To ask how many sausages for an adult portion

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Went to MILs for dinner today. She's done a sausage and bean casserole :P We got one sausage each. When SIL asked if we were on rations MIL pointed out that beans were protein too.... I do 2-3 sausages for an adult depending on size and meat content. How many do you do?

noeffingidea:

Caught up yet? Is making meat a larger proportion of a meal an innately progressive idea? We're trying to reduce our meat intake (and with it our environmental footprint, BMI, risk of bowel or colon cancer) not increase it. I have no issue with people eating meat at all, but is it inarguably a good thing as such?

Trifle completely agree with you, but I don't think many other people will.
I don't eat meat at all, I only cook it when my son is home from uni, and then it's only moderate portions as he is not a big eater.

I do love a good sausage thread < Ooh matron! >

This one ranges from six sausages per adult, to just one, with someone's baby who could apparently eat three

I do agree with Trifle though, that it's bad form to accuse a host of being stingy, just because they don't cater for somewhat more extreme appetites.

Presumably it's just one meal out of three anyway, so no-one's going to starve.

I agree, noeffingidea, meat is big on MN.

If you think meat is big on MN you should try living in South Africa my husbands family have 2 meat and a side of veg rather than meat veg and potatoes.

I think MN is the opposite- competitive bulking out of merge portions with oats, lentils and other weirdness

We're trying to reduce our meat intake (and with it our environmental footprint, BMI, risk of bowel or colon cancer) not increase it.
We're similar.
I said I'd have 2-3 sausages. (Pack of 6. 2 for me, 2 for DH then either seconds or a lunch portion). But, we only eat a meat heavy dish once a week really.

The rest of the time a pack of bacon does 3 meals for 2 of us Eg chopped in risotto, fried crispy as a salad topping.

We use quorn mince and quorn chicken pieces (which I prefer to actual chicken now).

noeffingidea My mum used to buy fillet steak from the supermarket once a week in the 70s. Probably about 4oz each. Served with peas, carrots, mash or chips. Apple pie and custard for afters.

I don't think we were poor, if we were, my parents never let me know, but fillet steak on Saturday nights was a very big deal. They were poor growing up in the 20s, but not as poor as others.

My mum thought it was weird and wrong of me to eat meat free meals and serve them to others. She never criticised, but I knew she thought that. I think it was a concern for my nutrition and also a worry that I was trying to hide poverty.

It was because when she was growing up, meat was a luxury and most people did not eat meat-free meals out of choice and were in poverty. Oftentimes, they were hungry and malnourished with the illnesses that go with that. Of course, now we have illnesses that go with abundance. I'd rather have the choice, but I would choose.

I sound like the four Yorkshiremen sketch

MaisyPops

Quorn chicken is really nice, isn't it!

I would also do 2-3 although some people will inform you that more than 1 means you are a greedy fucker.

If you think meat is big on MN you should try living in South Africa

Instasista me and my husband had dinner in a Spanish restaurant that specialised in grilled meat. Our guests were all young men - two Spaniards, four Argentines and one Urugayan.

They all ate various bits of beef. There was a bit of salad but no vegetables of which to speak. Red wine and beer. They got into an argument over the provenance of the beef. They asked the cook and the Argentines won. To be fair to the Urugayan, it's a big river between their countries and cows can swim.

I can't imagine a group of 20-something English blokes arguing about that.

Trifleorbust
Amazing.
Not fan of the sausages or their attempts at bacon.

Southern fried style Chicken nuggets are also great in a wrap or salad

😂 so true limited

lackie would you be prepared to share your recipe?

I LOVE a competitive small portion thread. One sausage between a whole family is my favourite so far.

Three if I'm hungry, two if I'm trying to be good!

2 on it's own but probably three each in a casserole as in recent experience some people automatically took 3 leaving others with 1.

I share a pack of 6 premium sausages between 2 adults and 2 children - 2 each for the adults, 1 each for the DC (not sure if I will be able to do that for much longer as they will start to need a bigger portion.)

Two is perfect for me, one definitely wouldn't be enough, but three is a bit too much. But DH would probably happily eat three.

Only times I have just one are if I am doing a cooked breakfast with fried eggs, mushrooms, baked beans and bacon as well.

Have never made a sausage casserole, - I would have assumed that the sausages in it were sliced into chunks rather than cooked whole. Quite like the sound of it though, anyone got any recipes they wouldn't mind sharing?

We must be porky pigs here
We have 4 Richmond sausages each in a meal!!!!

We are veggie so use veggie sausages (and lots of beans things too) but if I'm doing supper I'd give DH 2 or 3 even if there's were beans too.

I might only have one if there was other things on the plate but I'd certainly allow 2 per person if catering for others.

I don't eat meat sausages but I'd have 3 veggie ones if I were having bangers and mash or something, or 2 if I were having it in a casserole because the beans/veg/lentils/pulses/potatoes would be filling too. Did you ask for seconds?

I make sausages in a red wine and onion gravy with mash & steamed cabbage. Dh has 3, dd and I have 2 each, dd usually leaves some of hers.

If I was catering, I would allow 3 per person and have enough for seconds which we would eat next day if not all eaten.

Wouldn't really be offering sausages to guests anyway unless as part of a cooked breakfast in which case would aim for 2 per person with all the other stuff, but some spare just in case

2 or 3. Only one if it was a Cumberland!

3 for an adult!! Blimey, 1 is just wrong!!

When DD1 was about 4yo we went to my DMs for lunch and were given a jacket potato, baked beans and a sausage.
DD1 " Mummy will want more than one sausage Granny. She has 3 at home"
DM looking at me "Obviously"

I would eat 3 with mash (occasionally 2 if I've had a bigger lunch). DP also 3, but would have more mash and maybe a pudding. I'm 5', he's 6' and neither of us is overweight.

Excluding family whose appetites I know very well (although clearly MIL in this case doesn't know yours or your SIL's OP!), I always err on over-catering for guests. Assuming cost isn't an issue, there's no reason not to with this type of meal as it can be reheated as left-overs or portioned up and frozen, so generous doesn't have to mean wasteful.

Also while I know that men on average tend to need more food, I do think it's a bit rude to make assumptions about individual adult guests. Sure, most men eat more than most women, but when dealing with individuals rather than averages, there's height, build, level or activity, age and just simply what else they've eaten that day - individuals don't necessarily adhere to population averages.