Friend not doing an evening meal as “we had a big meal earlier”

[Bupo]

So I’m staying with a friend who invited me to stay. She lives in a nice town that many tourists visit.

This evening I asked if there was any meal prep i could help with for dinner. And friend said something along the lines of “oh I assumed you wouldn’t want dinner as we had a massive meal earlier”.

She’s not wrong. We went to KFC as a few of the restaurants we tried were too busy. It’s literally been years since I last went. I had a burger and two chicken wings. The chips were raw so I only ate a couple.

It’s not the lightest meal but surely most would still expect to eat/feed a guest. She’s not weird with food and a normal not-big-not-small size.

I had about 4 tablespoons of leftover rice and curry for breakfast.

I’m about to go on a “walk” to coop

She mentioned in another comment that she paid for the KFC and offered to pay for the takeaway as well last night but the host insisted on paying for the takeaway

Is there bread in the house? I'd hope I'd be be brave enough to say 'Friend, I'm feeling peckish now, I'm going to make some toast, do you want any?'

Indian take away for dinner.
Tiny indian take away for breakfast.
KFC for lunch.
Bottle of wine for dinner.

Golden!

I once stayed for five days with friends who didn’t eat in the evening, at all. I took to going for a walk into the nearest village and dining on crisps and whatever I could find there.

Your friend is on Mounjaro and has forgotten others need to eat too

I bet she's on Mounjaro 😂
This is how post moinjaro me would feel! If eaten a meal at lunchtime not really bothered about dinner and don't fancy cooking for anyone else 😆

Boke at KFC take your hosts out for dinner

She invited you to stay so that seems poor to me 🤔
I would have breakfast available for you even if it was just fruit salad , yogurt, croissants etc .
And I’d have offered a soup and sandwich dinner at least or scrambled eggs / poached eggs 🥚 and avocado 🥑 on toast that sort of thing.
I sort of see where she’s coming from as if I had a lunch of fried chicken and chips , I wouldn’t need a proper dinner .
But that’s just me .
I am currently away from home and had a lunch of pasta 🍝 plus salad and a small ice cream .
So for dinner I just had onigiri 🍙 and fruit

I would probably have cereal or a sandwich for dinner if I had a big meal for lunch. I normally have a croissant or pastry for breakfast, maybe a sandwich for lunch and then a proper meal for dinner. If we eat a meal out at the weekend for lunch then a licht snack for dinner is surely enough otherwise you will be say over your daily calories so she probably just assumed you’d had enough too.

Ooooft! I would definitely expect and evening meal!

She can't be bothered cooking for you

Offer to make some cheese on toast?

A burger is just a sandwich though. It being cooked dosen't change that. A big mac or KFC burger has about the same calories as a decent meal deal sandwich. If you have a sandwich at lunchtime do you also not eat a proper meal in the evening?

A KFC burger is a sandwich. A zinger burger has 420 calories and a Fillet burger 450. A chicken wing has a mouthful of meat. There's more calories in most supermarket sandwiches.

my fil is like this one an a bit meals a day is enoug for him so nothing change when he has visitors- i always say sorry im popping out for somethhing or ask for a sandwich-i get way too irritable if i ont eat regularly

YANBU. But I have once or twice been discombobulated hosting. Just having such a good time I forget entirely that I am the host. That’s rare as I usually do host with quite a spread. So it is weird when it happens. And I then hastily order a takeaway!

This is so weird. Curry for breakfast? KFC seen as a big meal? Then no dinner?

I would be ravenous but I would also have said I needed to eat. It's such rude hosting!

I know I will get jumped on but after a curry and a KFC in 24 hours I wouldn’t be that hungry either.

Definitely grab some crumpets for breakfast and a coupe of tins of soup/tuna.

You had a normal sized lunch at 130 and your host is not eating a main meal as a result?

What is she a sparrow? I hope you ordered Chinese food and ate it in front of her

@Dolambslikemintsauce

give over

It’s a massive meal, pretty much anything you’d have there would be over half of your daily recommended food intake.

if I had a KFC or similar it’s unlikely I’d eat anything else that day

It is when you serve it with a massive salad!

I’m surprised it’s as low as that, I suppose I alway get a meal at KFC which is around 1000 cals but for lunch it’s more like 600 for me. So if OP just had a basic cooked burger there old bd some room left. I’m small and try to keep around 1000-1200 cals a day which is less than most people I gusss

Yeah I'd still want dinner even if it was something small like cheese on toast!

Nonsense, it's a chicken burger. A zinger or fillet burger are 420 or 450 calories. A portion of regular fries is 245 calories.
A meal deal, sandwich and a yogurt from Tescos is around that if not more.