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Aibu to think that serving potatoes at all with salmon en croute is just unnecessary carbohydrates

817 replies

halvedfees · 23/02/2021 09:27

Further to the thread on boiled potatoes, from what I could glean not one person pointed out that you are serving carbohydrates with what should be already an ample portion of carbohydrates in the pastry. We have salmon en croute with extra green veg to fill everyone up. Is it just me or do people not get what a healthy portion (especially carbohydrates) actually is? Don't get me started on garlic bread being served with pasta.......🤬

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MaybeWeShouldGoToEastbourne · 23/02/2021 09:29

You eat carbs? Shock

lughnasadh · 23/02/2021 09:30

Food issues at your place, huh?

Twinkie01 · 23/02/2021 09:30

It's nuts. Pizza and garlic bread, pizza and chips, pasta and chips, pie and chips.

MildredPuppy · 23/02/2021 09:31

Well yes it is two servings of carbs.

Perhaps they eat clear chicken broth and a boiled egg for their other meals.

2021WillBeMyBitch · 23/02/2021 09:31

What about garlic bread being served with lasagne AND chips?

Yum 😋

Shantotto · 23/02/2021 09:31

Ooh yay a competitive under-eating thread!

SmidgenofaPigeon · 23/02/2021 09:31

Oh bore off. You sound well joyless.

Don’t you ever have crisps with sandwiches? Yorkshire’s with roast potatoes Confused

Potterythrowdown · 23/02/2021 09:31

Quite agree OP, I only eat half a potato on Christmas Day and that's enough for the year.

Nailcutee · 23/02/2021 09:32

TAAT
Surprise surprise people live differently to you, what a shock

HilaryBriss · 23/02/2021 09:33

Why can't people just eat what they like? I don't particularly care how many portions of carbs I eat - sometimes I have lasagne, garlic bread AND chips!!

Lockheart · 23/02/2021 09:33

Some people like carbs, what's your point?

I regularly have garlic bread with pasta, you'd have a conniption at some dinners round my house.

I also regularly have very low carb meals.

All things in moderation.

SmidgenofaPigeon · 23/02/2021 09:34

I actually can’t fathom being bothered by what other people put with what on their dinners, have toy been inside a lot during the pandemic? Is your world now very small?

Livy178 · 23/02/2021 09:34

When I have lasagne , I also have a baked potato, salad and garlic bread 😄

GreenlandTheMovie · 23/02/2021 09:34

I wouldn't tend to eat garlic bread with pasta but would see nothing wrong with a couple of potatoes with salmon en croute. Just how inactive would you have to be for this to matter so much? I need carbohydrates too because I exercise a lot. It's the combination of eating too much and not moving enough that is the real cause of obesity, but please remember that some of us are very active and need carbohydrates!

SchrodingersImmigrant · 23/02/2021 09:34

Let me introduce you to my beloved maqluba😁
Rice and potatoes (as my inlaws make it)

Carbs for life✌️

Tureen · 23/02/2021 09:35

CARB ALERT CARB ALERT CARB ALERT!!!!

Is double carbs even more of a no-no than double denim?

JesusAteMyHamster · 23/02/2021 09:36

There is no such thing as 'unnecessarily carbohydrates'............those words shouldn't even exist.

TheLovleyChebbyMcGee · 23/02/2021 09:36

@2021WillBeMyBitch

*What about garlic bread being served with lasagne AND chips?

Yum 😋*

We call that the Holy trinity up here!! Strangely I wouldn't do all 3 at home, but I'd definitely order that in a restaurant, with macaroni cheese too, yum!!

Beecham · 23/02/2021 09:37

Most of my diet is carbs, and I often have double or even triple carbs at mealtimes. I am a very healthy weight.

HobnobbingAboutHobnobs · 23/02/2021 09:37

Some people would have been shocked at the dinner DH served up last night - stew with dumplings, mash AND Yorkshire pudding! 🤯

Anne1958 · 23/02/2021 09:37

Ok Op, we’ve noticed you.

But not in a good way

ClangingChimesofDoom · 23/02/2021 09:37

OP lockdown is a real pain, Iknow, but there's other ways to occupy your time than worrying about the diets of perfect strangers!

Bluesername · 23/02/2021 09:37

Better to ditch the high-fat pastry than the potatoes, surely?

Chemenger · 23/02/2021 09:38

Well done OP, virtue duly signalled. You are better than all the rest. Feel better for it?

MaMaD1990 · 23/02/2021 09:38

I think when I rolled my eyes at this they rotated a full 180...there surely must be something else to occupy your time with OP!