Pasta for dinner

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Anonymous wrote:The friend is probably a spoonful of plain yogurt and 3 almonds kind of lunch-eater. Pasta with vodka sauce sounds good to me. There will be fruits and vegetables at the other meals of the day.

No. This friend is a pasta with vodka sauce, side of roasted chicken, veggie and mozzarella salad - kind of gal. Simple, uncomplicated meal that normal people eat.

Who eats pasta? The peasants? Then call it what it is. Poor people's subsistence meal.

That sounds nice for a pre-planned meal. But nobody is roasting a chicken after an impromptu invitation to come back to the house after a playground trip.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know... I love eating other people's food. A simple bowl of pasta warmly served to me, in good company, is just as good as any. It doesn't have to be a dietician's dream bowl of food.

I'm not going to eat other people's food just to prove a point. I might pick at it but that's as good as it will get. If the people cared that much about it they would probably solicit opinions first to find out what their guests like. OP didn't really care and just made what she and her kids wanted.

It was an impromptu lunch, not a planned in advance dinner party. It was literally one meal on one day. Is everyone truly so disordered with their eating that they couldn’t suck it up?

None of that is the point. Even OPs friend ate it, we're just saying on its face it's not a good lunch. It's not. If you want to count how many penne noodles I eat then you're a sucky friend too.

Define "good."

This reminds me of the thread about thanksgiving for vegetarians when people were freaking out about BUT WHAT IS THE VEGETARIAN PROTEIN OPTION!!! Ma'am thanksgiving is the best carbs of the year, let them eat sides. No one is dying from one low protein meal.

The orthorexia on this thread is nuts.

I already defined good several posts back. Now you define good. If you think butter noodles is it, then we can agree to disagree. The pasta lovers poopooed something with a little bit of everything. It's clear you're just playing devil's advocate at this point because you can't offer up your own definition of a solid lunch.

My first post on the thread, but ok. I'm not failing to offer up my own definition of a solid lunch because serving a "solid lunch" is somewhat beside the point. Sure, whip out some carrot sticks. Or don't. My point was that it's fine to just eat something that doesn't look like the USDA guidelines for a meal and when someone is serving you in their home you need to relax.

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Anonymous wrote:I am Indian and we often serve rice or roti/paratha with a potato/root vegetable dish. I’ve had many questions about this.

But do you just serve your guests a potato or bowl of rice for lunch? One or the other, definitely not both, and just butter for sauce.

This is such a good example. Giving your guest a potato is super weird. Serving up a loaded baked potato (butter, cheese, bacon, sour cream, chives, maybe some broccoli) would actually be a meal. Buttered noodles = not a meal. Pasta with some kind of sauce = meal.

Jesus Christ lady, holy heart attack on a spud! Give me the buttered noodles any day over the monstrosity you serve your guests: butter AND cheese AND bacon AND chives AND broccoli.

You will eat your potato and you will like it. Otherwise never come back again!

I actually love a baked potato, but just with butter and a bit of salt. Hold the rest.

The moral of this story is you eat what you are served. Nobody asked how you liked it.

I think it's fine to decline the pasta, without saying "ugh, that's it?"

Except no ugh was uttered. You added it in for dramatic flair.

It's implied. No adult could possibly be so confused that when they are offered lunch and then handed a bowl of pasta that they honestly have to ask if this is the lunch.

I'm sure you can find anything in a comment if you look hard enough. Maybe it was said brightly. Changes the tone completely. You made this for us?!

Based on the OP story we know exactly what the tone was. Words look innocent enough, tone is everything.

I still remember this ahole I worked with when we had some conversation and college stuff was brought up. I said something about student government and she replied “YOU were in student government?” And she kept at it with that tone. To get her to stop I said it wasn’t a big deal at my school. She was implying I wasn’t bright enough to be on it. I regret my reply to this day.

You weren’t there, so no, you can speak to the tone. If OP felt that strongly about it she would come back to explain. But first she would have to wade through all the comments letting her know the lunch was stupid.

It’s clear what the tone was. It’s like reading a book, you can correctly infer the person’s tone. The sole reason she wrote the post be because of that rude comment.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know... I love eating other people's food. A simple bowl of pasta warmly served to me, in good company, is just as good as any. It doesn't have to be a dietician's dream bowl of food.

I'm not going to eat other people's food just to prove a point. I might pick at it but that's as good as it will get. If the people cared that much about it they would probably solicit opinions first to find out what their guests like. OP didn't really care and just made what she and her kids wanted.

It was an impromptu lunch, not a planned in advance dinner party. It was literally one meal on one day. Is everyone truly so disordered with their eating that they couldn’t suck it up?

None of that is the point. Even OPs friend ate it, we're just saying on its face it's not a good lunch. It's not. If you want to count how many penne noodles I eat then you're a sucky friend too.

Define "good."

This reminds me of the thread about thanksgiving for vegetarians when people were freaking out about BUT WHAT IS THE VEGETARIAN PROTEIN OPTION!!! Ma'am thanksgiving is the best carbs of the year, let them eat sides. No one is dying from one low protein meal.

The orthorexia on this thread is nuts.

I already defined good several posts back. Now you define good. If you think butter noodles is it, then we can agree to disagree. The pasta lovers poopooed something with a little bit of everything. It's clear you're just playing devil's advocate at this point because you can't offer up your own definition of a solid lunch.

My first post on the thread, but ok. I'm not failing to offer up my own definition of a solid lunch because serving a "solid lunch" is somewhat beside the point. Sure, whip out some carrot sticks. Or don't. My point was that it's fine to just eat something that doesn't look like the USDA guidelines for a meal and when someone is serving you in their home you need to relax.

Who said refuse to eat and dump it on the floor? Maybe you should read the thread.

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Anonymous wrote:The friend is probably a spoonful of plain yogurt and 3 almonds kind of lunch-eater. Pasta with vodka sauce sounds good to me. There will be fruits and vegetables at the other meals of the day.

No. This friend is a pasta with vodka sauce, side of roasted chicken, veggie and mozzarella salad - kind of gal. Simple, uncomplicated meal that normal people eat.

Who eats pasta? The peasants? Then call it what it is. Poor people's subsistence meal.

If someone casually whipped that up for me after a trip to the park, I would think they were a try-hard weirdo.

The most important part of having mom friends when your kids are little is finding people you can just be casual and relaxed around. People who don’t care if you let some things go, because it’s hard enough as it is.

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Anonymous wrote:Every time I go to a restaurant and see buttered noodles on the kids menu , I’m going to think of this thread now. I’m not sure if my kids were ever served vegetables with it.

Generally at restaurants kids are served what you order for them. I am willing to bet that the restaurant had vegetables on the menu, but you did not choose them.

Right, because a side dish of vegetables is not necessary with a bowl of pasta. Pasta with butter is a dish that children tend to eat. You can go to a restaurant and order pasta with butter or vodka sauce and be served that for lunch, because that is a meal. They'll throw in some free bread probably, but won't serve you vegetables and protein automatically.

You really don't have to bend over backwards defending this meal. It's low effort empty calories, it's nothing special even if OP is Italian. Will they starve, no, was it good? No.

If you're invited back to someone's house improptu following a meetup in the park, expect low effort. I really don't know what some of you are looking for. Treat it as a snack and go home and get your protein and veggie fill.

I hope nobody actually believes that these ridiculous posters actually eat protein, vegetables and fruit for every meal.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know... I love eating other people's food. A simple bowl of pasta warmly served to me, in good company, is just as good as any. It doesn't have to be a dietician's dream bowl of food.

I'm not going to eat other people's food just to prove a point. I might pick at it but that's as good as it will get. If the people cared that much about it they would probably solicit opinions first to find out what their guests like. OP didn't really care and just made what she and her kids wanted.

It was an impromptu lunch, not a planned in advance dinner party. It was literally one meal on one day. Is everyone truly so disordered with their eating that they couldn’t suck it up?

None of that is the point. Even OPs friend ate it, we're just saying on its face it's not a good lunch. It's not. If you want to count how many penne noodles I eat then you're a sucky friend too.

Define "good."

This reminds me of the thread about thanksgiving for vegetarians when people were freaking out about BUT WHAT IS THE VEGETARIAN PROTEIN OPTION!!! Ma'am thanksgiving is the best carbs of the year, let them eat sides. No one is dying from one low protein meal.

The orthorexia on this thread is nuts.

I already defined good several posts back. Now you define good. If you think butter noodles is it, then we can agree to disagree. The pasta lovers poopooed something with a little bit of everything. It's clear you're just playing devil's advocate at this point because you can't offer up your own definition of a solid lunch.

My first post on the thread, but ok. I'm not failing to offer up my own definition of a solid lunch because serving a "solid lunch" is somewhat beside the point. Sure, whip out some carrot sticks. Or don't. My point was that it's fine to just eat something that doesn't look like the USDA guidelines for a meal and when someone is serving you in their home you need to relax.

Who said refuse to eat and dump it on the floor? Maybe you should read the thread.

I...never said that someone said to refuse to eat and dump it on the floor? Weird take. And I did read the thread. My point is that serving something and eating something that isn't an ideal lunch according to whatever nutrition standards isn't that big of a deal. A good lunch is one shared with friends.

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This is better than the Thanksgiving thread about the “adult boys” whose mother wanted to elbow the hostess out of her kitchen - while hostess was trying to cook the thanksgiving feast - to cook a full breakfast because the “boys” would wither and die on the vine if they ate bagels and cream cheese.

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Anonymous wrote:The friend is probably a spoonful of plain yogurt and 3 almonds kind of lunch-eater. Pasta with vodka sauce sounds good to me. There will be fruits and vegetables at the other meals of the day.

So you admit that this isn't that great and you would need to eat better to make up for it later.

Correct. And that’s absolutely fine. It’s one meal.

Dude. It is not a meal. It is just pasta. I can boil rice and say this is a meal. Or a slice of bread. And in very dire situations it is a meal.

OP did not say that this was a dire situation. In fact, she invited these people to eat at her house.

A bowl of rice is a meal, as is a bowl of porridge or soup.

If you're in a famine stricken area, maybe.

You are so ignorant it’s shocking

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Anonymous wrote:The friend is probably a spoonful of plain yogurt and 3 almonds kind of lunch-eater. Pasta with vodka sauce sounds good to me. There will be fruits and vegetables at the other meals of the day.

So you admit that this isn't that great and you would need to eat better to make up for it later.

Correct. And that’s absolutely fine. It’s one meal.

Dude. It is not a meal. It is just pasta. I can boil rice and say this is a meal. Or a slice of bread. And in very dire situations it is a meal.

OP did not say that this was a dire situation. In fact, she invited these people to eat at her house.

A bowl of rice is a meal, as is a bowl of porridge or soup.

If you're in a famine stricken area, maybe.

You are so ignorant it’s shocking

Spare us. Or maybe your brain is so nutrient deprived you think you're making a decent argument.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know... I love eating other people's food. A simple bowl of pasta warmly served to me, in good company, is just as good as any. It doesn't have to be a dietician's dream bowl of food.

I'm not going to eat other people's food just to prove a point. I might pick at it but that's as good as it will get. If the people cared that much about it they would probably solicit opinions first to find out what their guests like. OP didn't really care and just made what she and her kids wanted.

It was an impromptu lunch, not a planned in advance dinner party. It was literally one meal on one day. Is everyone truly so disordered with their eating that they couldn’t suck it up?

None of that is the point. Even OPs friend ate it, we're just saying on its face it's not a good lunch. It's not. If you want to count how many penne noodles I eat then you're a sucky friend too.

Define "good."

This reminds me of the thread about thanksgiving for vegetarians when people were freaking out about BUT WHAT IS THE VEGETARIAN PROTEIN OPTION!!! Ma'am thanksgiving is the best carbs of the year, let them eat sides. No one is dying from one low protein meal.

The orthorexia on this thread is nuts.

I already defined good several posts back. Now you define good. If you think butter noodles is it, then we can agree to disagree. The pasta lovers poopooed something with a little bit of everything. It's clear you're just playing devil's advocate at this point because you can't offer up your own definition of a solid lunch.

My first post on the thread, but ok. I'm not failing to offer up my own definition of a solid lunch because serving a "solid lunch" is somewhat beside the point. Sure, whip out some carrot sticks. Or don't. My point was that it's fine to just eat something that doesn't look like the USDA guidelines for a meal and when someone is serving you in their home you need to relax.

Who said refuse to eat and dump it on the floor? Maybe you should read the thread.

I...never said that someone said to refuse to eat and dump it on the floor? Weird take. And I did read the thread. My point is that serving something and eating something that isn't an ideal lunch according to whatever nutrition standards isn't that big of a deal. A good lunch is one shared with friends.

It's like we're all 5 and need to eat a Usda school lunch with a cracker, slice of baloney, slice of cold cheese, skim milk, and some apple slices instead of a beautiful bowl of hot pasta.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know... I love eating other people's food. A simple bowl of pasta warmly served to me, in good company, is just as good as any. It doesn't have to be a dietician's dream bowl of food.

I'm not going to eat other people's food just to prove a point. I might pick at it but that's as good as it will get. If the people cared that much about it they would probably solicit opinions first to find out what their guests like. OP didn't really care and just made what she and her kids wanted.

It was an impromptu lunch, not a planned in advance dinner party. It was literally one meal on one day. Is everyone truly so disordered with their eating that they couldn’t suck it up?

None of that is the point. Even OPs friend ate it, we're just saying on its face it's not a good lunch. It's not. If you want to count how many penne noodles I eat then you're a sucky friend too.

Define "good."

This reminds me of the thread about thanksgiving for vegetarians when people were freaking out about BUT WHAT IS THE VEGETARIAN PROTEIN OPTION!!! Ma'am thanksgiving is the best carbs of the year, let them eat sides. No one is dying from one low protein meal.

The orthorexia on this thread is nuts.

I already defined good several posts back. Now you define good. If you think butter noodles is it, then we can agree to disagree. The pasta lovers poopooed something with a little bit of everything. It's clear you're just playing devil's advocate at this point because you can't offer up your own definition of a solid lunch.

My first post on the thread, but ok. I'm not failing to offer up my own definition of a solid lunch because serving a "solid lunch" is somewhat beside the point. Sure, whip out some carrot sticks. Or don't. My point was that it's fine to just eat something that doesn't look like the USDA guidelines for a meal and when someone is serving you in their home you need to relax.

Who said refuse to eat and dump it on the floor? Maybe you should read the thread.

I...never said that someone said to refuse to eat and dump it on the floor? Weird take. And I did read the thread. My point is that serving something and eating something that isn't an ideal lunch according to whatever nutrition standards isn't that big of a deal. A good lunch is one shared with friends.

It's like we're all 5 and need to eat a Usda school lunch with a cracker, slice of baloney, slice of cold cheese, skim milk, and some apple slices instead of a beautiful bowl of hot pasta.

Oh, and a little iceberg lettuce. We mustn't be naughty and not have a vegetable.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't know... I love eating other people's food. A simple bowl of pasta warmly served to me, in good company, is just as good as any. It doesn't have to be a dietician's dream bowl of food.

I'm not going to eat other people's food just to prove a point. I might pick at it but that's as good as it will get. If the people cared that much about it they would probably solicit opinions first to find out what their guests like. OP didn't really care and just made what she and her kids wanted.

It was an impromptu lunch, not a planned in advance dinner party. It was literally one meal on one day. Is everyone truly so disordered with their eating that they couldn’t suck it up?

None of that is the point. Even OPs friend ate it, we're just saying on its face it's not a good lunch. It's not. If you want to count how many penne noodles I eat then you're a sucky friend too.

Define "good."

This reminds me of the thread about thanksgiving for vegetarians when people were freaking out about BUT WHAT IS THE VEGETARIAN PROTEIN OPTION!!! Ma'am thanksgiving is the best carbs of the year, let them eat sides. No one is dying from one low protein meal.

The orthorexia on this thread is nuts.

I already defined good several posts back. Now you define good. If you think butter noodles is it, then we can agree to disagree. The pasta lovers poopooed something with a little bit of everything. It's clear you're just playing devil's advocate at this point because you can't offer up your own definition of a solid lunch.

My first post on the thread, but ok. I'm not failing to offer up my own definition of a solid lunch because serving a "solid lunch" is somewhat beside the point. Sure, whip out some carrot sticks. Or don't. My point was that it's fine to just eat something that doesn't look like the USDA guidelines for a meal and when someone is serving you in their home you need to relax.

Who said refuse to eat and dump it on the floor? Maybe you should read the thread.

I...never said that someone said to refuse to eat and dump it on the floor? Weird take. And I did read the thread. My point is that serving something and eating something that isn't an ideal lunch according to whatever nutrition standards isn't that big of a deal. A good lunch is one shared with friends.

It's like we're all 5 and need to eat a Usda school lunch with a cracker, slice of baloney, slice of cold cheese, skim milk, and some apple slices instead of a beautiful bowl of hot pasta.

Just have an ice cream sundae, it's not like anyone is going to stop you. Go for it.

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Anonymous wrote:The friend is probably a spoonful of plain yogurt and 3 almonds kind of lunch-eater. Pasta with vodka sauce sounds good to me. There will be fruits and vegetables at the other meals of the day.

No. This friend is a pasta with vodka sauce, side of roasted chicken, veggie and mozzarella salad - kind of gal. Simple, uncomplicated meal that normal people eat.

Who eats pasta? The peasants? Then call it what it is. Poor people's subsistence meal.

If someone casually whipped that up for me after a trip to the park, I would think they were a try-hard weirdo.

The most important part of having mom friends when your kids are little is finding people you can just be casual and relaxed around. People who don’t care if you let some things go, because it’s hard enough as it is.

I would think they were a foodie. Some people really care about eating good food. And some people really care about being good hosts. This saying hasn't aged well given the current events, but jewish people used to joke "we cook for the entire Israeli Army, regardless of how many are coming over." We would never dream of giving barely enough. We would give lots of choices and lots of each choice.

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OP is a sick puppy