ROAST POTATOES! On a TUESDAY!!!

You don't HAVE to give him roasties. Just present the plate with the mash on it. He'll get over it OR maybe he'll cook dinner next time.

Dear Phoenix I feel your pain........we had cold beef last night (leftover from Sunday) I suggested mash as I had some in the freezer, but no Mr.GG wanted chips, flipping chips!!!!!! Consequently my downstairs smelt like a greasy spoon cafe until the chefs candle done its job ?

Forget all my pleas Joleen - you can have him !

You could, of course, make quenelles out of the mash and either coat with breadcrumbs and bake in the oven or fry in a little oil and butter.

Why are you cooking and washing up?

Buy some ready to cook and keep in the freezer OR, better still, feed him roasties for every meal till he begs you to stop. ??

Why don’t you suggest he does it himself. That’s what I tell DH if I think he’s being unreasonable. He soon changes his mind ?

I don’t give himself much choice in the matter, but lots of variety! We haven’t had the same main meal twice in three weeks (if you count Indian and Thai curries separately ).

Not sure why I bother really as he’ll eat cheese and onion sandwiches every day for lunch if I let him! I run through half a dozen different breakfast/brunches in the week just to stop each day being samey!

Roasties are great cold , also I can remember my parents and grand parents as to Sunday Roasts ,
Monday : Cold with left overs making a bubble & Squeak
Tuesday: Remaining joint , mince it and make a cottage or shepherds pie.
Wednesday : use bones to make a stock
Mick

GabriellaG54 if you think I'm prepared to b**ger about shaping mashed potato into quenelles, let alone making bloody breadcrumbs, then may I politely suggest you have a lie down in a dark room before the delusions really take hold!

Lisagran I'm WFH but only 2 days a week, albeit on an ad hoc basis, rather than 2 full days, himself is actually WFH from around 8.30 to 5ish, therefore household stuff seems to come my way.

In fairness, he does sometimes offer to wash up after supper, but as it's along the lines of "leave that, I'll do it in the morning" and I'm usually up before him, and hate coming down to see it..........

Fair do’s

Coming down to washing up is one of most hated things Phoenix I remember my mum always told me before I got married that the kitchen always looks tidy with an empty sink & draining board Mr G god bless him would take your plate and have it washed and put away whilst you where on your last mouthful

You spoil him, phoenix. In these straightened times, she who does the cooking makes the decisions, especially about how much effort is involved in each meal. Give him mash!

Too late, GrannySomerset, already peeled and labelled ready for later.

And, idiot that I am, decided that as I'm sort of doing a roast, I may as well use the rest of the cauliflower that's in the fridge, and a bit of cheese sauce wouldn't go amiss with it

Oh well, chilli from the freezer tomorrow!

Although, I could turn that stolen sirloin steak into stroganov?

Mr Cabbie loves mashed potatoes and will have them for every meal quite happily, so I am the one who insists on some variety. Last Sunday we were eating up sliced roast lamb from the freezer, but I still put the little oven on to do roast potatoes and parsnips. We don’t like parsnips cooked any other way, and there are always some in my vegi box, so that is my justification.
He does expect his meals to be as routine as normal, which is a bit of a pain, when we can’t always get what we normally buy. We are not going to shops ourselves, so we rely on deliveries and a neighbour. DH asks me every week what we will get in the vegi box and the answer is the same, it will be whatever they send.

You actually do need to LTB

Roast potatoes on a Tuesday indeed....

cant he do the cooking?.anyway am doing the 30 day vegan thing. leg of lamb yuk .i havent eaten any animal for over 40 yrs. little lamb with his/her mummy. joyfully playing in a field gets to a year old .taken away from mum .transported and squashed in a truck to the slaughter house. stunned with electric shock and chopped up just so people can eat it. how grossssssssssss!!! .

I know, SirChenjin, that coupled with the face he pulled when I asked him to look at my newly developed skin tag.............

Not my fault that I can't look at it, despite contortions. My neck will never recover, it wasn't designed to move that way.

moggie57 see previous response!

Such a shame we’re in lockdown phoenix I’d love to pull up a chair to your table!

I adore potatoes.
Mash, roast, chips, jacket, dauphinoise, rosti ...
I was gutted years ago when I found out as veg they weren’t one of our 5-a-day ‼️

moggie57 I used to keep a small flock of sheep, highest standards of welfare, however this is possibly not the thread for that discussion?

moggie57 A year? Urm, no!

daddy lamb(sheep) and mummy ditto redundant ....... no little gambolling lambs ever again

Phoenix

You hear stirring ?but there's no-one there
You smell burning ?but the kitchen's bare
All day long you cook delicious fare?
You wonder why
You wonder why

He keeps tossing in his sleep at night ?
And what's more he's lost his appetite ?
Stars that used to twinkle in his eyes ??
Are dim and half the size✨
You wonder why
You wonder why

It don't need analyzing
It is not so surprising
That he looks very strange and thin
Your heart goes pitter patter?
But you know what's the matter
You'll just have to sigh and give in

With his head on your shoulder
You should be that bit bolder
Give him a rub down with your oven glove
There are ROASTIES you could make
To relieve his stomach ache
He's not sick, he's just in love ?‍❤️‍?‍???