Pasta for dinner

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love buttered noodles. I eat it with just salt/pepper/garlic all the time. How is it any different than a bowl of Mac and cheese or bowl of ramen? Or a bowl or rice? As long as the flavor is there, I can eat it with or without a protein.

Because that’s not how everyone eats. Thankfully there are places called restaurants where everyone can get what they like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love buttered noodles. I eat it with just salt/pepper/garlic all the time. How is it any different than a bowl of Mac and cheese or bowl of ramen? Or a bowl or rice? As long as the flavor is there, I can eat it with or without a protein.

+1 I wouldn’t say no to any of that. Mostly, I would just be appreciative that a friend made me anything.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love buttered noodles. I eat it with just salt/pepper/garlic all the time. How is it any different than a bowl of Mac and cheese or bowl of ramen? Or a bowl or rice? As long as the flavor is there, I can eat it with or without a protein.

Because that’s not how everyone eats. Thankfully there are places called restaurants where everyone can get what they like.

DP. It’s impossible to please everyone (clearly), so it’s often best to make the simplest thing that most people wouldn’t object to.

[Anonymous]

Starchy starchy where are thou

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love buttered noodles. I eat it with just salt/pepper/garlic all the time. How is it any different than a bowl of Mac and cheese or bowl of ramen? Or a bowl or rice? As long as the flavor is there, I can eat it with or without a protein.

Because that’s not how everyone eats. Thankfully there are places called restaurants where everyone can get what they like.

DP. It’s impossible to please everyone (clearly), so it’s often best to make the simplest thing that most people wouldn’t object to.

Ops friend didn’t object. Whether she ate much is anyone’s guess.

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Anonymous wrote:I actually am puzzled in that when I read about picky kids eating away from home buttered noodles are often mentioned. Was OP supposed to have asked if the guest kid wanted sauce?

Many Americans use the following formula to serve lunch and dinner meals: main +2 or main +3. If you google "divided kids plates" or "divided disposable plates," you'll see compartments with enough room for either main +2 or main +3. These are often available in-person at Targets and Walmarts. It's that common.

There are exceptions, like how pizza or large salads are often served alone. Many times soups may be served with only bread or crackers, but the general convention is to serve more than a main dish. Obviously that's not everyone's convention, hence the insane food war this thread has sparked. It is, however, a thing for many people.

So, no, OP wasn't supposed to have asked if the guest wanted sauce. OP's friend was thrown for a loop when she saw only a main served. Her response was rude, and probably would have been avoided if OP had served some sides with the pasta or turned the pasta into a large pasta salad with the sides basically in the dish.

I'm not saying OP "should" have done that, though, because one convention isn't better than the other. This is more like the "shoes vs no-shoes in the house" debate. No-shoes in the house may be cleaner, but it's not so much so that it's a big deal either way. Serving more food would have been better nutritionally, but ultimately is nbd for one meal. Neither position deserves the vitriol that has been spilled on this thread.

Strong disagree. The neurotic control freak almond moms who think their kids will immediately get colon cancer or scurvy and drop dead because they weren’t offered random fruit and vegetables that they may or may not have even eaten at an impromptu, post-playground lunch deserve ALL the vitriol they have received (and more).

Yet nobody actually cares about your opinion and they aren’t going to feed their kid junk food or trash bc you called them names. You’re outnumbered and come across as foolish.

Nobody cares what you feed your spawn in your own home. People just care that you exhibit basic manners when invited to someone else’s home. OP’s friend acted like a rude brat. That’s what this thread is ultimately about.

This isn’t a difficult concept to understand.

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Anonymous wrote:I actually am puzzled in that when I read about picky kids eating away from home buttered noodles are often mentioned. Was OP supposed to have asked if the guest kid wanted sauce?

Many Americans use the following formula to serve lunch and dinner meals: main +2 or main +3. If you google "divided kids plates" or "divided disposable plates," you'll see compartments with enough room for either main +2 or main +3. These are often available in-person at Targets and Walmarts. It's that common.

There are exceptions, like how pizza or large salads are often served alone. Many times soups may be served with only bread or crackers, but the general convention is to serve more than a main dish. Obviously that's not everyone's convention, hence the insane food war this thread has sparked. It is, however, a thing for many people.

So, no, OP wasn't supposed to have asked if the guest wanted sauce. OP's friend was thrown for a loop when she saw only a main served. Her response was rude, and probably would have been avoided if OP had served some sides with the pasta or turned the pasta into a large pasta salad with the sides basically in the dish.

I'm not saying OP "should" have done that, though, because one convention isn't better than the other. This is more like the "shoes vs no-shoes in the house" debate. No-shoes in the house may be cleaner, but it's not so much so that it's a big deal either way. Serving more food would have been better nutritionally, but ultimately is nbd for one meal. Neither position deserves the vitriol that has been spilled on this thread.

Strong disagree. The neurotic control freak almond moms who think their kids will immediately get colon cancer or scurvy and drop dead because they weren’t offered random fruit and vegetables that they may or may not have even eaten at an impromptu, post-playground lunch deserve ALL the vitriol they have received (and more).

Yet nobody actually cares about your opinion and they aren’t going to feed their kid junk food or trash bc you called them names. You’re outnumbered and come across as foolish.

Nobody cares what you feed your spawn in your own home. People just care that you exhibit basic manners when invited to someone else’s home. OP’s friend acted like a rude brat. That’s what this thread is ultimately about.

This isn’t a difficult concept to understand.

It’s also about critiquing the meal. Which the vast majority agreed was crap.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I actually am puzzled in that when I read about picky kids eating away from home buttered noodles are often mentioned. Was OP supposed to have asked if the guest kid wanted sauce?

Many Americans use the following formula to serve lunch and dinner meals: main +2 or main +3. If you google "divided kids plates" or "divided disposable plates," you'll see compartments with enough room for either main +2 or main +3. These are often available in-person at Targets and Walmarts. It's that common.

There are exceptions, like how pizza or large salads are often served alone. Many times soups may be served with only bread or crackers, but the general convention is to serve more than a main dish. Obviously that's not everyone's convention, hence the insane food war this thread has sparked. It is, however, a thing for many people.

So, no, OP wasn't supposed to have asked if the guest wanted sauce. OP's friend was thrown for a loop when she saw only a main served. Her response was rude, and probably would have been avoided if OP had served some sides with the pasta or turned the pasta into a large pasta salad with the sides basically in the dish.

I'm not saying OP "should" have done that, though, because one convention isn't better than the other. This is more like the "shoes vs no-shoes in the house" debate. No-shoes in the house may be cleaner, but it's not so much so that it's a big deal either way. Serving more food would have been better nutritionally, but ultimately is nbd for one meal. Neither position deserves the vitriol that has been spilled on this thread.

Strong disagree. The neurotic control freak almond moms who think their kids will immediately get colon cancer or scurvy and drop dead because they weren’t offered random fruit and vegetables that they may or may not have even eaten at an impromptu, post-playground lunch deserve ALL the vitriol they have received (and more).

Yet nobody actually cares about your opinion and they aren’t going to feed their kid junk food or trash bc you called them names. You’re outnumbered and come across as foolish.

Nobody cares what you feed your spawn in your own home. People just care that you exhibit basic manners when invited to someone else’s home. OP’s friend acted like a rude brat. That’s what this thread is ultimately about.

This isn’t a difficult concept to understand.

It’s also about critiquing the meal. Which the vast majority agreed was crap.

DP. I get the feeling there’s one poster strangely obsessed with the audacity of this meal, trying to play it off like “the majority”.

[Anonymous]

This almond mom is relentless

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I actually am puzzled in that when I read about picky kids eating away from home buttered noodles are often mentioned. Was OP supposed to have asked if the guest kid wanted sauce?

Many Americans use the following formula to serve lunch and dinner meals: main +2 or main +3. If you google "divided kids plates" or "divided disposable plates," you'll see compartments with enough room for either main +2 or main +3. These are often available in-person at Targets and Walmarts. It's that common.

There are exceptions, like how pizza or large salads are often served alone. Many times soups may be served with only bread or crackers, but the general convention is to serve more than a main dish. Obviously that's not everyone's convention, hence the insane food war this thread has sparked. It is, however, a thing for many people.

So, no, OP wasn't supposed to have asked if the guest wanted sauce. OP's friend was thrown for a loop when she saw only a main served. Her response was rude, and probably would have been avoided if OP had served some sides with the pasta or turned the pasta into a large pasta salad with the sides basically in the dish.

I'm not saying OP "should" have done that, though, because one convention isn't better than the other. This is more like the "shoes vs no-shoes in the house" debate. No-shoes in the house may be cleaner, but it's not so much so that it's a big deal either way. Serving more food would have been better nutritionally, but ultimately is nbd for one meal. Neither position deserves the vitriol that has been spilled on this thread.

Strong disagree. The neurotic control freak almond moms who think their kids will immediately get colon cancer or scurvy and drop dead because they weren’t offered random fruit and vegetables that they may or may not have even eaten at an impromptu, post-playground lunch deserve ALL the vitriol they have received (and more).

Yet nobody actually cares about your opinion and they aren’t going to feed their kid junk food or trash bc you called them names. You’re outnumbered and come across as foolish.

Nobody cares what you feed your spawn in your own home. People just care that you exhibit basic manners when invited to someone else’s home. OP’s friend acted like a rude brat. That’s what this thread is ultimately about.

This isn’t a difficult concept to understand.

It’s also about critiquing the meal. Which the vast majority agreed was crap.

DP. I get the feeling there’s one poster strangely obsessed with the audacity of this meal, trying to play it off like “the majority”.

Yes one person made up 30 pages. Maybe start at the beginning? 🙄

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This almond mom is relentless

That you again? Trying to make this stick?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I actually am puzzled in that when I read about picky kids eating away from home buttered noodles are often mentioned. Was OP supposed to have asked if the guest kid wanted sauce?

Many Americans use the following formula to serve lunch and dinner meals: main +2 or main +3. If you google "divided kids plates" or "divided disposable plates," you'll see compartments with enough room for either main +2 or main +3. These are often available in-person at Targets and Walmarts. It's that common.

There are exceptions, like how pizza or large salads are often served alone. Many times soups may be served with only bread or crackers, but the general convention is to serve more than a main dish. Obviously that's not everyone's convention, hence the insane food war this thread has sparked. It is, however, a thing for many people.

So, no, OP wasn't supposed to have asked if the guest wanted sauce. OP's friend was thrown for a loop when she saw only a main served. Her response was rude, and probably would have been avoided if OP had served some sides with the pasta or turned the pasta into a large pasta salad with the sides basically in the dish.

I'm not saying OP "should" have done that, though, because one convention isn't better than the other. This is more like the "shoes vs no-shoes in the house" debate. No-shoes in the house may be cleaner, but it's not so much so that it's a big deal either way. Serving more food would have been better nutritionally, but ultimately is nbd for one meal. Neither position deserves the vitriol that has been spilled on this thread.

Strong disagree. The neurotic control freak almond moms who think their kids will immediately get colon cancer or scurvy and drop dead because they weren’t offered random fruit and vegetables that they may or may not have even eaten at an impromptu, post-playground lunch deserve ALL the vitriol they have received (and more).

Yet nobody actually cares about your opinion and they aren’t going to feed their kid junk food or trash bc you called them names. You’re outnumbered and come across as foolish.

Nobody cares what you feed your spawn in your own home. People just care that you exhibit basic manners when invited to someone else’s home. OP’s friend acted like a rude brat. That’s what this thread is ultimately about.

This isn’t a difficult concept to understand.

It’s also about critiquing the meal. Which the vast majority agreed was crap.

DP. I get the feeling there’s one poster strangely obsessed with the audacity of this meal, trying to play it off like “the majority”.

Yes one person made up 30 pages. Maybe start at the beginning? 🙄

She’s gotta do something to take her mind off the fact that she’s starving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I love buttered noodles. I eat it with just salt/pepper/garlic all the time. How is it any different than a bowl of Mac and cheese or bowl of ramen? Or a bowl or rice? As long as the flavor is there, I can eat it with or without a protein.

That packet of powdered cheese is the magical protein to make it a healthy meal according to American food standards.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:we must push on to 40 pages

I like your dedication and although I support a bowl of pasta as a perfectly fine lunch, I will allow that we may need some additional protein to achieve 40 pages.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I love buttered noodles. I eat it with just salt/pepper/garlic all the time. How is it any different than a bowl of Mac and cheese or bowl of ramen? Or a bowl or rice? As long as the flavor is there, I can eat it with or without a protein.

That packet of powdered cheese is the magical protein to make it a healthy meal according to American food standards.

It's the magical ingredient that makes it taste good.