You've had a roast dinner at 2pm. Would you want to eat again before bed?

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Big roast with all the trimmings - pork with crackling, 3 veg, Yorkshire puds, stuffing, gravy, bread to dip ect.

Would you want anything before bed, apart from a cup or tea or two?

YABU - yes i'd want/need to eat again.
YANBU - nope, that would do me for the rest of the day.

Would always want a third meal. Would prefer to eat before 2pm for ma n meal too so less likely to snack

yes, a crumpet with pate, crisps, hot chocolate maybe some fruit.

Gosh if I'd had a big roast at 2pm today, I probably couldn't eat again til at least Easter, probably Christmas...

Had a roast about 2 but it was only small.
Beef,roasters,peas and gravy.
Just using up what I had before I go shopping tomorrow.

I had some toast and my kids had some pasta.

I think it depends on the size of your meal.

Hmm because breakfast and a large late lunch might provide enough calories? I guess it depends on how active you are - if you go for a run or long walk, you may well need some more food, but if you're at home sitting on the sofa perhaps two meals a day are sufficient?

HAHAH, I'd want to eat again by 3!

I don't eat breakfast so that would be my first meal of the day so yeah I would absolutely eat later on. I don't tend to eat enormous meals that would make me feel full for the rest of the day though. I would just have a normal size roast not a 'big' one with bread. I like eating and food but am not a fan of stuffing myself silly, more of a snacker.

I might not feel like it if it was a big helping of roast dinner. But I would still eat something light because otherwise I would probably get hungry later (like 9pm) and wouldn't sleep well if I went to bed hungry.

Yes. 2pm to 7-8 am is a long time without food!

Jeez @LuckySantangelo35 what's your investment in this thread? So much questioning of others replies And sardines, bleurgh, no thanks.

We had beef, roasties, carrots, broccoli, red cabbage and gravy around 2pm today.
Long walk with dog and then some house chores. I've literally just sat down with a pot of M&S salad as my 9pm evening snack and thought I'd have a browse on MN. So yes I would eat something light again!

I might be okay but the children and DH would definitely be asking where ‘dinner’ was. Although that would be a sandwich and some side veg. Sounds like Xmas where a cheese board is murdered later but that’s factoring in booze.

If we have a roast, it’s 6 inches high.

Honestly sometimes I read threads like this and wonder if I'm extremely weird for having a big appetite. I don't eat to it because feeling bad about myself is worse than the hunger but I can't be doing with all this anti-food rhetoric.

Growing up my DM used to do a big roast for 1pm every week and then Sunday tea was served at 6pm. This would be a sandwich on a bread bun, never bread, with a savoury item such as a small sausage roll or slice of pork pie and a sweet item, usually a piece of cake or a portion of jelly and ice cream.

My life isn't like that so if we have a roast, it's in the evening.

Depends if I was hungry or not.

@Weallhaveavoice after a roast, you get a slice of bread, and put it on your plate to soak up all the left over bits of gravy. Make sure you get both sides. Oooh it’s bloody lovely. When I was a kid, it was the only reason for me to eat all my veg - so I’d have room to put the slice of bread on at the end! 😂

Excellent😁
sounds like a clever parent trick to get the veg eaten.
wish I’d known about that one
will have lovely white slice ready next Sunday.

For those interested, the bread at the end of a meal is an Irish take on a French custom.

In France, food would be served on a board called a trencher. In Ireland they changed it to a crust of bread in the bottom of the dish when they served stews etc which, like England, was predominantly what the poor ate. You ate the stew and if you were still hungry, the trencher underneath.

When the Irish workforce came to England, the custom came with them. The hardest workers were thought to have the biggest appetites and to be known as a fine trencher an (Someone who always ate the trencher as well as the rest) was a real mark of respect

When I have a roast, it’s the same amount of food as I’d have of any other type of food.

When we have a roast it tends to be a large meal with lots of sides - vegetables, roast potatoes, bread, cheeses followed by dessert and coffees. It takes a couple of hours. There's no way I can or want to eat anything else for the rest of the day.

My parents were part of that Irish workforce.
But never heard of it, grandad didn’t do it either.
not rich, very poor,
Ive have heard of the trencher bread bowl thing you describe tho.

Yes, I'd have something small like cheese and biscuits or a toastie.

When people say they have something small like cheese, what do they mean? A chunk of cheddar cheese? A slice of Emmental cheese? On its own?!

Up until my forties, I would absolutely have needed a later tea/supper. I was very active and thin. Now, in my fifties, I would just have a little snack.

You’re not alone. I love good food. One of life’s great pleasures. I’m also pretty active, so I get hungry. For some reason, there are people on here who think liking food, and getting hungry, is some sort of moral failing.

Absolutely. If I didn’t I’d be starving by midnight. On thanksgiving we eat arou around 1/2 and we definitely have another plate of food later in the evening even if it’s just a small serving.