What's your ideal dinner?

[rdowns]

Damn man, what are you waiting for, GO EAT, do it now! 😀


No seriously, something in/around the 30's seems to mean slower metabolisms in most people. All those bad eating habits of previous years can catch up.
I used to be one of those "could eat whatever" types. Now I have consequences to that. It sucks. I hate self-control. 😛

I hear you. I made it to 34 before that started happening.

 

[Jaffa Cake]

Roast dinner 😀 Always has been.

Roast potatoes, Yorkshire puddings, beef/chicken/both, peas and carrots, gravy!

I'd drop the carrots and add in some leeks, plus a bit of stuffing if chicken is the meat in question.

There you have it – the dinner of champions.

 

[bartelby]

I'd drop the carrots and add in some leeks, plus a bit of stuffing if chicken is the meat in question.

There you have it – the dinner of champions.

Boring!!


I'd much rather have a nice selection of Lebanese or Mexican food than a dull roast dinner...

 

[John Jacob]

Yeah, until they hit 30. 😛

It was just till 24 for me. Took me a while and about ten kilos of weight gain to adjust to the fact that I could no longer eat as much as wanted of whatever I wanted. 🙁

My favourite food: appam and stew.

 

[sushi]

No seriously, something in/around the 30's seems to mean slower metabolisms in most people. All those bad eating habits of previous years can catch up.

Unfortunately a true part of life. 🙁

I used to be one of those "could eat whatever" types. Now I have consequences to that. It sucks. I hate self-control. 😛

Same here.

As they say, there are two types of people; those who eat to live and those who live to eat. I definitely fall in the later category.

As for the consequences, I just tell folks my chest slipped or fell down. 😛

 

[Abstract]

So worst case scenario: I'll be like rdowns when I'm 34?

I used to be one of those "could eat whatever" types. Now I have consequences to that. It sucks. I hate self-control. 😛

Come on. We all know it just goes to your boobs. 😛 That's why e always encourages you to eat more rich curries.


And a bit off-topic, but when my girlfriend gained 3 kg, she said her boobs got bigger. At around the same time, I also started to suffer from really mild carpel tunnel. Coincidence?

Her slowing metabolism is going to be sha-weeeeet.

 

[Melrose]

And a bit off-topic, but when my girlfriend gained 3 kg, she said her boobs got bigger. At around the same time, I also started to suffer from really mild carpel tunnel. Coincidence?

That's called Problem/Resolution. 😀 Made me think of that scene in Bruce Almighty, where Jim Carrey squirts ketchup all over his breakfast. "Biggerrrrr....?"

I thought it went straight to dem legs..

 

[Abstract]

Apparently not. The boobs are nowhere near the legs, silly. Not until a woman turns 50.

 

[racers]

Apparently not. The boobs are nowhere near the legs, silly. Not until a woman turns 50.

haha then it gets ugly😛

 

[iBlue]

Thanks for reminding me...
🙁

<pats the seat beside me> The 30's isn't so bad, it's the age I learned to stop caring so much about what people think and learned to appreciate the value of what *I* want. 🙂 ...but it did come with a bigger ass. 😀

I'd much rather have a nice selection of Lebanese or Mexican food than a dull roast dinner...

Same here, but I married your stereotypical british man and my dinners have gotten a lot more bland. I did turn him onto Fajitas and Chicken Tikka Masala (to start) though. WIN! 😀

Come on. We all know it just goes to your boobs. 😛 That's why e always encourages you to eat more rich curries.


And a bit off-topic, but when my girlfriend gained 3 kg, she said her boobs got bigger. At around the same time, I also started to suffer from really mild carpel tunnel. Coincidence?

Her slowing metabolism is going to be sha-weeeeet.

They so don't need to be bigger, but yeah, it all goes to the T & A cause. 😱

*high five*

 

[Doctor Q]

This may sound silly, but my ideal dinner is one with my family, no matter what we're eating (within reason, of course).

I often eat breakfast or lunch alone, but I really don't like eating dinner alone. It's prime conversation time!

 

[bartelby]

<pats the seat beside me> The 30's isn't so bad, it's the age I learned to stop caring so much about what people think and learned to appreciate the value of what *I* want. 🙂 ...but it did come with a bigger ass. 😀

I agree, 30's ok. But in only a few short years and it's 40 for me... I wonder what that'll bring.
A fat head probably...😱

Same here, but I married your stereotypical british man and my dinners have gotten a lot more bland. I did turn him onto Fajitas and Chicken Tikka Masala (to start) though. WIN! 😀

So you are making some headway in the food area then?
🙂

 

[rhsgolfer33]

Same here, but I married your stereotypical british man and my dinners have gotten a lot more bland. I did turn him onto Fajitas and Chicken Tikka Masala (to start) though. WIN! 😀

Mmm fajitas. Thank god there is a plethora of good Mexican food restaurants in Southern California. I think you just decided on my lunch for tomorrow.

 

[iBlue]

I agree, 30's ok. But in only a few short years and it's 40 for me... I wonder what that'll bring.
A fat head probably...😱



So you are making some headway in the food area then?
🙂

A bigger sense of not caring. 😀

And yes, slowly but surely the englishman is becoming more adventurous* with food.

*word used lightly 😀

Mmm fajitas. Thank god there is a plethora of good Mexican food restaurants in Southern California. I think you just decided on my lunch for tomorrow.

You cannot beat the Mexican food in So Cal. 🙂

I'd kill to have a Baja Fresh open in London. Ultimo Burrito with chicken FTW!

(do you know this stupid "British english" spell-check doesn't even recognize "burrito"? THAT is how clueless Britain is about Mexican food. 😛)

 

[bartelby]

I'd kill to have a Baja Fresh open in London. Ultimo Burrito with chicken FTW!

(do you know this stupid "British english" spell-check doesn't even recognize "burrito"? THAT is how clueless Britain is about Mexican food. 😛)

There's a Burrito stall, of sorts, in Exmouth Market, Islington each lunch time.
It's small and basic, but bloody lovely.

The London office is just up from there, so when I'm there I have a big fat beefy burrito...
Mmmmmmm



EDIT: Damn!! I've made myself hungry! I should drag my ass out of bed I suppose...

 

[Jaffa Cake]

(do you know this stupid "British english" spell-check doesn't even recognize "burrito"? THAT is how clueless Britain is about Mexican food. 😛)

It recognises it fine on my Mac. I suspect e has been tinkering with your settings. 😛

 

[iBlue]

^ How bizarre. Maybe so! :dogeyes:

There's a Burrito stall, of sorts, in Exmouth Market, Islington each lunch time.
It's small and basic, but bloody lovely.

The London office is just up from there, so when I'm there I have a big fat beefy burrito...
Mmmmmmm

Next time work sends you over that way, let me know. Maybe we can catch a burrito together. 😀 (why is that last sentence so amusing? catch a burrito... aaaaaanywaaaaay...)

 

[Abstract]

A bigger sense of not caring. 😀

And yes, slowly but surely the englishman is becoming more adventurous* with food.

*word used lightly 😀

Didn't you say awhile ago that e can now join in at Indian restaurants without starving, or were you simply referring to a new ability to eat spicy foods without whinging?

 

[iBlue]

Didn't you say awhile ago that e can now join in at Indian restaurants without starving, or were you simply referring to a new ability to eat spicy foods without whinging?

I ordered chicken tikka masala one night and he actually liked it, so we've found one dish he can eat when we're all out on a curry night. 😀 Since then we've had it several times. I am most pleased. I won't hold my breath on spicy dishes. Leave the Vindaloos to me. NOM!

 

[Doctor Q]

And yes, slowly but surely the englishman is becoming more adventurous* with food.

*word used lightly 😀

You mean he tried holding his fork in the other hand? 😱

 

[Jaffa Cake]

You mean he tried holding his fork in the other hand? 😱

You mean he tried using a fork? 😱

 

[themoonisdown09]

My ideal dinner would be the rat from this thread. There's nothing like a BBQ rat sandwich!

 

[arkitect]

I ordered chicken tikka masala one night and he actually liked it

Well being a "true Brit" he's bound to like that surely.
Isn't CTM the national dish of the UK?

😉

 

[Blue Velvet]

As others have mentioned, ideal dinner: with friends or partners, lightly baked. 😉

Food would probably be Italian or Middle-Eastern. Wine is compulsory. Dessert? Optional.

Memorable meals have included: waist-deep in water while flyfishing for trout at dusk, wrapping a fresh catch with butter in tons of wet newspaper and throwing it on the fire for an hour or so... washed down with a river-cooled beer.

 

[dmmcintyre3]

Some kind of Chinese food with a Pepsi and a 17 inch matte 3.06 GHz unibody MacBook Pro + 30 inch LED matte Cinema Display for entertainment.