That a Scotch egg is not a substantial meal

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-55129828

Nonsense from a government minister.

Surely a simple test is that you spend more on food than alcohol (or any other drink)?

Who eats a meat pie with their hands?

Everyone in Wigan for a start

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Really? I can shove a filet-o-fish in one-handed.

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Nobody is forcing you.

Something you can hold in one hand is a snack. If you need a plate to hold all the bits together, it's a meal

Nonsense. I can eat a burrito the size of a swaddled infant with one hand, no plate necessary.

Sorry, wrong thread!

Will give DH a scotch egg tonight for tea and let you know if he thinks its substantial

@Janaih

Who eats a meat pie with their hands?

Everyone in Wigan for a start

I thought they ate them in a barm?

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/2017083-He-has-eaten-a-fat-ball

The "Artisan Scotch Egg" thread from Classics. 😂

Yes it's substantial

It's about 600 calories for a decent one

More than many restaurant dishes

Who eats a meat pie with their hands?

Strayans

I even need two hands to comfortably eat a McDonald’s 99p burger and they’re not that big...

That's just poor technique

@MrsTerryPratchett @onetc sounds like I need more practice... must order Bleecker Burgers for dinner to practice 😂

Oh my word -this whole subject on the news website has made me long for a scotch egg - and I'm a vegetarian. This is a DISASTER.

Depends - proper scotch egg with salad is about 350 calories. That's a normal lunch amount.

Can you get Scotch eggs which have a Glamorgan sausage coat? That would be vegetarian (though definitely not vegan.)

@Seriouslymole

Oh my word -this whole subject on the news website has made me long for a scotch egg - and I'm a vegetarian. This is a DISASTER.

Quorn picnic eggs. Not the same, but not bad.

Scotch eggs seem to have become quite a "thing" in the swankier butchers and gastropubs round here. Can't stand eggs, myself, but the family tell me these scotch eggs are quite filling (and about twice the size of the supermarket basic ones).

I also don't think it is that unusual for pensioners to pop in for a "starter" and a drink in the rural pubs at lunchtime.

Government communication is hopeless. Given their track record you think they'd get staff/diverse focus group to help create 4 pages of Q&A that the ministers promise to read before opening their mouths on radio shows and TVs.

@BigSandyBalls2015

What!! on average around here a main course in a pub is about £14-16, and a bottle of house wine is more than that!

Just one glass of decent wine in pubs near me costs £12 approx, ridiculous!

Imagine being a magistrate if anywhere is prosecuted!

I've seen this government come up with a right load of flannel in the last year but honestly. A Scotch egg is not a substantial meal! It hardly qualifies as a light meal with salad on the side. I have seen the above presented as a 'starter' on some menus.

@IrkedEssex

Bloody hell. On your test I'd be having to buy caviar

That made me actual lol, I'd be the same

As for the OP, I was going to say you what, it's a snack, don't be daft!
Then read the article and see it's a 'Rona thing and in that case YABU and it is a substantial meal because let's face it, it's pretty stodgy and filling and perfect stomach lining if out for drinks lol

Scotch egg and HP sauce.

Great

But then - what would they say is not a substantial meal?

@CorianderQueen - I shall investigate. Thank you for the tip

I'd have thought on Mumsnet it's a 'huge, I couldn't possibly eat all that, I had a chickpea on Tuesday' type meal????

It´s been years since I last had a scotch egg. Got a hankering for one now.