The MN food guilt phenomenon

[emkana]

Tonight I am serving my children

Bird's Eye chicken dippers
Bird's Eye fish fingers
McCain Oven chips
Broccoli
Heinz Baked Beanz

I feel that my mind has been twisted so much that I actually feel bad at producing such a "poor" dinner. But that's silly, isn't it? I mean it's 100 % chicken breast (plus batter, 100 % cod (plus batter), potatoes and sunflower oil...

oh satine you have made me laugh with your semolina-knitting

Emkana - I think that is fine.

I used to give my dds fish fingers but they picked all the breadcrumbs off, so last night I have them cod (cut into finger shapes) with potato wedges. The complainedthat there wasn't any breadcrumbs.....to pick off and leave! I can't win.

I've posted this today because I'm fascinated how my mind has been influenced by a bunch of strangers!

I appreciate what you are saying about quick meals that don't involve Bird's Eye, but the beauty of this kind of supper is the "open packet, put on baking tray" thing, isn't it? Minimum amount of dishes, minimum amount of clearing up after meal...

The overall easiness of feeding such rubbish.

Chips glorious chips!
Mmmmmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mmmmmm!

Love that McCains ad. Inspired second line

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I cook everything from scratch but think everyone does serve quick stuff sometimes or at least has in the past.I must say all the dreadful stuff mentioned here was fed to us by our grandparents when we were little (sometimes!)and I do love it if a)drunk or b)hungover.Never give it to ds though although recently have started buying him cheapo white sliced bread because he loves it.Only do happy chickens here too

boboggglimpopo, £3.00 is a lot to pay for two tins of spag hoops?!?!?

My kids had never seen spaghetti hoops so I reckoned that the £3.00 counts towards their education. As they eat homecooked, two or three course (not pretentious, just v French) every evening - I do not lose sleep over the odd aberation.

As for chicken flaps, vomit. Doesn't bosom mean bosom? My kids were on organic overload till they started school in the UK. Then you lose all control.

i don think this thread is about FOOD is it?
tis about OPINION

It is an insight into the mumsnet psyche.

I agree Cod.

chicken vaginas....debeaking fish....knitting semolina.... only in mn land.

Is it not about judging?

Abso-bloody-lutely hulababy. Judging to a sick-making degree.

fish DO have beaks dontcha know !!!!

As do platypus'or is that platypi?

Anyway, chicken vaginas sounds as tasty as a rats arse, horses doevres, oxtail, pork lunch tongue and tripe.

So, who gives a rats arse about this chicken vagina tripe?

Cod, did you know you were free range?

to be honest if i go shopping for sunday dinner and have only a few pounds to spend I WILL buy a £3.00 chicken. I have to feed 6 people on a very low budget and I will be thinking more about cooking my family a dinner we can all eat together than how the chicken lived. I will not feel guilty about this, as i have little choice, who knows what I'd do if I had more to spend, probably go out for Sunday dinner, now that would be nice.

i HATE hteway i find myslef presenting my diet to everyone

pathetic

and i can buy a bag of mccain oven chips, and a frozen pizza for £2, I would be mad not to!

dara - I agree. Not the basis for a good diet if it was everyday but fine for a once off.

I think the animal welfare issue is probably a different arguemnt though valid.

And I'm sorry but there is no way that making your own chicken nuggets is as quick and easy as cutting open a plastic bag and sliding them onto a baking tray. Might be nicer and better and relatively simple but not easier.

I'm sorry, I don't quite get the "chicken vagina" bit (see comments from Moondog further down). Assuming that the chicken vaginas are not harbouring a nasty dose of bacteria or other harmful organism unassailable by normal cooking processes, why do we really care? Is there nutritionally that much difference between eating muscle and eating any other part of a carcass? Muscle - yes; heart, liver and kidneys - maybe; spleen, brain, tongue - positively trendy in certain central London eateries in the late 90s; brain, ear - OK if you're over 70 and used to a wartime diet; eyes - fine if you're in Saudi Arabia etc. Notwithstanding what happened with BSE and prions lodging in the spinal cord, is our rather recent rejection of various parts of an animal's body actually driven by cultural factors rather than nutritional concerns or am I missing something profound?

I agree that the welfare (of animals not children!) point is a good one. But even if Emkana were to make her own chicken nuggets, she would have to buy free-range meat first to get over it.

vvvQ - "chicken vagina tripe" Which bit is that then? Or are we talking seriously genetically modified chicken?

Good post, Issymum. And I do just have to back up Pruni's point about cloacas.

i thpought you wore a cloaca

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bvet there are men who woud LOVE to eat chicken cloacas