

Bogeyface · 08/01/2013 23:24

I did this to my mum once and she gave me a potato. Raw, unpeeled, as they come.

I seem to recall having a right old strop about how neglectful she was and how she clearly HATED me and I MUST BE ADOPTED!!!!!!! :o

I would do it to one of mine now though! :o

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Bogeyface · 08/01/2013 23:26

As a kid I'd ask my parents "What's for tea?" and get the answer "Food!", the implication being that I'd damn well eat whatever I was given.

When we asked this my mum would say "Shit with sugar on!" which meant the same! My sister rather bravely asked what flavour it was once, I dont remember exactly what happened, but mommy dearest wasnt happy!

squeakytoy · 09/01/2013 00:10

We used to get told "a run up the back door"... not sure if that was a northern saying or just one she made up..

Bogeyface · 09/01/2013 00:20

Squeak My FIL used to say "a run and a kick at the pantry door" which is similar and he is in Derbyshire.

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