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Original poster

A cheese and onion pastry is not junk food

188 replies

Cheesepastymum · 08/09/2015 20:45

Mil thinks it is. However is contains three veg (potato, leek and onion) and dairy for calcium.

That surely.means it isn't junk right? It has a lot of good stuff.

OP posts:
wanderingwondering · 08/09/2015 21:06

Why would pizza be junk?
Is a cheese and tomato sandwich junk?
(Assuming both homemade)

shutupanddance · 08/09/2015 21:06

Oh brilliant, I can knock myself out.Grin they are junk

Chewbecca · 08/09/2015 21:07

High fat, high salt, possibly highly processed so definitely heading towards the junky end of the spectrum...

but oh so yummy

onthematleavecountdown · 08/09/2015 21:07

Yes it has 3 types of veg in it but the actual amount of veg is minuscule. If you consider this not to be junk food what do you consider to be junk food?!

You need educated for the sake of your children of u have any.

alicemalice · 08/09/2015 21:08

Yes, I'm with Tendon. You simply can't ask these kinds of questions on mumsnet.

People on here seem extremely healthy to me. Once someone said that peas were carb-heavy Confused

Gileswithachainsaw · 08/09/2015 21:08

of course it's junk.

and that's a problem because???

junk food is fine In moderation.

Snowfilledsky · 08/09/2015 21:08

WTF

Oysterbabe · 08/09/2015 21:09

There's nothing wrong with fat.
It is junk though, double carbs.

Ubik1 · 08/09/2015 21:10

My kids love a cheese and onion pie/sausage roll/steak bake from greggs. I cannot stand any of it.

TurnOffTheTv · 08/09/2015 21:11

I would honestly class a dominoes pizza as junk food. Who knew?

overthemill · 08/09/2015 21:11

If junk food =processed food then a bought one would be. You can't see what's in it eg E numbers, modified foods like palm oil etc. if you make it yourself using fresh eggs and butter for the flour and using good quality ingredients in the filling then it's a high calorie treat but not 'junk'. I make them occasionally using a Tamsin day Lewis recipe and they are delicious, using Red Leicester and cheddar, Charlotte potatoes and spring onions or leeks along with Greek yoghurt to bind. Yummy. But not very low carb...

AwfulBeryl · 08/09/2015 21:12

Grin at "you need to be educated for the sake of your children"

It depends really op, if it's home made or from a decent bakers and part of a balanced meal and general diet then I think it's fine.

Greggs and similar are probably junk food, not that there is anything wrong with that in moderation.

multivac · 08/09/2015 21:14

Is it warmed, and served on a patterned plate with baked beans and salad cream?

Go on, OP. You can tell me.

You know you want to...

colley · 08/09/2015 21:16

Most pasties are junk food. Usually they are heavy on the pastry and tiny amounts of veg.

StormyBlue · 08/09/2015 21:16

Agree on the homemade-or-not front. Something home made can be fatty or starchy but not junk, we do need some fat as long as you're not consuming too much relative to how much exercise you get. Bought from a shop though, I would assume it has lost a lot of its goodness and contains hidden crap.

I don't know if anyone saw it on the BBC a while ago, but there was a show which ranked the typical diets of different nations. The ones which came out at the top were all very different regarding how the food groups were balanced, but they all had in common that processed food was rare.

BlueBananas · 08/09/2015 21:16

I've never liked cheese & onion, has to be meat and potato for me and a donut Grin

Original poster
Cheesepastymum · 08/09/2015 21:17

No it wasn't from a garage.

It was from the posh supermarket, hand crimped and no nasties just the stuff you would put when making it yourself.

What's wrong with the carbs a d fat? Both carbs and fat are healthy, your brain wouldn't function with out fat. Was a posh type of cheese too.

OP posts:
AwfulBeryl · 08/09/2015 21:20
Grin Sounds lovely, so did you have beans and salad cream with it ?
BernardlookImaprostituterobotf · 08/09/2015 21:21

Of course it's shite, own it, enjoy it and eat a proper meal for dinner. Problem? Are you eating one, or more, every day?
I wouldn't give one to my dc if bought purely because of the salt content (and in packaged ones sometimes added sugar and crap) but a homemade one it's really not an issue, we eat well, some shite now and then is fine.
But lmao at 'it has three veg in it' - very good op, very good.

Ubik1 · 08/09/2015 21:22

Don't waste posh pasties on your children, just get them from greggs! fGS

Idontseeanytimelords · 08/09/2015 21:22

It's probably classed as junk but I really wouldn't care less Grin, it's simple food not crack or arsenic despite what some people would have you believe.
Everything in moderation as far as I'm concerned!

AwfulBeryl · 08/09/2015 21:22

I don't think there's anything wrong with having carbs and fat, as long as you don't have too much.
I eat a pretty balanced diet and would happily eat a naive cheese pasty for my dinner.

AwfulBeryl · 08/09/2015 21:23

Naice not naive. Blush

overthemill · 08/09/2015 21:24

Carbs and fat are essential to any diet but in moderation. So occasional treat not every day. You know that. Look at the eat well plate

IonaNE · 08/09/2015 21:27

Yabu. It's junk food, alongside with pizza.