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Fleurdalys · 2024-08-08T16:21:18+00:00

Made a bolognaise pasta sauce type thing with 1 kg of minced beef steak. Onions, peppers and mushrooms added. Have come home from work and DH and DS 18 have polished the bloody lot off leaving me with a measly ladle full of sauce ( pasta was cooked separately for clarification) They are most of that too Twats

Sharptonguedwoman · 08/08/2024 23:25

Toastandbutterand · 08/08/2024 18:01

Wow, that would do 8 portions of spaghetti Bolognese in my house too.

12 portions if turned into lasagna (I go crazy with the cheese layers).

Not in mine. 6 portions max. We’d all rather have meat than pasta, though.

Sharptonguedwoman · 08/08/2024 23:30

EI12 · 08/08/2024 18:15

I would be delighted if mine did that. I always over-cook and chuck whatever is left for the fox. We have a visiting fox. (Rural area). I don't chuck fillet steak, salmon steaks, etc. But spagbol, for goodness sake, you are so mean!

Maybe you have a bigger food budget. I wouldn’t be feeding the foxes, I’d be feeding the freezer.

BernardBlacksBreakfastWine · 08/08/2024 23:31

Tbry24 · 08/08/2024 23:13

So great 🤣

And yes I know the feeling as I live with two men. In the last few weeks I have times when one decides he doesn’t want something I have just cooked and goes out and gets a takeaway after it’s dished up …unbelievably rude if you ask me. And other times they can both eat the lot and not even consider if I’ve had enough or that it was for two days.

As for bread, cheese, milk and margarine I can’t keep up! I do a big shop for a fortnight those things are gone in three days.

The one that really got me though was I spent a couple of hours making a really lovely ratatouille for myself as a special treat. it was to be my main for two days and a small portion for either of them for one day if they fancied it. It is not a meal one of them would ever eat so that was fine by me and they can both sort out their own food. But oh no I go back out to the kitchen and it’s all gone…..the one who doesn’t like it had picked through it and put the bits he doesn’t like, ie nearly everything, in the bin! I literally lost the plot I was so angry as I never waste food and that cost me a fortune and was mine. So selfish 😡

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unbelievably rude if you ask me.

Yes - and do they ask you? And do you tell them it’s unbelievably rude to behave like this?? Why would you ever cook for people like this?

Cannot get my head around it at all.

@HunterDuke I’m sure, if you say so, your husband is a lovely man in all other ways. But you can’t be surprised if people are, at the very least, completely baffled by the salmon story, if not disgusted. I mean, how does an adult see a whole side of salmon that somebody else has cooked and not even question what it might be for before tucking in? It brings to mind some weird Alice in Wonderland scenario in which people are just wandering around and randomly consuming whatever food or drink they find in their path. Completely bonkers.

Sharptonguedwoman · 08/08/2024 23:35

Growlybear83 · 08/08/2024 18:38

I would be very annoyed if there was no food left for me, but I would only expect a kilo of mince to feed four people.

Large portions then because 500g feeds 3 plus 3 frozen portions.

RosyappleA · 08/08/2024 23:51

Boys and young men who are very active (gym etc) eat a lot. For men working manual labour jobs and having just a wrap at lunch that doesn’t sound like a lot to me, maybe not every day but after a particularly tiring day. If they had office jobs it would be completely different. They should have left more for you though.
I have a friend who has 3 boys and she always comments on how she can’t keep up with feeding them and how I am lucky I have girls. They are lean and very active. I mean I wouldn’t want anyone in my house to go to bed hungry. Maybe find cheaper ways to get the calories in, yes if money is an issue.

BCBird · 08/08/2024 23:55

Their turn to.cook for a while

KenAdams · 08/08/2024 23:55

They can cook for tomorrow then.

SinnerBoy · 08/08/2024 23:59

"What's for dinner tonight, Darling?"

Spaghetti Bolognese.

"But we had that last night..."

You catch on quick, don't you?

BernardBlacksBreakfastWine · 09/08/2024 00:00

RosyappleA · 08/08/2024 23:51

Boys and young men who are very active (gym etc) eat a lot. For men working manual labour jobs and having just a wrap at lunch that doesn’t sound like a lot to me, maybe not every day but after a particularly tiring day. If they had office jobs it would be completely different. They should have left more for you though.
I have a friend who has 3 boys and she always comments on how she can’t keep up with feeding them and how I am lucky I have girls. They are lean and very active. I mean I wouldn’t want anyone in my house to go to bed hungry. Maybe find cheaper ways to get the calories in, yes if money is an issue.

Maybe find cheaper ways to get the calories in, yes if money is an issue.

Or… the men can do this for themselves?

I guess people are trying to be helpful, but the issue here isn’t that the poor men are underfed. OP has provided a ton of food. The issue is greedy, selfish, thoughtless men.

We really need to stop pandering to male greed and selfishness.

andthat · 09/08/2024 00:04

TheBizzies · 08/08/2024 17:42

Mince is the new magic chicken I see

Absolutely!!

500g appears to feed a family of 12 for five separate meals.

Koulibiak · 09/08/2024 00:09

HunterDuke · 08/08/2024 17:28

I once cooked an entire side of salmon, left it in the oven and went for a shower. It was to be mixed with quinoa, veg and portioned out for a week. Came downstairs and my OH was finishing it off. The whole.bloody thing. He doesn't like salmon much. If I am cooking I need to be there at plating up or he would eat everything - literally everything in the pans or in the oven. It's insane.

Can’t get my head around this! A side of salmon is dinner for six or seven, plus enough leftovers for salmon pasta later that week for 2-4. So he ate 10 main-course-sized meals, of something he doesn’t like much, in one sitting? 😳 how does that even work. It is, indeed, insane

(As an aside, side of salmon roasted with harissa and honey is spectacular and so easy to make - 20 minutes in oven and perfect hosting dish)

Koulibiak · 09/08/2024 00:11

Also, 500g mince makes 6 servings of pasta bolognaise or lasagna in this household. So 1kg = 12 portions. Greedy pigs.

Franjipanl8r · 09/08/2024 00:25

I usually just eat half a strand of spaghetti and dip my finger in the bolognaise and lick it and I’m stuffed! But then I just sit on my arse all day doing office work only moving my eyeballs so I don’t need the calories.

Growlybear83 · 09/08/2024 00:40

@Koulibiak Where in earth do you find a side of salmon that feeds six or seven people , with leftovers for another meal? 😆😆😆. I've yet to see a side of salmon that would feed four and not leave them feeling a bit peckish.

Octavon · 09/08/2024 00:43

I’d be really angry. Not about the amount they ate, but about the selfish inconsiderate greed of not leaving some for me. It implies they don’t give a shit if I have nothing to eat. If they were hungry they could have eaten their share and filled up on something else.

Koulibiak · 09/08/2024 01:24

Growlybear83 · 09/08/2024 00:40

@Koulibiak Where in earth do you find a side of salmon that feeds six or seven people , with leftovers for another meal? 😆😆😆. I've yet to see a side of salmon that would feed four and not leave them feeling a bit peckish.

A side of salmon is typically 1.3 to 1.8 kilo. Maybe you are buying half sides?

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Fleurdalys · 09/08/2024 06:34

RosyappleA · 08/08/2024 23:51

Boys and young men who are very active (gym etc) eat a lot. For men working manual labour jobs and having just a wrap at lunch that doesn’t sound like a lot to me, maybe not every day but after a particularly tiring day. If they had office jobs it would be completely different. They should have left more for you though.
I have a friend who has 3 boys and she always comments on how she can’t keep up with feeding them and how I am lucky I have girls. They are lean and very active. I mean I wouldn’t want anyone in my house to go to bed hungry. Maybe find cheaper ways to get the calories in, yes if money is an issue.

They take four wraps each for lunch

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DownThePubWithStevieNicks · 09/08/2024 07:14

RosyappleA · 08/08/2024 23:51

Boys and young men who are very active (gym etc) eat a lot. For men working manual labour jobs and having just a wrap at lunch that doesn’t sound like a lot to me, maybe not every day but after a particularly tiring day. If they had office jobs it would be completely different. They should have left more for you though.
I have a friend who has 3 boys and she always comments on how she can’t keep up with feeding them and how I am lucky I have girls. They are lean and very active. I mean I wouldn’t want anyone in my house to go to bed hungry. Maybe find cheaper ways to get the calories in, yes if money is an issue.

Given OPs update that they have 4 ham and cheese wraps each for lunch, and even giving benefit of doubt that they have a modest breakfast and not a box of cornflakes and litre of milk each…

They are having about 3500 calories, excluding any snacks and drinks. The manual labour would have to be very taxing to burn that off!

Thesecretingredientiscrime · 09/08/2024 07:19

Fleurdalys · 09/08/2024 06:34

They take four wraps each for lunch

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So what happened with the wraps?! 👀

Octavon · 09/08/2024 07:37

Boys and young men who are very active (gym etc) eat a lot
But the point is they could eat a lot of something else. They could eat their dinner then top it up with toast or eggs or whatever if they’re still hungry. That’s absolutely fine. What’s not fine is taking OP’s dinner without considering that they’re leaving her with nothing to eat.

Leanmeansmitingmachine · 09/08/2024 07:44

HunterDuke · 08/08/2024 17:28

I once cooked an entire side of salmon, left it in the oven and went for a shower. It was to be mixed with quinoa, veg and portioned out for a week. Came downstairs and my OH was finishing it off. The whole.bloody thing. He doesn't like salmon much. If I am cooking I need to be there at plating up or he would eat everything - literally everything in the pans or in the oven. It's insane.

Jesus. Is there something wrong with him? Why does he behave that way?! Is he devoid of any sort of rational thought?

Leanmeansmitingmachine · 09/08/2024 08:14

I’m actually quite disgusted at the greedy men on this thread, shovelling in everything there is, trying to take their partner’s tiny share (penis portions seems to be a thing here for some reason), grabbing things out of unattended pans and eating a whole week’s worth of food without a thought, a total lack of impulse control, needing to be mothered like a child so they don’t eat a whole family’s worth of food…

And so many women making excuses for it. (He’s a ‘good guy’, he has a physical job, he’s just a bit thoughtless…?!) What the fuck?! I’m so glad my husband is an adult who can cook, portion, eat appropriately and doesn’t completely disregard my need to eat as well. 🤯

LuckySantangelo35 · 09/08/2024 08:49

DownThePubWithStevieNicks · 09/08/2024 07:14

Given OPs update that they have 4 ham and cheese wraps each for lunch, and even giving benefit of doubt that they have a modest breakfast and not a box of cornflakes and litre of milk each…

They are having about 3500 calories, excluding any snacks and drinks. The manual labour would have to be very taxing to burn that off!

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It DOESNT burn it off!!

exercise burns far less calories than what people think.

BernardBlacksBreakfastWine · 09/08/2024 08:54

Leanmeansmitingmachine · 09/08/2024 08:14

I’m actually quite disgusted at the greedy men on this thread, shovelling in everything there is, trying to take their partner’s tiny share (penis portions seems to be a thing here for some reason), grabbing things out of unattended pans and eating a whole week’s worth of food without a thought, a total lack of impulse control, needing to be mothered like a child so they don’t eat a whole family’s worth of food…

And so many women making excuses for it. (He’s a ‘good guy’, he has a physical job, he’s just a bit thoughtless…?!) What the fuck?! I’m so glad my husband is an adult who can cook, portion, eat appropriately and doesn’t completely disregard my need to eat as well. 🤯

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Completely agree with all this.

EI12 · 09/08/2024 08:54

LuckySantangelo35 · 08/08/2024 21:13

@El12

gluttony and selfishness would “delight” you? Really? Why?!

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1 kg of meat between two healthy males? Gluttony? I would have been delighted because they would have shown appreciation and I would have been taught a lesson not to be mean and tight when cooking and make a proper amount the next time. I hope it explains it. I despise people mean with food, I despise 'and save the rest for sandwiches for tomorrow'. We are a first world country, mince is not caviar or lobster. Neither is pasta. You don't have to be rich to be generous with food, but to expect 1 kg to last in a household with two men, well, words fail me.