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If you had eaten a full roast dinner four hours ago (resisting dessert)......

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jinglbellsfrocks Sun 14-Aug-16 17:39:42

..... and you could have anything you liked for your tea, what would you have?

Fatness or any other health hazards can be totally disregarded.

For me: Cucumber sarnies, sherry trifle, a slice of cold treacle tart, and a piece of Victoria sponge sandwich. I can dream can't I? Sigh.

1974cookie Mon 15-Aug-16 18:02:48

Fish, ( A large Plaice fillet ) chips, mushy peas, a huge gherkin, and scraps, from the wonderful Fish and Chip shop in Aldeburgh, Suffolk.
Trust me, you would not have room for anything else !!!!
This would be washed down with a pot of Assam tea.
Oh crumbs, now my mouth is watering at the very thought of this imaginary feast?.

KatyK Mon 15-Aug-16 17:23:02

A cheese and onion crisp sandwich on white bread, buttered smile

princesspamma Mon 15-Aug-16 15:38:47

Some of you guys are really literal, aren't you?! It was anice fantasy question, and i found it fun to consider what i might eat in that hypothetical situation. I REALLY don't belong here.

merlotgran Mon 15-Aug-16 13:32:02

Oh how I used to love buttered toast or crumpets for Sunday supper but I've developed a wheat intolerance and if I weaken and have a slice of toast (other than a small slice of spelt toast) I'm paying for it for hours.

I'm low carbing so it's good to completely give up bread but that doesn't stop me missing the one time of the week when I really enjoyed it.

hulahoop Mon 15-Aug-16 13:30:46

Some cheese and crackers and fruit

Sheilasue Mon 15-Aug-16 12:43:14

Full roast dinner and dessert for me and h, nothing to eat after that just a cup of tea later

lolarabbit Mon 15-Aug-16 12:21:49

Mmmmm - buttered toast. Allowed to cool a little so not all the butter soaks in. Or a buttered scone or buttered crusty bread...
Maybe it's just the butter I am craving!
This thread is doing me no good at all as today is one of my fast days so nothing but tea and water until this evening sad

merlotgran Mon 15-Aug-16 12:06:12

I feel totally wiped out today after yesterday's marathon effort in the kitchen. Maybe I'm getting too old for big family get-togethers. DH and DS have gone fishing so I'm enjoying a coffee while I think about what to cook everyone for supper. I think a large pot of chilli-con-carne in the slow cooker should do the trick and is pretty effortless.

Everyone goes home tomorrow and I'll miss them like mad as I face the pile of washing. hmm

annifrance Mon 15-Aug-16 10:34:58

Yesterday we had Open Gardens here and I did English Teas. Shortbread, chocolate chip cupcakes, scones raspberry jam and cream (well what passes for double cream in France) and freshly picked raspberry tarts. Earl Grey and Darjeeling tea in inherited silver teapots, bone china and silver cutlery. Impressed the French no end and I scoffed along with them. The French don't 'get' cucumber sandwiches which would have rounded it all off nicely. Glass or two of chilled rose later. Just eaten the left over scone etc - feel very full and sick so shall take the dogs for a walk in the blazing sun and probably feel sicker. hey ho living the dream.

margrete Mon 15-Aug-16 09:54:31

A full roast dinner means different things to different people. Assuming it means meat, vegetables, potatoes and a Yorkshire pudding, there is no way I could have eaten the whole of it. I can't force food down myself. When I'm full I stop. I wouldn't want anything else for the rest of the day. I find that often does happen nowadays. I just cannot manage so much food.

Pinkshoes26 Mon 15-Aug-16 09:44:56

Oh yes! If eating the dinner out, I have got quite crafty! I make sure I sit next to my husband and then put half on his plate. I am not a hudge eater but the main reason is I like to chew my food and it takes longer to eat than just in and swallow like some people do (Studyed this a bit, through watching). = I am not last to clear my plate when eating with family and friends. I realy hate it when every one is waiting for me to clear my plate.

Elrel Mon 15-Aug-16 09:32:23

Smoked salmon and cream cheese bagel would be good but last night it was I slice of whole meal toast and thick cut Oxford marmalade! The Cretan Mountain tea sat cooling at my bedside all night. I drank it this morning!

Pinkshoes26 Mon 15-Aug-16 09:30:43

Maybe a ham sandwich and pint of tap water.
I am realy into drinking water

westieyaya Mon 15-Aug-16 08:56:17

Some homemade bread, toasted with butter and marmalade followed by cheese and biscuits and a milky decaf - it was after 9.

Bellanonna Mon 15-Aug-16 08:43:05

I'd still feel full from lunch, so just a cup of tea.

Grannyknot Mon 15-Aug-16 07:41:55

I'd have a sandwich with cold roast meat and a cup of tea.

That would partly be because when I am chief cook and caterer, comes to time to eat, I don't really feel like it. So sitting down after everyone has left with that sandwich, is a treat.

Coolgran65 Mon 15-Aug-16 01:55:50

Crunchy nut cornflakes smile

willsmadnan Sun 14-Aug-16 23:06:50

Cheese and biscuits... preferably a bit of runny brie, goats,or a nice bit of ' Wensleydale, Grommit-' with the remains of the lunch time wine, or ....if I'm feeling really self-indulgent, some Ben and Jerry's ice cream ...preferably cookie dough..... with a glass of Baileys. Well you might as well get hung for a sheep as a lambgrin

hildajenniJ Sun 14-Aug-16 22:40:53

I'd just need a sandwich of some sort, possibly a slice of meat from the dinner between two pieces of bread. A cup of tea too, I'm not a fussy woman.

Bellasnana Sun 14-Aug-16 20:08:24

I'm with Charleygirl brew

merlotgran Sun 14-Aug-16 19:33:27

Had a houseful today so if anyone still feels peckish they can forget it help themselves to whatever they find in the fridge.

I'm half way down a well earned G&T. grin

M0nica Sun 14-Aug-16 19:20:14

salad sandwich

jinglbellsfrocks Sun 14-Aug-16 18:59:08

Gonna settle for tomato sarnies. smile (yellow tomatoes)

shysal Sun 14-Aug-16 18:46:25

Biscuits and cheese for me, the stinkier the better!

NanaandGrampy Sun 14-Aug-16 18:46:09

Oooh the perfect crime brûlée please :-)