To be shocked at what I saw at a Toby Carvery?

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I went to a Toby Carvery the other day. I had two types of meat, a Yorkshire pudding, veg and gravy. I had a good sized portion, ate it all and didn't feel the need to go up again. I'm quite smug that I know how much to put on my plate without wasting it.

However, I could see the gravy/sauce table from where I was sitting and saw a few very overweight young people, late teens/early 20's with 3 - yes 3 Yorkshire puddings on their plates, a mound of veg and ladling on bucketfuls of gravy.

Surely this is not normal and they were just greedy.

I let mine pouff gloriously..... Then slam the oven door so they sink

It has to be puff

Slab is only acceptable in toad in the hole

FACT

YABU for going to a Toby Carvery

Our one has a soft play area in the restaurant and it smells of feet.

The food is rank too.

Our local Toby is my kids choice to eat at, they'd pick that over a Mc Donald's and day.
They only give out 1 yorkie but it's the size of the whole plate.
We all eat a descent sized meal, including loads of veggies. It's great, always really busy though.

I don't think anything is wrong with 3 Yorkshire puds... So long as you are not eating that amount every single day! A meal out is a major treat in our household,so not very often at all . Don't most people overindulge on special occasions?

I have 2 contributions to make

1. Even if you have just a tiny bit of everything at a Toby your plate is FULL

1. I'm just off round to my BF's who makes the best roast dinner ever. EVER. True fact

We don't eat at carveries as a general rule, but if we did, DS does NOT like potatoes, so would choose Yorkies to compensate. I wonder if any casual observer of his plate would notice that he didn't have tatties, but only feel qualified to comment on the number of his Yorkshire puddings? Yorkies tend to overwhelm the plate, somewhat!

He's 19, and although he's thinner than a butcher's pencil, he can really put it all away, but I would really hate to think someone was judging him (or any of us) by what we have on our plates.

How utterly horrid!

(And yes, my Toad-in-the-hole batter tends to be slabby, no matter how I try). Normal yorkies, no problem - light and puffy as you like. But TITH, cannot get it right.

Obfus - shame on those judgers, then! (I'm on the cuddly side - I'll have to watch my portions if I'm out in public from now on)!!

Only 3?

Bloody lightweights, bet you're southerners

Obfus - thank you for using 'fine-toothed comb', rather than the more usual (and wrong) fine tooth-comb!

That's my judging over with.

I quite like a carvery, but have to be there early. Don't like stuff that's been hanging around.

Mumsnet is evil.

Not had TITH for years, but don't know what to serve it with so just end up having on its own

Well thanks to this thread, me and DH have just come back from our local carvery, not a Toby sadly but equally as fulfilling. I only had one, yes I say ONE yorkshire pudding, although to be fair it was the size of my face arse Now to spend the rest of the day lying on the sofa eating chocolate

Our local one used to be a shoe shop. I can;t go in there

There's a few a bit further that are proper 'Pub' Toby Carvery
You vipers have made me crave a Toby Carvery now

I went to a Toby Carvery once.

Most of the people there were half human, half Yorkshire pudding.

70is I can't get past the shoe shop thing either!

we once went out for a meal with a bunch of DHs mates, who I had only met a few times, just before we got married

on coming back from the counter at the (lovely independent) carvery one woman literally sneered down her nose at my nice big pile of food and said something about "goodness is that for you both to share" I just laughed and said No, I am hungry.
she proceeded to pick at a baguette, moan it was too big and sigh a lot. I downed my dinner and had a pudding too

That's what fil's wife says (amongst other rude, pointed things) "Goodness! Are you going to eat that all by yourself?!" in response to anyone having more than a sliver of meat or a teaspoonful of mash.
Fuck off smil. Mind your own!

Ok not read thread yet but WHAT? We only get one YP per person in our TC.

Pah.

You don't get three yorkies at a Toby Carvery.

Are you sure you really did see this, OP?

Wind up, surely.