... about the mince?

[MarianneSolong]

Spouse cooking. Agreed that he'd make moussaka - a dish he's made many times before and which everyone likes. Much faffing about with shopping lists, recipe books. I direct him to the correct recipe book. He eventually disappears to the shops, then returns.

I find a packet of beef mince left on the table and say, 'Oh did you change your mind? (Assuming he had decided to suddenly make spaghetti bolognese instead.)

He says, 'What do you mean?'

I say 'That's beef mince.'

'No it isn't.'

'Yes it is.'

'But it came from the section with the lamb mince.'

'Possibly it did. But it says beef on the label. And the labelling on beef is always different colour. And you can't take it back.'

We have now have 2lbs of beef mince. (1lb already in freezer) and no lamb, I feel vaguely aggrieved

LTB

Lamb/beef confusion is nowt. My DH nipped to Tesco to get some salad leaves and came back with a pack of light bulbs.

Like the username btw

I'm sure men do this on purpose just so we don't ask again.

Don't they taste more or less the same anyway? (vegetarian, may have missed the point!)

He's ruined dinner. He's ruined the weekend. LTB

I sent my DH to the chemist for pant liners and he came back with incontinence pads

Maybe he did it deliberately because of the price difference? Still an offence to my ancestors

oh gosh Mrs Kravitz.
You wont be asking him again

MrsKravitz mine done similar. I underestimated how many maternity pads I'd need after birth so sent him out for more and he came back with Tena pants. I still have them 4 years on!

I did wobble a bit about throwing them out, to be honest, because I thought that would tempt fate and I'd then start to need them - you know, like you do if you throw anything out! But it's been ages and I'm ok so far

But anyway, lamb mince tastes totally different to beef, and it has a different texture I think (beef seems drier). Don't LTB but definitely send him back out to get the right thing if he's going to make moussaka.

You can make moussaka with beef mince. There's no strict rule that says it has to be lamb, just like there is no strict rule it has to feature a potato or aubergine layer. You can make a lovely moussaka with a courgette or marrow layer.

In fact, in certain Greek regions, it was historically customary to make moussaka with beef as making it with lamb was perceived to be the Turkish form of the dish.

I don't let mine do food shopping on his own if I can help it. Bless him, he just finds the bright colours and SPECIAL OFFER signs too overwhelming. Always comes back with a lot more than asked for.
Lasagne?

Either hurl the mince out of the window, tearing at your hair and shouting 'you've ruined my life' or (option 2) make a moussaka with beef mince

Moussaka made of mince beef? No no no no no. That's worse than putting potato in it.

but I like putting potato in it my husband must want to leave for it I will go stand in a couner to think just how bad I am

I once asked my husband (ex) to go to the shop for milk. He bought the milk plus 4 packets of jelly with matching angel delights then used all of the milk he'd bought making them. So, we still had no milk. He couldn't see why I was peed off....lol Maybe he should just make spag Bol instead ?

This makes me laugh, the spouse cooking sounds like an afternoon of messy play . Just indulge him and turn it into beef moussaka .

Had to go out so picked up lamb from the same supermarket Spouse used. Pointed out that label was green (not red). Label featured picture of lamb (not cow) Label featured lettering saying LAMB (not beef). Spouse has - I think - taken this in.

That's a satisfying update op, meat situation rectified and DH put right and hopefully educated for next time

This reminds me of another mince thread. It was very weird, the OP used 'sheep mince' which she boiled and washed before using

Aaagh! No please, don't let's discuss washing meat! (Thanks Mrs K. I thought kegels must be like kugels. But apparently not.)

Beef moussaka is still good, the herbs make it!

Well your patronising aren't you, so what he got the wrong meat? No need to be such a dick about it.

Well your patronising aren't you,

How clever of you to notice.

And it's "you're".

spotty I only see one person behaving like a dick here...