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.

<waves> at @00100001 fellow bread and gravy eater. (is it a London thing?)

We had 3 veg plus the roasties. It was broc, carrots and cauli.

Yep! And if I didn't do another meal I would snack all bloody evening.

I don't find it particularly enjoyable tbh

Well there's at least 2 of you so it must be a thing!

Calling the Undereaters of Mumsnet who say they will only sip water from a thimble for the whole of the next week!

We all see you - Marjorie Dawes - and we're not fooled!

I’d definitely want something, maybe picking at leftovers or making a sandwich with it. Not a proper meal but I’d definitely be hungry by the evening.

Ah, but when you have a little poolnof gravy left on the plate. You out the slice if bread on it, flip it and then eat it up a delicious roast dinner gravy soaked slice 😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋😋

Try it sometime

Maybe it's a "poor" thing, we grew up poor a d had this at the end of roast dinners perhaps to fill us up and get the goodness of the gravy??

Me too

So OP, your in-laws want a cup of tea and a sandwich. They're not being unreasonable, and it wouldn't be a bad idea to throw in a biscuit too.

Yes, soup or salad or similar probably.

Yeah, I can always eat....

FWIW I agree with @Boxe. A roast is a bigger lunch than I'd usually have, but I don't eat it in an overflowing plate, back for seconds, can't move afterwards kind of a way.

After being taught as a kid that to leave a crumb on your plate was a travesty and a waste of money it's taken me years to retrain myself to eat until I'm full and then stop before it becomes a chore that leaves me feeling bloated and sick.

If we have a midweek roast it's normal size. Might be chicken, potatoes, peas and carrots.

Weekend roast, go a bit bigger, extra roasties, more veg 3-5 types, yorkies, stuffing etc and have small supper (toast/crumpet/cereal) in balance.

Yes, if I had my big meal at lunchtime I'd still want to have a small meal in the evening, same as if I know I'm having my big meal at dinnertime, I'd have a small meal at lunchtime.

OP if you know you're going to have a big dinner do you just skip lunch altogether?

Yes, I'd probably have a sandwich or toastie later on in the evening.

Yes. I can't eat an enormous meal without feeling pretty ill. I'd be very happy with roast dinner leftovers though. And if I ate a smaller portion than anyone else, then those are my leftovers thank you, hands off.

No, no inlaws today.

It's just a idle curiosity foody thread.

Definitely! Though it may just be something light or small eg cheese and crackers, or a small bowl of cold pasta salad.

No just a cup of tea would do me but I try not to drink after 6am so I'm not up weeing all night

Id never be able to eat a roast that big, maybe half so yeah I'd want to eat again later on

bread after a roast is weird.
I would want supper, even if something light.

Yes I’d have a snack or light meal that evening. My MIL has a slow metabolism compared to me, and is of the “oof I couldn’t eat again until next week” persuasion. I’m almost the opposite, if I have a big meal I find it makes me hungrier the next day!

I’d just have something like cheese on toast, a sandwich or cup a soup with crackers/cheese oatcakes.

No surprise that the women of MN are only eating a teeny, tiny roast. Probably only as big as the salad they normally have. They just couldn't eat any more.

Exactly this, but then I don't overindulge just because it's a roast.

I would probably have a bit of cheese and some crackers maybe 9ish if I had eaten at 2. Probably not another meal though.