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What would you REALLY like to eat? Light-hearted

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Skydancer Thu 04-Apr-24 18:12:17

We all know we should eat more veg, less meat, no processed food, less dairy, cut out alcohol... but it's no fun is it?
What would you REALLY like to eat if all foods were equally healthy.
My breakfast would be: white toast with oodles of butter and strawberry jam. Cup of tea.
Mid-morning: coffee and a cheese scone or shortbread. Perhaps a glass of sherry.
Lunch: Salad with lots of mayonnaise, thickly sliced ham and a French stick.
Afternoon: Scones with clotted cream and golden syrup plus a slice of Victoria sponge.
Evening meal: A nice roast with loads of potatoes, veg and Yorkshires. Pudding would be cheesecake with yet more cream.
Evening snack: Pringles or cheesy cheddars with chunks of cheese washed down with a good wine or port. Bar of chocolate.
Lovely jubbly.
If only .........

Dinahmo Sun 07-Apr-24 19:30:31

Interestingly of the women that I know of my age, those who are relatively thin, careful with what they eat and exercise regularly have all had severe illness and one or two have sadly died recently.

Dinahmo Sun 07-Apr-24 19:32:19

Germanshepherdsmum

Foie gras? Never.

When discussing foie gras with a French friend she asked "do you eat duck?"

Most foie gras is duck liver. That from geese is very expensive.

Germanshepherdsmum Sun 07-Apr-24 19:34:44

I don’t touch it because I am well aware of the cruelty involved, duck or goose.

Rainnsnow Sun 07-Apr-24 19:47:36

I would love 2 eggs chopped up with butter in a mug with thick white bread all served by my Nan . Of course all a nice dream .

MissAdventure Sun 07-Apr-24 20:10:06

Germanshepherdsmum

I don’t touch it because I am well aware of the cruelty involved, duck or goose.

I've never touched it either.

My mum always told me it was cruel when I was little, and I watched a video of the process of force feeding them a couple a months ago.

Callistemon21 Sun 07-Apr-24 21:16:09

Cake.

Victoria sponge with jam, lemon drizzle, coffee cake with walnuts, chocolate cake.

Just any cake, really.

Esmay Sun 07-Apr-24 21:35:17

pascal30 - I don't think that I could eat that much in a day either .
I know some people who could though !
These days my appetite fluctuates a great deal .
I'll suddenly really fancy something then , go off it .
I'm trying to prepare a mixture of foods .

Dinahmo Sun 07-Apr-24 22:19:58

My point was - do you eat duck?. If you do, you are eating the bird from which the majority of foie gras comes.

Gundy Mon 08-Apr-24 01:14:05

A typical breakfast for me is: peanut butter on toast with sliced banana coins and a yogurt - OR - a frittata made with fried diced potato and onions, handful of chopped broccoli, sometimes ham, with scrambled egg mixture pored over till set (I flip once)

A typical dinner for me is: a chicken or pork with veggies stir fry over brown rice - OR - shepherds pie - OR - roast chicken, potatoes and veggie sheet pan dinner - OR - a big dinner salad that has protein in it.

I only eat twice a day but my evening snacks: apples/fruit, pie or cookies, popcorn, cheese and cracker, hummus and carrots, nuts. (Only one, not all at once…)

I’d love to eat more ice cream, pastries, pies, hamburgers and French fries, shrimp, pizza!

grandMattie Mon 08-Apr-24 04:46:55

I eat to live these days, as cooking for one is most uninteresting.
But my last meal would consist of a starter of smoked marlin with tomato and avocado. Then a rare steak with matchstick fries and a salad of all sorts of vegetables dressed with a garlicky dressing/mayo, excluding sweet peppers and cucumber, finally something chocolatey for dessert.

Germanshepherdsmum Mon 08-Apr-24 08:33:32

Yes, I do eat (local, free range) duck Dinahmo. That is not relevant to the vile, cruel process used to produce foie gras. I was very disappointed when the proposed ban on its importation into the UK wasn’t passed into law. I remember the likes of JRM wanting to continue indulging in it.

pooohbear2811 Mon 08-Apr-24 08:59:30

right now my answer to that would be anything, cheese toastie, roll and bacon, full Scottish, roll and square with fried onions, mince and cheesy tatties, takeaway, anything with texture.
Due to an ongoing swallowing problems for the last 13 months I have only had pureed food, and the last 3 weeks liquids only.
But hey ho such is life, at least on liquids Im not in pain

Mel1967 Mon 08-Apr-24 09:01:58

A cheese and crisp sandwich - on white bread & ready salted crisps 🤤

3nanny6 Mon 08-Apr-24 12:25:14

I have busy this morning and now need to go out so have not had my usual fruit and fibre cereal with banana and strawberry on top. I do get bored with it though and was just thinking I could just eat a double cheeseburger and small fries washed down with bottle of water oh and some B.B. sauce to dip the fries in. I can just see them calling out my order in McDonalds.

Ilovecheese Mon 08-Apr-24 12:36:43

Bacon sandwiches, bacon and cheese sandwiches, bacon and mushroom sandwiches, bacon lettuce and tomato sandwiches, etc. etc.

Tilly8 Mon 08-Apr-24 19:14:54

Breakfast: crispy bacon, fried egg, soft grilled tomato, Richmond sausage (I know full of rubbish but I love them!!), white toast with full fat butter. Tea.
Snack: Home made cheese scone, latte.
Lunch: Prawn mayonnaise sandwich, kettle crisps, tea. Little tiramisu.
Snack: custard tart, tea.
Dinner: fish and chips, mushy peas, little curry sauce, homemade apple crumble lashings of custard, tea.
Supper: American style pancakes, strawberries, blueberries and maple syrup, tea.

BlueSapphire Mon 08-Apr-24 20:31:21

For breakfast I would go American and have American pancakes with really crisp streaky bacon and a fried egg, easy over, and lots of maple syrup; Fresh orange juice to drink.

Lunch would be Australian barramundi with chunky chips and peas, washed down with a bottle of Australian fizz - and the most important bit, eaten under the shadow of Sydney harbour bridge in Circular Quay.
PS I have done this!

Dinner would have to be a delicious Singaporean chicken curry, with rice and Bombay potatoes, with a bottle of Singaporean Tiger beer.

MissAdventure Mon 08-Apr-24 21:24:03

My dinner tonight would have been really crispy bacon, chips and mushrooms, with a couple of slices of crusty bread, and a pot of tea.
Possibly an egg to dip that bread into.

annifrance Mon 15-Apr-24 13:34:59

Germanshepherdsmum, I live in SW France which is duck and foie gras central where foie gras is produced humanely.

It's a myth in YUK as to how it's produced. For a start the race of duck is enormous so they have a very big liver to start with. They are fed the corn only for about 11 days so not long enough to do any damage. they can still walk with happily. The tube is quite often not used. When it is the ducks queue up for it! Done properly the ducks are not harmed. Note to self, check out your supplier.

Oreo Mon 15-Apr-24 13:40:52

Ilovecheese

Bacon sandwiches, bacon and cheese sandwiches, bacon and mushroom sandwiches, bacon lettuce and tomato sandwiches, etc. etc.

You have a real bacon-y theme going there😄

Oreo Mon 15-Apr-24 13:42:06

MissAdventure

My dinner tonight would have been really crispy bacon, chips and mushrooms, with a couple of slices of crusty bread, and a pot of tea.
Possibly an egg to dip that bread into.

Mmmmmmmn🤩

adrisco Mon 15-Apr-24 13:53:43

I've been going to Slimming World. OK - ish - but it is soul destroying!!! I have lost 12 lbs but OMG it's not great. The guilt if you Have lapsed. I want wine, chocolate, cheese and crisps!!!

MissAdventure Mon 15-Apr-24 16:19:15

annifrance

Germanshepherdsmum, I live in SW France which is duck and foie gras central where foie gras is produced humanely.

It's a myth in YUK as to how it's produced. For a start the race of duck is enormous so they have a very big liver to start with. They are fed the corn only for about 11 days so not long enough to do any damage. they can still walk with happily. The tube is quite often not used. When it is the ducks queue up for it! Done properly the ducks are not harmed. Note to self, check out your supplier.

I recently watched a video of the process.
I won't post it here, but it was bloody horrific!

MissAdventure Mon 15-Apr-24 16:29:08

Anyway, back to piggy eating she said, hypocritically

A nice BLT would go down a treat, today.

Germanshepherdsmum Mon 15-Apr-24 16:32:50

Indeed, MissA. It’s no myth. The ducks queue up for the tube? The things people who eat this stuff tell themselves. 🙄