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Surely nobody can eat a pack of pate?

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pyracantha · 25/01/2023 22:46

There are 4 of us. Once a week we have lots of different types of salads with French bread and pate as our evening meal. We love pate. It gets eaten at breakfast on toast in the days afterwards.

We never managed to eat it all before we’re scared of it. Why don’t they sell it in usable portions?

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AccidentallyRunToWindsor · 28/01/2023 06:36

I am forever throwing pate away. I feel you OP but there are only 2.5 of us in the house so I assumed that's why

TerfOnATrain · 28/01/2023 07:19

The pate thread is going strong, based on a previous poster’s comment, do you butter before pate or not?

We definitely do! It adds a creamy richness to the pate and it’s not the same without it.

Iwantmyoldnameback · 28/01/2023 07:29

TerfOnATrain · 28/01/2023 07:19

The pate thread is going strong, based on a previous poster’s comment, do you butter before pate or not?

We definitely do! It adds a creamy richness to the pate and it’s not the same without it.

Butter if it's crusty bread but not if it's toast or crackers. I have no idea why I do this but it's the same with sardines. Although I expect most in here are too posh for tinned sardines.

AccidentallyRunToWindsor · 28/01/2023 07:34

@TerfOnATrain hold up....people DONT put butter on as well?

This is what's wrong with the world Wink

BarrelOfOtters · 28/01/2023 07:51

s. Although I expect most in here are too posh for tinned sardines. C

you can get a very posh tinned sardine…collectors items Posh sardines .laid down like fine wines

Surely nobody can eat a pack of pate?
Funkyblues101 · 28/01/2023 08:00

BunchHarman · 27/01/2023 22:44

How much pate do you have to eat in pregnancy for it to be a ‘problem’?

Paté and unpasteurised cheese can harbour listeria which can lead to miscarriage. Listeria is taken very seriously in France, as well as toxoplasmosis - cats are sent to live elsewhere for the duration of a woman's pregnancy.

eastegg · 28/01/2023 08:16

spaghettimaretti · 27/01/2023 21:34

Op I think you’d find it easier to eat if you got better pate. I find those tubs tasteless and tbh use it for giving my dogs their worming tablets. Coop has better quality stuff too which is still pretty cheap AND might mean you don’t throw any away.

It couldn’t be clearer from the OP that the family love the pate, that’s not the problem, and it’s why many pps are perplexed.

Still, don’t let reading the OP get in the way of a snidey little dig.

spaghettimaretti · 28/01/2023 08:21

Oh come on. How many digs have there been on this thread and you pick mine? Jeez.

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · 28/01/2023 08:29

I'm amused to see that @pyracantha (the OP of this thread) yesterday posted on another thread entitled: "What’s your favourite can’t be arsed tea…" with the reply: "Pâté. Not too much." I think we are well and truly having our legs pulled on this thread, but it's been fun!

Iwantmyoldnameback · 28/01/2023 08:32

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · 28/01/2023 08:29

I'm amused to see that @pyracantha (the OP of this thread) yesterday posted on another thread entitled: "What’s your favourite can’t be arsed tea…" with the reply: "Pâté. Not too much." I think we are well and truly having our legs pulled on this thread, but it's been fun!

Totally agree, trouble is sometimes people are sufficiently strange it's hard to tell for sure.

eastegg · 28/01/2023 09:03

spaghettimaretti · 28/01/2023 08:21

Oh come on. How many digs have there been on this thread and you pick mine? Jeez.

Others are picking up on the humour, taking the piss in a gentle way and being humourous themselves. Your post was different. That’s why I picked on it.

spaghettimaretti · 28/01/2023 09:21

Others have laughed at people who consider pate a treat.

fucking mumsnet. Threads always descend in to sniping between posters. It’s a lighthearted thread, go lighten up.

Applesandcarrots · 28/01/2023 09:28

eastegg · 28/01/2023 09:03

Others are picking up on the humour, taking the piss in a gentle way and being humourous themselves. Your post was different. That’s why I picked on it.

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Chill. It's not even real fgs🙄

Underminer · 28/01/2023 10:22

Rainpigeon · 28/01/2023 06:31

I have 3 sets of twins and we struggle to get through a dairylea triangle before it gets terrifying.

Have you ever tried a Dairylea and pate combo? The very thought of the extravagance of two layered scraping might be too much for some to handle.

parlourb · 28/01/2023 10:24

Yes @spaghettimaretti almost everyone has taken it the way I presume op meant it , well done btw @pyracantha centerpiece pate thread has been very amusing

mustgetoffmn · 28/01/2023 10:27

pyracantha · 25/01/2023 22:59

we as a family really like it - it’s literally the once a week treat centre piece meal with salad on a Saturday night. We look forward to it. We also eat it for days afterwards as I said in my OP. Eventually the outside is grey and the inside is pink and I’m scared it’s not safe based on the packet instructions but also my nose.

I don’t eat pate but most things can be frozen. It usually says on package how long to eat after opening. I would say if it’s changed colour on outside perhaps not.

IamEarthymama · 28/01/2023 10:36

I think there is a Mumsnetter on Kitchen Cabinet on R4 as the first question today was "what food has scared you?" ☺️

threatmatrix · 28/01/2023 11:03

You don’t spread patè you cut a piece off, clump in on your bread of choice, add some sort of relish and maybe a tiny bit of raw onion.

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · 28/01/2023 12:25

IamEarthymama · 28/01/2023 10:36

I think there is a Mumsnetter on Kitchen Cabinet on R4 as the first question today was "what food has scared you?" ☺️

@IamEarthymama - did the white tub of Coop pâté figure as a scary food?

TrianglePlayer · 28/01/2023 12:28

threatmatrix · 28/01/2023 11:03

You don’t spread patè you cut a piece off, clump in on your bread of choice, add some sort of relish and maybe a tiny bit of raw onion.

This is accurate. It’s also fine to just cut it off with a knife and put it straight in your mouth. Or eat it off a spoon if it’s in a jar.

IamEarthymama · 28/01/2023 12:28

Sadly no!
I think there were fried tarantulas, live crabs that the panel member hadn't read as alive crabs!

Made me smile as I thought of our OP's terror at opening the fridge door to the 9/10ths remainder of that Co-op pate after the family had gorged on it all week.☺️

Trez1510 · 28/01/2023 12:37

Rainpigeon · 28/01/2023 06:31

I have 3 sets of twins and we struggle to get through a dairylea triangle before it gets terrifying.

Can your high-earning (eight figures) hubby not pay for some therapy for you and the three sets of twins?

If he won't do so, LTB! Tonight!!

aveline161 · 28/01/2023 12:49

tonight is the night, please come back OP with a picture of your table at tea time?

Spermysextowel · 28/01/2023 13:44

A pp mentioned that Tesco do a ham hock & piccalilli pâté. Is this all year, or just a Christmas item? If there is also jelly I may have to relocate to a house near a Tesco.

DeanVolecapeAKAelderberry · 28/01/2023 13:51

I've just had soup followed by toast and Lidl pate for lunch, and noticed the 170 g pate is packaged in two parts, so sparing those feel fear. I'm going to have to eat the other 1.5 packs by February 5 - can I do it?