...to cook a roast even after lunch in a cafe?

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We had lunch in Morrisons cafe today (toddler DD’s fave ‘restaurant’) after doing weekly shop. I had a jacket pot, DD had a kids pasta, DSs are only 11mo so shared a kids’ lunchbox and DH ordered their ‘Big Daddy’ breakfast with extra toast, extra black pudding, an extra egg on top of 3 of everything.

Came home and started getting the roast dinner on and DH says “surely you’re not cooking a roast after my HUGE lunch!” I reminded him there are 4 other people in the house who haven’t had what he’s had and said he could just have a bit if he wasn’t hungry. He said it’s a waste of time because we should all have had a big lunch and a smaller tea. I’m annoyed but not sure why!

@Lipz

give your dh some hot meat on bread, my dh does this

I'd be giving him fuck all, he can get himself leftovers if he wants.

That sounds bloody delicious!

I could eat that even after a huge lunch, just because of sheer delectability!

No-one (normal) is ever too full for a gravy dinner . . .

Don't put him any out. He knew you were having a roast. Why is it ok for him at lunch but not for you later on?

If you start cooking the roast at 4.30.What time would you eat?

I love a roast dinner. But also love an opportunity not to meas about all afternoon cooking one.

I bet he would eat it. But if you are cooking then presumably he's wrangling the dcs and that's why he doesn't want one. He's all sleepy after that big lunch and fancies a nan nap which he can't have if you are cooking.

Why didn’t it occur to him to check what was for dinner when it was clear he was having a massive lunch compared to the rest of you?

He can take leftovers for tomorrow lunch

YWBU to have a jacket potato against his all day breakfast. Then doubly Unreasonable for insisting on a roast later because you didn't take full advantage of eating out.

At the age your DC are DH and I would both have had all day breakfast and shared with them.

I never insist on cooking after supermarket shopping and eating out with my lot - too exhausted and defeats the purpose of eating out.

I don’t know what you’re all on about. I sometimes have a jacket potato and beans at work and I’m starving three hours later.

I’m in similar situation where I was hungover so had a massive Burger King which I couldn’t finish then DP decided he wanted us (ie me) to make steak and ale pie with roast potatoes and veg.

I’m sure I’ll manage it but I’m having a good eight hour break beforehand. Next week back to starving myself 😂

He's being selfish. Just because he ate loads and is full, doesn't mean everyone else is.

I hope you made the roast and enjoyed it whilst he sulked in the corner!

Did you not have a conversation about what was for dinner when you were shopping or choosing what to have for lunch?

It does seem like a bit if a waste of effort if it’s not going to be appreciated, but if you were cooking and you wanted it- then crack on! Frankly I’d have taken the opportunity not to cook, but I’ll do that any day ending in ‘y’ If I’m going to do a (vegetarian) roast I’d want it to be oroperly appreciated!

isn't a jacket potato and then a big roast dinner masses of food?
depends on the portion size!

Why do people think a roast = a ridiculous pile of food and calories?
Even my kids primary school serves "roast" sometimes, the portions are tiny!

Me and dh tend to agree if it's our main meal or not. In this instance he would not have ordered the big daddy breakfast!

An average roast is quite a healthy meal, just a big pile of veg and protein.
(If you exclude the Yorkshire puds and go easy on the roast potatoes).

Kale on a Sunday Roast? YABU just at that! lol.
But seriously if a roast is a usual Sunday feature then he's an arse.

Roasts are easy to make and roast leftovers are the best so just do it and he can suck down a sandwich later. Miserable twat.

surely you’re not cooking a roast after my HUGE lunch! See OP you've got the wrong word in capitals there - he means "surely you're not cooking after MY huge lunch (and never mind the rest of you)"!

I see very quickly people came on to castigate you for daring to eat a potato for lunch and then want a dinner - you greedy cow OP. As we all know on MN, a slice of meat and one potato is more than enough for everyone in any 24 hour period, otherwise you must be fat and greedy or a man.

isn't a jacket potato and then a big roast dinner masses of food?

Really? Have they changed potatoes?

I'd not like a big roast dinner after eating out for.lunch either. DH is the one here who has to.make a proper evening meal, even if we have been out for lunch. I find that somewhat annoying as part of the point of eating a lunch out for me is that, I can eat less in the evening and there is less fuss

and clearing up involved that evening . All by way of which I suppose I am saying I can see both sides

Does going out make your potatoes bigger bumbling?

My DH pulls shit like this "oh I'll just have some cheese and crackers, don't worry about cooking dinner". He's a weight obsessed cyclist which I suspect is the issue. So I end up cooking anyway because the kids and I don't want cheese and crackers for dinner!

A baked potato is neither "eating out" nor a massive meal. Wtf is up with people on here?

Why on earth didn't you say we're having a big roast this evening so you may not want to have a huge lunch

Why didn't he say something like 'shall we have a big lunch now, save cooking the roast later'?

But then if you have stuff in for a roast, the OP might have time to cook a roast today, but not in the week.

Why do people think a roast = a ridiculous pile of food and calories

^^ This?

If you've just got some lean meat and veg, with only small amounts of roast potatoes and Yorkshire puds, it's a light meal with fewer calories than the average sandwich.

I'd cook the roast, eat what I wanted and use up the leftovers in the next few days. That's how roasts are supposed to go anyway. Bubble and squeak tomorrow anyone?

Christ, I'd demolish a roast dinner after a jacket potato for lunch! Is the potato the size of a human head or something? Is this where all the competitive undereaters emerge to declare they couldn't possibly eat for three days after a jacket potato? My DD is only 9mo and would eat a proper dinner plus fruit for dessert after a bowl of pasta at lunchtime too!

The good thing about doing a roast on Sunday is the leftovers can set you up for several meals afterwards. Cold cuts, bubble and squeak, sandwiches, soup. In my house that'd be at least Monday sorted too, though we tend to have chicken.

I had an Asda cafe 'Christmas lunch' the other day, and it was quite small and not particularly filling, and I'm quite a light eater.

The plate and amount of food you got was probably half what you'd get somewhere like Toby Carvery. Just because it's a roast doesn't necessarily translate into a 'massive meal'.

Quite frankly after Sunday shopping at Morrisons and then eating a decent brunch I couldn’t be arsed with the full Sunday roast. I would have bought some nice salad, fish, potatoes or bread and made an easy tea. But if your can be bothered , then each to their own. As long as no one is making you slave over a Sunday dinner then its all good.