Loads of Veggies and Massive Salad

[HangingDitch]

I find people saying they had “loads of veggies” or “massive salad” with their meal irrationally irritating. Not the fact they had vegetables or a salad, just the phrases.

I am being unreasonable, aren’t I?

[NotAshamedToFancyTheGrinch]

All chocolate is good

Hershey’s tastes like vomit

[iloveeverykindofcat]

@SmoggieC

I used to work with a grown woman in her 50s that said veggywabbles. Now that was irritating.

Not a jury in the land would convict you.

[liveforsummer]

@DeepaBeesKit

Yanbu.

"Massive salad" like it's a hearty, indulgent, filling meal. It just never is.

I make 'massive' salads but it's mostly cold non salad things with a bit of added lettuce and cucumber. Probably more calories than your average roast 😆

[LaMarschallin]

hotmeatymilk

@CulturePigeon Holy shit I thought I was alone in “a coffee”. Can’t bear it, judge people for the “a”, actively find myself then not wanting coffee if it’s offered as “a” coffee. It’s like cotton wool on teeth.

I hadn't spotted CulturePigeon"'s "a coffee" post.
Oddly, I don't mind "a coffee" but don't like "a tea".
I also don't mind "a beer" or "a whisky", for example, but really dislike "a wine" or "a few wines".
"A cheeky wine" would be rubbing salt into the wound.

[notafriggingain]

My DP says "pick dinner" it makes me feel physically sick and gives me the rage.

[angela99999]

@Thecurliestwurly

OP, I have loads of veggies with my meal, mainly spuds in the form of chips....

I do actually like lots of veg and salad, hate meals without them, but you definitely need carbs and protein. Therefore my meals are massive and are contributing to my massive arse!

I once met an enormous vegan biker, the most unhealthy-looking man you could imagine. Apparently he lived on chips and baked beans and loathed "any other vegetables".

[angela99999]

@Mrsjayy

My massive salads usually have cheese and pork pie in them so not exactly healthy

So true. And maybe new potatoes or a jacket potato?
DH regards salad as a garnish, not a meal. He leaves it on his plate as he would a sprig of mint or a coriander pod.

[SmoggieC]

I used to work with a grown woman in her 50s that said veggywabbles. Now that was irritating.

[hotmeatymilk]

@CulturePigeon Holy shit I thought I was alone in “a coffee”. Can’t bear it, judge people for the “a”, actively find myself then not wanting coffee if it’s offered as “a” coffee. It’s like cotton wool on teeth.

[Butchyrestingface]

People who talk about making a 'pan' of soup. In my fantasies, I kill them a million times over and it is never enough. 🔪🔪🔪

[Scrabblecrabapple]

@Bloodypunkrockers

This brought back memories of my mum sending me to the shop with a list and
T- Toms still irritate me. Although not half as much as T pax!

[CulturePigeon]

What a brilliant thread - and yes, very cathartic.

For some reason I can't analyse, I don't like menus which say "blah blah served with "a" (something - say, seafood) sauce. Just put 'seafood sauce' without the "a". Don't know why it annoys me - perhaps because it's SO pretentious - implying that the chef has a number of seafood sauces at his fingertips and has chosen this one on a whim today. Particularly annoying if it's clearly a chain pub/restaurant where stuff might well just be microwaved.

Also (and I'm not going to win this one) I don't like going for 'a coffee' - why not just 'coffee' or 'a cup of coffee'? No-one needs to tell me this is irrational - I know! I just can't work out why it annoys me.

[TatianaBis]

@ErrolTheDragon

She knew exactly what she meant.

Oh I see she’s in on it. Ha.

[ErrolTheDragon]

The only vegan 'fake meat' I've ever had which was really nice was a 'hoisin duck' starter, which came with a small but piquantly dressed salad. I think it was made from seitan.

[Thecurliestwurly]

@Ineedaduvetday

Vegan food is always described on MN as 'delicious'. Can't have a vegan food thread without that word being used in many of the posts.

I don't mind vegan food, but I bought some vegan sausages the other day and they tasted like something that had come from a 3d printer. My body was screaming at me 'this is not food!'. They were odd. Love vegan cheese though!

[Thecurliestwurly]

OP, I have loads of veggies with my meal, mainly spuds in the form of chips....

I do actually like lots of veg and salad, hate meals without them, but you definitely need carbs and protein. Therefore my meals are massive and are contributing to my massive arse!

[ErrolTheDragon]

She knew exactly what she meant.

[TatianaBis]

@hotmeatymilk

No, no – you pop some eggs in a bowl and chuck some bread in, then pan fry it off for noms

Sorry, ‘fry it off’ is one of my bête noires. Pan fry it off is even worse.

You just mean fry it.

[Bloodypunkrockers]

@NerrSnerr

I can't cope with yum. For example
'I'd eat a cheese sandwich and a huge salad. Yum'.

Why is that yum there? Why is it needed?

Because they're 5 years old?

That's the word I have a visceral reaction to

[Bloodypunkrockers]

@hotmeatymilk

No, no – you pop some eggs in a bowl and chuck some bread in, then pan fry it off for noms

Oooh. Yum

Food of the gods

[BronwenFrideswide]

@PickledPeppa

And let us never forget giving the children “unlimited access to the fruit bowl.”

Yet they never say whether the child actually eats the stuff.

MNers always "prep" food - and usually the day before. Christmas dinner must be "prepped" and cooked at least a week in advance

One has to assume that the fruit bowl has actual fruit in it and not one stuffed with bills and random other crap as per Rab C Nesbitt

[pastypirate]

@StrychnineInTheSandwiches

I call it French toast cos I'm a fancy dickhead.

You just beat some eggs and milk, salt and pepper, dip bread in the mix and and let it soak up (slightly stale bread is best) and then fry it in butter and oil. So delicious.

You can also make a sweet version by omitting the salt and pepper and adding sugar instead.

You can top either with add maple syrup and bacon if you feel the calorie count is lacking.

Butter you say......only done it with oil so far!!

[fuckyeahdannybrooks]

@OhGiveUp

Any adult who refers to vegetables as veggies deserves to be pelted with frozen sprouts until they see the error of their ways.
YANBU op.

Or force fed brussels sprouts tops prior to attending an important meeting/wedding *

*other occasions with high embarrassment potential are available.

[Sparklingbrook]

If the maple syrup and bacon is coming out then it has to be pancakes surely?

[Mrsjayy]

We call it French toast too