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Original poster

to think that lunch doesnt = sandwich

45 replies

BuskersCat · 12/09/2013 13:22

my mum just spoke too did and asked what she had had for lunch. buttered crackers, cheese cubes and meatloaf slice along with a few other things.

apparently this is unaaceptable, a proper lunch has to be a sandwich or a hot meal Hmm and that you need to eat lunch things at lunch

am I totally losing the plot here?

OP posts:
DamnBamboo · 12/09/2013 13:23

No, your mother is being ridiculous.

HeySoulSister · 12/09/2013 13:23

Yucky crappy bread?? No way

noblegiraffe · 12/09/2013 13:25

I sometimes have cold quiche for lunch. Is that acceptable? Would it be acceptable if I warmed it up?

Original poster
BuskersCat · 12/09/2013 13:27

she would probably implode at cold quiche, you must warm it in the oven first but that would be fine because its hot...

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squoosh · 12/09/2013 13:27

Some people have Very Set Ways.

squoosh · 12/09/2013 13:29

My parent's laptop must remain in the study even though they have a wireless router

They get twitchy if someone uses the laptop in a room that is not the designated laptop room. They exchange a look Grin

stowsettler · 12/09/2013 13:31

Grin @ squoosh My dad does that. Drives me insane...

SybilRamkin · 12/09/2013 13:34

Sounds pretty unhealthy (crackers are packed full of saturated fat) but if it was a one-off I don't see the problem.

WaferMoon · 12/09/2013 13:39

Obviously, YANBU but I am not surprised. Many people are strange and inflexible with food.

My mum "has" to have a white bread sandwich with ham every day for lunch. It was interesting when she visited us in the country we used to live in, where pork products were hardly available, and where bread wasn't a typical food to eat. She was out of her comfort zone on many levels, but going out for lunch was the biggest trauma. Eventually she found a club sandwich on the menu, but then it arrived with chips. That then constitutes a hot meal, and she can't have more than one of those per day, as that would break another of her rules....

Original poster
BuskersCat · 12/09/2013 13:44

the crackers have 0.4g of saturated fat each cheese isn't unhealthy and the meatloaf was homemade. far healthier than say, a ham sandwich

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MummyPig24 · 12/09/2013 14:59

Sandwiches are boring. I don't like them much. Ds is a sandwich fiend and would eat them at all meals but I still vary his lunchbox. Dd is not so keen, like me, so we all have a variety of lunch foods.

specialsubject · 12/09/2013 15:06

yes. As is the person who describes bread as 'crappy'.

SanityClause · 12/09/2013 15:16

I really love a sandwich lunch!

But I am perfectly happy to eat other items at lunchtime, and would happily have eated your DD's lunch, with a few salady bits.

mrsjay · 12/09/2013 15:44

your lunch sounds lovely much better than my boring ham sandwich which i have most days , sigh

fancyabakeoff · 12/09/2013 15:53

sneaks into thread

I had chicken pie for .....................BREAKFAST!.........Shock

legs it back out

MaxPepsi · 12/09/2013 15:56

Oh dear, she'd love me then.

I eat whatever I fancy at whatever time I fancy it, whether it fits in with the 'norm' or not. I had some salami and cheese and breakfast, a curry for lunch and tea will be whatever I cook when I get in.

My PIL would be agasht at me - they are ruled by meal times and have the same for lunch every day. If we want to take them out for lunch we have to give them several days notice, no way could we randomly pop in and say fancy going out? DM on the otherhand is always up for an impromptu lunch out!

oxoxoxocube · 12/09/2013 15:58

I had banana loaf cake with cola for breakfast. Very nice. Ds had plain rye crispbread and water weirdo.

Fairy1303 · 12/09/2013 16:06

DH is EXTREMELy set in his lunch ways. He ALWAYS has pasta for lunch. Every day. If we go out he will have something else but he has to have. Hot meal and tea time, even if he's had, say, a roast at 2pm on a Sunday, he will still cook a meal in the evening. It took me AGES to persuade DH that a sandwich for tea is absolutely fine if DSD has had a cooked lunch at school and we need her to have something easy if she is going to a club.

His favourite phrase is 'but a sandwich is NOT tea!'

Happy for her to have it for lunch though, oddly, doesn't matter that effectively all you would doing is swapping the times.

Oh, and woe betide you if you try to eat lunch at any other time that 12 or 1, occasionally 2 in extenuating circs and no tea before 5 or after 7. Even for a meal out.

Don't even get me started on brunch!

Sorry for essay, think I was bottling up some stuff there!

No, YANBU

FatOwl · 12/09/2013 16:12

My mum is so set in her ways about food it isn't true. There are so many, but my favourites are:

She has to buy McCain Oven chips from Morrisons. Not Tescos or anyway else. Only Morrisons.

Pork chops can only come from Aldi (nowhere else)

You don't keep drinks in the fridge (not allowed at all, even opened fruit juice Shock. Correction- milk is allowed but nothing else liquid

Once, we were all at her house- my, dh and my 3 dds, dd1s boyfriend, my dsis and her dh and two kids, so a whole pile of people to cook for, so my dsis said she would cook a moroccan lamb stew (big pot so easy for lots, baked potatoes etc) - fab. Except dsis wanted to marinade the lamb cubes overnight. Anyone would think aliens had landed in the kitchen the way she went on and on about "I don't know what you're doing" endlessly. It's still know four years later as THAT stew.

HeySoulSister · 12/09/2013 16:26

well most bread isn't healthy! its crappy!

pianodoodle · 12/09/2013 16:27

I sat at lunch today with a block of cheese, jar of pickle, some butter, a packet or crackers and a knife :)

I'm ashamed to admit how much I got through... Blush

StuntGirl · 12/09/2013 16:32

My lunch rarely = sandwich. Today it was leftover dahl. Yesterday and the day before it was courgette pasta. The day before was leftover toad in the hole. Couscous, quick stir fries and omelettes feature often too.

usualsuspect · 12/09/2013 16:35

I usually have a sandwich for lunch.

But you can have whatever you like.

I love crappy bread though.

HeySoulSister · 12/09/2013 16:42

Shock a whole jar of pickle?

hellsbellsmelons · 12/09/2013 16:46

Not sure what crackers you buy Sybil but most crackers are pretty damn low in fat. Far less than bread.
I tend to have salads - love a good salad. Or a nice homemade soup.
I love crackers and cheese - cheese is my big downfall!