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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Or are they just greedy bastards?

364 replies

Fleurdalys · 08/08/2024 17:21

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

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Tagyoureit · 08/08/2024 17:35

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.

How does he even eat like that?

Just stand there with a fork or continually goes back up with a plate til there's nothing left??

I don't understand how anyone stands in front of a family meal in pots and thinks yep that's all for me! That is ludicrous!

Turophilic · 08/08/2024 17:40

Greedy bastards!

DH will do this if left to his own devices - an amount of meat I think should serve 3-4 can disappear.

When I serve it up it’s 1/4 meat, 1/2 veg, 1/4 carb on the plate, with extra carbs added as required to fill them up if they’re particularly hungry. DH and DS2 can eat a meal that’s 3/4 meat if not told to sod off.

How the hell they think we can afford to eat with that level of meat or fish consumption I do not know.

MrsElijahMikaelson1 · 08/08/2024 17:41

Wow-I use 500g mince and that feeds 6 of us for two separate meals. That’s a huge amount of food. And yes I have boy teenagers in that mix

Fleurdalys · 08/08/2024 17:41

To be honest what they left for me was enough for me
It's more I was hoping it would feed 3 people tomorrow too!

Anyway, they make cheese,ham salad wraps every morning at 6 am to take to work
I've frozen every bloody wrap in the house
Good luck with that at 6am

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Echobelly · 08/08/2024 17:42

That's quite impressive.

DH has been known to take the equivalent of two servings of bolognaise sauce as 'seconds' when I've batch cooked what ought to be enough for 4 of us plus 3-4 servings to freeze, which has annoyed me somewhat.

TheBizzies · 08/08/2024 17:42

Mince is the new magic chicken I see

Fleurdalys · 08/08/2024 17:43

Echobelly · 08/08/2024 17:42

That's quite impressive.

DH has been known to take the equivalent of two servings of bolognaise sauce as 'seconds' when I've batch cooked what ought to be enough for 4 of us plus 3-4 servings to freeze, which has annoyed me somewhat.

Exactly!

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Bobbotgegrinch · 08/08/2024 17:44

Fleurdalys · 08/08/2024 17:28

Yep 👍

I really really hope you're not going to stand for this. Fuck cooking for them from now on. Sort yourself out and if they ask where their food is say "Oh, I thought it was every man for themselves in this house"

fortheveryfirsttime · 08/08/2024 17:45

They sound like selfish pricks. To not even make sure there was enough for you is just cunty and they'd get such a bollocking.

Fleurdalys · 08/08/2024 17:45

TheBizzies · 08/08/2024 17:42

Mince is the new magic chicken I see

I'd bloody expect 1kg of meat and a shit load of veg to serve more than 2 and a half servings 😂

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Thesecretingredientiscrime · 08/08/2024 17:46

Greedy as fuck and so inconsiderate. Did they leave a decent portion of the pasta? Why couldn't they have bulked up with more of the pasta or some bread on the side? I'd be raging to be left such a measly amount of the meal I'd lovingly prepared for them.
I wouldn't be cooking for them for a long time. And when/if I decided to batch cook something delicious again, any surplus would be going straight into the freezer.

DuckbilledSplatterPuff · 08/08/2024 17:46

Make sure they pay for your takeaway tonight.

mickandrorty · 08/08/2024 17:47

that would feed us 7 (3 adults, 1 teen, 3 younger) with some going back for seconds.

spikeandbuffy · 08/08/2024 17:47

Greedy. I get 10 portions from that and I'm not a small eater!

FrenchandSaunders · 08/08/2024 17:48

I’d be so pissed off about this and I’m very laid back. So selfish and thoughtless. I’d not be cooking for them for a long time.

Projectme · 08/08/2024 17:49

TheBizzies · 08/08/2024 17:42

Mince is the new magic chicken I see

Exactly my thoughts 😉🤣

PurelyOrnamental · 08/08/2024 17:50

Was it some sort of pissing contest?
I've known men and their teenage sons go into competition with each other - who can eat the most, drink the most, tell the best stories etc. A bit like vying for Top Dog in the house.....

Thesecretingredientiscrime · 08/08/2024 17:50

Also OP, when they come desperately scrabbling for the wraps tomorrow morning, make sure you tell them you ate them. All of them. During the night.

RB68 · 08/08/2024 17:52

I think the heart of this issue is the lack of thought for the person that cooked. I would be telling them I am disgusted with them for that alone - how much they eat is up to them to not leave a decent portion for you is unkind and inconsiderate. I would be taxing them for a takeaway and having the bolog for lunch next day although I suspect it would get swiped for a pre bed snack.

Nap1983 · 08/08/2024 17:54

Its both greedy and ver inconsiderate of them, id be raging!
I am however astounded how far some posters can make 500g of mince stretch…

samarrange · 08/08/2024 17:54

Look on the bright side, it was presumably absolutely delicious. 🤷‍♂️

AspiringMermaid · 08/08/2024 17:54

I know this is not the point of the thread, (their behaviour was greedy AF - im glad the wraps are now frozen for tomorrow, that is genius😂) buuut what's your recipe? Sounds like your pasta was delicious!!

Yogayogayoga · 08/08/2024 17:55

TheBizzies · 08/08/2024 17:42

Mince is the new magic chicken I see

🤣🤣🤣

I feed my entire village and all their pets with 1kg of mince. Still have enough left over to make packed lunch for the month.

Ineedaholidayyyy · 08/08/2024 17:55

Greedy selfish pigs 🐖

Pennyandolive · 08/08/2024 17:56

Fleurdalys · 08/08/2024 17:41

To be honest what they left for me was enough for me
It's more I was hoping it would feed 3 people tomorrow too!

Anyway, they make cheese,ham salad wraps every morning at 6 am to take to work
I've frozen every bloody wrap in the house
Good luck with that at 6am

😂 I like your style!