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AIBU- hot food v cold food..

65 replies

BertrandRussell · 02/07/2018 22:32

I was reading a thread earlier where people seemed to be dismissing a very substantial picnic as a snack, and that people would need something hot later, which I thought was a bit odd. And then tonight, we weren’t having a sit down dinner because of the foot ball, so I made myself an amazing sandwich with good bread, lots of salad and some left over steak with left over roasted vegetables on the side. I offered to make the same for teenage ds, but he said he’d make himself a “proper meal” later. What he did was make some mashed potato, and heat up the steak and the vegetables and eat it with a side salad. He insists that his meal was much more substantial than mine, and mine was more of a snack. Despite the fact that the quantities and ingredients were the same, and the only difference was that his was hot, and he had mash instead of bread. I think he’s bonkers. You all agree with me, surely?

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BarbaraofSevillle · 03/07/2018 12:24

It could be a British thing. It's cold and wet a lot of the time and a lot of people live in damp or poorly insulated/heated houses.

We need something hot to eat or drink to keep us warm.

BertrandRussell · 03/07/2018 12:24

Now- I'm going to complicate things a bit. I don't consider something to be a meal if it doesn't have something green. I often take great exception to dishes on Masterchef for this reason. So a fish finger sandwich would not be a meal without rocket or spinach or something in it. Or some broccoli or green beans or peas as a side dish.

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MargaretCavendish · 03/07/2018 12:56

I'm with you on the 'it's not a meal unless it's got some green veg' thing - although that often means a salad on the side.

Do we get an exemption certificate from being the sort of basic people who like hot food if we're vegetarians who almost never eat potato, so are definitely not 'meat three veg' people?

Oysterbabe · 03/07/2018 13:01

I have to have something green too.

MargaretCavendish · 03/07/2018 13:01

It's funny how we all have the food things we secretly judge. I had never previously thought of myself as basic because I don't like cold food in the evening (except in very hot weather), but if I'm honest I do judge people who dislike spice, who won't eat a meal without meat, or who don't have small children but eat before 7pm - and I'd use exactly the same stereotype for them as was used upthread for the hot food lovers!

stubbornstains · 03/07/2018 19:43

I'm with the vegetable faction, except that lunch usually has to have some kind of vegetable matter on the side, too.

But where do you stand on fish & chips, bertrand? That is the only meal, IMHO, that should remain exclusively beige (except for ketchup, of course).

MsHippo · 03/07/2018 19:52

@stubbornstains Mushy peas!!

PinkBuffalo · 03/07/2018 19:56

I'm with you OP, your meal sounded very nice and substantial (but then I just had toast for tea so what do I know!)
I don't agree with you re: green though. And I generally don't have hot & cold on the same plate.
(Disclaimer: I am the fussiest eater in the whole world)

stubbornstains · 03/07/2018 20:04

I stand steadfastly against mushy peas. An abomination Grin

Bluelonerose · 03/07/2018 20:15

The problem I find is cold food never seems to fill me.
I am in dire need of a full Sunday roast!!Grin

BertrandRussell · 03/07/2018 20:23

Ooh-fish and chips? Well, salad obviously if we're eating it at home. (But to confirm- not on the same plate, of course). Outside and out of the paper? Tartare sauce counts as a green vegetable.

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mathanxiety · 03/07/2018 22:06

Fish finger sandwiches were a breakfast dish chez moi as a child.

NorthernSpirit · 03/07/2018 22:11

God this is such an English thing that an evening meal has to be hot. Absolutely rubbish.

PickAChew · 03/07/2018 22:37

I don't consider something to be a meal if it doesn't have something green. I often take great exception to dishes on Masterchef for this reason.

I can't watch programs like this without heckling the apparent aversion to vegetables of so many chefs. Agree about the fish and chips exemption, though. DH likes mushy peas with his but they make me violently ill so just the smell of them ruins the treat for me.

Beautifulsunshine · 03/07/2018 23:04

I very rarely eat a cold meal, I don’t like sandwiches but would happily eat a cheese toastie. I don’t feel it’s a proper meal if it’s not hot.

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