Re Potato Wedges and DH - he has agreed to abide by MN decision (trivial)

[MsGee]

So MN jury its up to you - DH has agreed that whatever you decide, he will stick with...

Last night we were discussing what to have for tea tonight - agreed quiche and salad. He eats half of a family size quiche.

He thinks this is insufficient (with salad - bog standard so I don't drip feed, lettuce, tomato and cucumber), so I am doing potato wedges with it.

The wedges are big. He wants FIVE. I told him this was pure gluttony and three would be sufficient. He thinks I'm being silly.

Thanks to you, OP, I am now having wedges for dinner. FYI I will have about 6, DH will have about 8. 3??!! That's just mean.

I have just put my wedges in the oven

As many as he wants. Your not his mum.

I think half a quiche is alot to eat
we only have a quarter each
:o

I love how the. most trivial of threads really take off.

Give him 5 If that's what he wants, Imo.

Hug DH is now having the whole packet. Don't worry, I have accepted IWBU and am repenting my sins

Good to see everyone having wedges!! mrsjay

I might actually try to make the frittata... if it starts referring to adult supervision I should be able to manage it!

Re being DH mum. If I was his mum he would have had 1 potato wedge. And only a third of a frey bentos pie. So he is marginally better off with me

I don't know if I am embarrassed or pleased that my most successful thread is
(a) about wedges
(b) so trivial
(c) universally agreeing IWBU and am a stingy hostess

In my defence if you come to my house for a meal, I would serve a lot of wine. Surely that helps?

That helps, OP, that helps.

:)

Actually, this thread has reminded me of a dinner I went to given by my aunt. Who fed 7 adults and two toddlers 5 salmon fillets and a single pack of green beans between us.

Not that you are as bad as that of course!!

Man I got plonkered that night........ we also managed to polish off certainly 5 bottles of wine.

I am not so bad with adults coming over - its just one of DDs friend I give the one fish finger to. She has a proper school lunch so is never hungry when she comes over and I got a bit sick of cooking massive meals to bin.

Normally I do a mix of whatever crap they fancy from the freezer. Sometimes I give them 'everything at once tea'.

Adults get unlimited takeway and wine unless I have a lot of time to cook!

Mind you, when I was younger I did serve some horrible meals to people. Big, but horrible.

SixPack - see I think she was stingy on the wine - just five bottles

I notice wine stinginess at other people's houses.

I once went to a dinner party where the sup was sevred in gl;ass fruit bowls

wine def would've helped

soup

Oh I notice wine stinginess too.... for sure!

I remember going to friends one evening.

"Nibbles" was a small packet of peanuts

"Dinner" was meat, veg and potatoes. Except the quantities for 4 adults were what we would have done for DH and me...plus half the potatoes fell on the floor so were binned.

"Dessert" was a very nice, but very small fruit tart.

We were starving on the way home.

When we have guests I always overcook, to the point of having nibbles, starter, main and 2 choices of dessert. There are always leftovers, but never the same amount depending on the guests so I feel happy that everyone ate their fill.

did you stop for a kebab nicolaeus?

Oh and no wine because she was pregnant

lol

we were tempted but it was gone midnight and we were knackered

My need to overfeed people is legendary in the family...... and I still don't understand why it has made me the object of near hysterical laughter among my children and their partners.
We have a roast lunch at 1 ... and at about 3.30 I start asking who would like tea & cake.
Cue, giggles, and "those" smiles.
And 6.30'ish is supper-time ...isn't it?...if not eating a dinner in the evening? cue - louder laughter, and some faint groaning.
WTF

That's it, wedges for dinner then?!?

Horry I have cut and pasted your quote about DS into my MN spreadsheet of good cheer. I have a terribly fussy DS and DH and I eat anything going. I'm happy yours is now tsking at the samphire shortage. (You can usually get it at the fishmongers.)

Dinner 'cooking'. DH terrified by the prospect of billions of potato wedges.

Final count (and perhaps a pic) to be updated soon.

He can snack on the remaining with ketchup through the evening

Eleven! He is determined to eat them all. He is struggling though I can tell

Why wouldn't you just give him the five he asked for? Why insist on either too few or too many? Surely a grown man is entitled to that. You appear to be treating him like a small child, I doubt you'd stand for it if he treated you in the same way.