Courgette on a roast dinner

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Had a lovely day out with relatively new partner yesterday (8 months, live together) got home and he said go chill in the bath I'll cook a roast dinner.

I'm thinking, this is pretty cool. Come down later to be handed a roast chicken dinner. Comprised of roasties, chicken, Yorkshire, leeks, parnips, carrots, stuffing and a small pile of salty green mush.

I'm like, err, is this leek a different way? He's like try it..it's courgette.

YANBU - absolutely no courgette mush on a roast.
YABU - he cooked you a roast fgs.

She does sweetcorn too.

She is lovely on the surface but clearly a psycho underneath.

We use whatever is in season with our roasts to change them up a bit and keep the children interested in veg. Sounds like the courgette was overcooked though. I'd be grateful to have been made a roast.

Frankly, OP, that is the worst drip feed I've ever seen on MN, and I've been on here over a decade.

Absolutely not. However, he sounds lovely so I think we should let him off.

He was cooking - he did it his way. When you cook, do it your way. Both work. You are not unreasonable to prefer your way (I think we all do!), but you are VVU if you complained after someone sent you off to relax whilst they cooked dinner.

How long were you in the bath that he'd managed to cook a roast dinner?
Courgette is fine but not if it's a pile of salty mush.

Absolutely for dramatic effect #sorrynotsorry

There should be a 'change my vote' button.

Wouldn't be my first choice, but I'd give it ago if someone else had been trying to make the effort. Did he orginally plan to cook a roast on that day? If not, might be he had some things in and courgette was the nearest thing he could add.

If you end up being together long term, I guess you can sometimes do roast dinners your way, or if you're buying ingredients for him to cook a roast, just happen to buy broccoli/peas whatever for a change!

Sounds as though he needs to learn how to cook them - courgettes should not be mushy! But no problem with the being part of a roast.

Yorkshires with chicken though 😱😱!!

You can change your vote on AIBU. I do it all the time.

I love courgettes A courgette puree would go well with roast chicken

Think he just needs to learn to cook courgette. I cook mine on a griddle with olive oil and salt until they're well caramelised. It's delicious.

Courgette with a roast is fine,. But for the love of the wee man don't cook them to mush. Cook them fast so they retain their texture.

I love courgettes, I'd definitely have them on a roast dinner. I'd cook them properly so they weren't "salty green mush" though.

I like courgettes with a roast chicken in the summer, less keen at other times of the year. They shouldn't be cooked to a mush though - sautéed or griddled with garlic and basil, or roasted with cherry tomatoes and thyme, or lightly steamed and dressed with lemon juice and black pepper. All delicious and summery!

Definitely not a Greek pairing

I know a family who has baked beans with their Sunday roast

Yorkshire pudding with roast chicken?
LTB!!!

Courgettes don’t go with any gravy-blessed dinner.

But if I did find courgettes alongside my roast I would tactfully gloss over their gatecrashing.

Firstly he cooked which DP here is yet to do in 15 years ...

Secondly and quite seriously any green veg is great and much needed. Sorry OP but YAB a tad U.

She's unreasonable because he cooked her some crap food and your DP doesn't cook? Maybe raise your bar. You don't have to accept crap because 'at least you tried'. It's strategic incompetence.

or maybe the man just likes courgette with his roast dinner. not everything is some sneaky ploy

@SecondhandMuck maybe he does - and to be fair I don't have an issue with the OP's DP because he sounds like a nice guy with a god awful taste preference, but I do with women who say "well at least he tried; my DP has never cooked for me"

It's a bit weird I agree, but not an abomination.

Yorkshires with anything other than beef though.....he's clearly a wrong un.

Courgette is ok but yorkies are not?! Whaaaat?!