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Original poster

is this an acceptable dinner?

35 replies

stitch · 19/04/2007 21:41

history:
kids always moan about what i make, dh worse. refuses to eat it. ds1 learning from him
recent history:
lost it at the kids big time when they chusked clean ironed clothes and dirty clothes and camera batteries out the toilet window. now grounded.

today
so i didnt feed them anything after school, going to ds1's tutors. they were starving when we got home from school. instead of giving them the chicken nuggers and chips theywanted, i made a broccoli onion and egg fried rice type thing, using boiled rice from the fridge, served with seekh kebabs from the freezer.

dh would refuse to eat this as it isnt a 'proper' dish. what would happen in your households?

OP posts:
Taylormama · 19/04/2007 21:43

DH would be making himself beans on toast (sounds v nice - what is a "proper" meal BTW??)

wurlywurly · 19/04/2007 21:43

he would have to sort himself out some dinner, if he doesnt like what i cook, then he knows where to go.

DrMarthaMcMoo · 19/04/2007 21:43

They get what they're given - end of story.

kittypants · 19/04/2007 21:44

he knows where kitchen is.

NadineBaggott · 19/04/2007 21:44

moo moo
you tell it true

myermay · 19/04/2007 21:45

Message withdrawn

saadia · 19/04/2007 21:45

my dh is also pretty fussy - I think he would have eaten it though if there was no egg in it. Dss would eat parts of it - ds1 loves broccoli and rice and ds2 just doesn't like meat, so I would say they would all have had bits of it.

oliveoil · 19/04/2007 21:46

I think you should start demanding some sodding respect in your own house

non a proper dish indeed

kick ass woman

NotQuiteCockney · 19/04/2007 21:46

Ha ha ha.

DH would eat it, as much or little as he felt like, and be polite about it. If he didn't like the meal, he would, after the children were in bed, say 'I'd really rather you didn't do that one again.' or 'That didn't quite work'. Actually, no, he might say those sorts of things in front of the kids. He would never say anything worse. He doesn't cook, he respects that I do the cooking.

Obviously he can make himself a sandwich after dinner if he really didn't like it.

Carmenere · 19/04/2007 21:46

Dp would be wearing it if he refused to eat something I had cooked.

Original poster
stitch · 19/04/2007 21:47

he does sort himself some dinner. along with making the kitchen into a pigsty, and moaning at me about how hard he works and doesnt even have a wife who can be bothered to make him a proper meal for when he comes home.
a proper dinner would be
meat/chicken/fish curry
veg curry
dhal
boiled rice
all hot and waiting for hm, whatever time he wanders in.
though to be fair, he doesnt get it anymore, and doesnt moan quite so much anymore. but why doees it always have to be a recipe he has seen cooked elsewhere before.
whats wrong with trying to use the ingredients yo have in the house?

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Mercy · 19/04/2007 21:47

stitch, my dh either eats what I've decided or makes his own. But we do sometimes decide what to eat together.

Children, that's a more difficult one. Partly depends how old they are

Original poster
stitch · 19/04/2007 21:48

all down to respect at the end of the day.

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DrMarthaMcMoo · 19/04/2007 21:48

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NadineBaggott · 19/04/2007 21:49

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Carmenere · 19/04/2007 21:49

There is nothing wrong with you using up the food in the fridge and there is nothing wrong with him wanting a three course Indian banquet on the table every night. What is wrong is the way he speaks to you.

oliveoil · 19/04/2007 21:50

have you spoken to him about his behaviour?

as it is absolutely completely and utterly crap

and it sounds as if your children will grow up with the same attitude

can you sod off and leave them to it for the weekend and see how they fare?

Mercy · 19/04/2007 21:50

stitch, are you/your dh Asian?

Original poster
stitch · 19/04/2007 21:52

yes mercy, hence the asian food.
unfortunately the kids are the chicken nuggets, pasta and pizza generation.

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NotQuiteCockney · 19/04/2007 21:54

I absolutely would not begin to dream of putting up with this sort of attitude from anyone, tbh. Making food for someone else is a caring act, it's a lovely thing to do, and it's also a bloody annoying slog if you do it every bloody day. Very at your 'D'H.

NKF · 19/04/2007 21:56

Bit much. I agree with all the posters. My view is that they can eat it or not eat it but the only acceptable thing to say is "Thanks for dinner."

moondog · 19/04/2007 21:58

Sounds nice Stitch.
I wouldn't serve something like this every night but to use up ingredients,then I definitely would.
Some nights we have the works,other nights it might be a couple of pieces of toast.

NB You're Asian aren't you?
I wonder why you feed your kids crap like nuggets when you have a magnificent culinary heritage??

Mercy · 19/04/2007 21:58

OK!

But it's more about your husband and his attitude isn't it? Plus now your ds may be copying him.

You can have (some) control over what your chldren eat but it must be very difficult if your dh is influencing them in this way, however unintentional.

btw, waht you made for yur kids sounds fine imo.

NadineBaggott · 19/04/2007 21:59

"NB You're Asian aren't you? "

Note Bene or Nadinebaggott?

moondog · 19/04/2007 22:01

lol
The former

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