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.

Honey - I hadn't thought of the alcohol with breakfast option, I must be slacking

Yep, all you can eat Randall. Bacon, sausages, eggs, hash browns, beans and all kindsa other goodies! Also, all you can drink tea for £1.99p too! And don't forget the toast as well ....

I'm hungry now ....

Well eunuch you couldn't have picked a better name

It doesn't exactly take balls to insult random people on the internet does it?

It's a nice sunny day. Why not get yourself out and about and speak to people in real life like that?

Then do let us know how it went, if the hospital has Wifi of course...

HQ have their hand on the red button of doom pretty darn quick there.

Good one < salutes the quick finger on duty>

HoneyDragon your post about the fucking caulifuckingflower has really amused me!

Phwoar, chicken, chips and gravy. Now you're talking my language.
And bottomless custard to follow.

The only way that could be improved is by the addition of a side of cauliflower cheese.

Mmmmmm this thread is making me HUNGRY.

I'm so glad I am common and can have buckets of gravy.

Randall you are forgetting the stuffing and some bread to
Mop up the gravy

Stuffing, of course. My mistake.

My DH is Aussie and into very healthy food but when he first encountered the dirty splendor that is The Toby Carvery he almost came in his pants. It's a wonderful thing to go there, eat 5 pounds of spuds and 10 Yorkies.

I am starving now and got to wait till DH cooks.

How big are these Yorkshire puddings?

I will easily have three or four, and I don't eat that much and I am very slim.

They are maaaahooooooosive

DP and I took his visiting Australian mate to TC MrsWinnibago. He absolutely loved it but when they asked him if he wanted a Yorkshire Pudding, he looked at us a bit panicky because he had no idea what they were .

I always like the thought of a carvery but the food just doesn't taste of anything. My DH says it tastes like water. I think it is something to do with a fake sort of roasting process.

www.edinblogger.com/2013/toby-carvery/

About right with the photos.

What's the face for ObfusKate?

Do you really think eunuch could get away with insulting random strangers like that in real life and not get a punch in the face eventually?

I hold the op entirely responsible for the fact that I'm now in a local carvery place with a teetering plate of fattening veg.

Oh right, no worries Kate

I would have pulled the same face too if I had read it like that

I'm 5'6" and 8 stone and I often have 3, yes 3, yorkies. Now THAT'S smug.

Welsh you need to take a pic and post.

Enjoy your roast

We don't have carveries where we live. When we were on holiday last week in Spain I took the dc to one and they thought it was one of the highlights of the holiday. (Mind you, so did I, as it was 6.95 euros for three courses, unlimited carvery, and unlimited wine or sangria in walking staggering distance of home) AND I let the dc have wine-and-water and I'm not ashamed!

This thread has come at the wrong time for me

We're all roast dinner addicts in this house and DH cooks one every single Sunday, but due to the hot weather even we have had to accept defeat.

We've told the kids we're getting a Pizza Hut delivery, but why the fuck didn't I see this thread first?

Just to let you all know, as a public service announcement, the Toby carvery breakfast buffet is totally lush. They do this thing which is basically heart attack on a plate the roasties smashed up with bacon, cheese and onion through them.

Gawd the sushi I had for lunch isn't cutting it!