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Would you rather...

(37 Posts)
bakergran Tue 19-Jun-12 15:07:58

a) Never eat any dessert again

or

b) Never eat any meat/fish ever again?

Dilemma of the day!

GoldenGran Wed 20-Jun-12 15:50:46

I love dessert, but I don't think I could do without meat or fish, so how about a dispensation for dessert on Sundays only,which is very often what I do anyway.

Ella46 Wed 20-Jun-12 15:36:49

Me too Alie, I can eat and drink things but only once! I G&T/glass of wine, a week!
sad angry [fed up emoticon]

AlieOxon Wed 20-Jun-12 15:28:19

I can't think about this one - there are too many things I can't eat already!

absentgrana Wed 20-Jun-12 15:04:36

I rarely eat dessert and I cook them only when I have guests. However, I do eat lots of fruit but not immediately after a main meal so I don't think that counts. I was a vegetarian for a year or so but missed fish so much I went back to eating it. I do eat meat but eat far more fish. I think the human body is geared up to be omnivorous, i.e. to eat a mixture of animal and vegetable foods. I suspect it is not especially geared up to eating chocolate gâteau, ice cream, tiramisu, crêpe suzette and sticky toffee pudding.

jeni Tue 19-Jun-12 17:35:04

Asparagus with butter and lemon perhaps, (not hollandaise, I have an egg yolk allergy!)

kittylester Tue 19-Jun-12 17:30:45

I'd hate to live without meat or fish and, could maybe just about cope without dessert but, as our eldest granddaughter says, if nobody sees, it doesn't matter! grin

Anagram Tue 19-Jun-12 17:22:22

Not me! I don't have an aversion to green food! (Unless it's mouldy, of course)

Ariadne Tue 19-Jun-12 17:21:39

Don't eat meat or fish, and don't really care for puddings that much. Now if, in place of pudding, you were to substitute wine..

Ella46 Tue 19-Jun-12 17:16:45

None for you then anagram grin

Anagram Tue 19-Jun-12 17:14:22

Poisonous!

Ella46 Tue 19-Jun-12 17:06:36

What about some fresh English asparagus dripping with butter or Hollandaise Jeni? Doesn't that do it for you?

Bags Tue 19-Jun-12 16:52:51

Does flapjack with coffee count as pudding if you don't eat puddings as such?

jeni Tue 19-Jun-12 16:22:08

Might manage a little piccalilli or pickled red cabbage!

jeni Tue 19-Jun-12 16:20:58

Very! Ug!

Anagram Tue 19-Jun-12 16:19:46

Lettuce is poisonous? hmm

jeni Tue 19-Jun-12 16:18:47

Well I do! I don't like veg! Particularly raw!
Anyway anything green is poisonous!

Anagram Tue 19-Jun-12 16:17:07

Yes, you probably could. And you couldn't live on meat and fish alone (well, perhaps you could, but you'd have serious vitamin deficiency and probably end up with gout).

bakergran Tue 19-Jun-12 16:16:15

You can eat other things, as well as desserts, just not meat or fish.

And NO DESSERTS with meat or fish in them especially. I know you were all looking forward to some beef and custard or sausage cupcakes [bleugh emoticon]

I would be impressed if you could live on just desserts, though - could work in another "would your rather".

j04 Tue 19-Jun-12 16:14:40

We are having apricot crumble tonight. Nourishing! And good. smile

j04 Tue 19-Jun-12 16:13:10

So, what do you think the OP meant Anagram?

j04 Tue 19-Jun-12 16:11:56

A dessert should be a nourishing part of the meal!

I think you could live on desserts. Include eggs, dried fruits, fresh fruits, wholewheat flour, milk etc.

I'm not saying I would. hmm

Anagram Tue 19-Jun-12 16:07:41

Yes, I think it's cheating to make out you could live on puds alone, jingl! Certainly it's not what the OP had in mind! grin

jeni Tue 19-Jun-12 16:05:16

Havent really got a sweet tooth. Now a nice nibble of rochefort, or bleu d'auvergne?

FeeTee Tue 19-Jun-12 15:52:33

But surely the whole point of desserts is that they are not nourishing?! (Well - they might nourish the soul but I suspect that's not what you meant

effblinder Tue 19-Jun-12 15:49:47

Haha j, you do make me grin