We need to talk about buttered noodles

[Anonymous]

I've always thought that everyone should be required to work food service at some point. It's so eye-opening.

And people who want to eat buttered noodles should do it at home for 25 cents and not waste a chef's time.

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But if they did ever want to order Parmesan noodles I'd be ok with that too. Because I'm not a judgemental bitch.

Parmesan noodles =\= buttered noodles. Reading comprehension is your friend.

LOL. So a little sprinkling of Parmesan makes it so much better?

Then technically it's pasta ai formaggi, so snooty enough to serve to the osso bucco crowd and get a tip

LOL

[Anonymous]

As a PhD social scientist (who used to wait tables) I think there's an interesting study here.

Also, for the LOL'ers: http://www.forbes.com/sites/amitchowdhry/2015/08/17/facebook-haha-lol/

[Anonymous]

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If you are not getting all the essential amino acids, then the protein you are consuming is processed like a carb.

By stating this, you are unwittingly proving that you have no actual knowledge about biochemistry but are, as I suspected getting your info from blogs about "clean eating" and other sources at your CrossFit-type gym. Your assertion is flat out incorrect.

(and yes, we know you're a child who's into working out, because you used the word 'retarded' in your PP)

No, I actually wrote it that way to dumb it down for people like you. But fine by me, my kids will be healthy. Keep feeding your kids cheese and bread and not much else. Yours will be skin, bones, and fat.

Are you a biochemist? If not, you know nothing about biochemistry

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Anonymous wrote:Smiley face poster needs to own her bitchiness rather than trying to use smileys to take off the edge.

Guess I go in the bitchy smiley face category? Earn enough contempt to spit in my food? I should earn at least a hair.

Um, no. Posting a bunch of smileys without any comment is just lame. Also, laughing about you in the kitchen doesn't mean we'd spit in your food. We're not evil, just amused by you.

Hahahaha

Better?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not a bad choice at all. I ate this all the time growing up and, to put it in the bottom line terms folks here appreciate, I went on to attend an Ivy.

Thanks for this post! I'm grinning!

[Anonymous]

This thread:

OP: Why do people judge this food?

Posters: Because XYZ

Other posters: You're judgy!

Other posters: You're judgy for judging me!

Other posters: You're bitchy for judging the judgy judgers.



Seriously, folks, just eat (or don't eat) the damn noodles.

The OP specifically asked why people judge this food, and she got some responses. You don't have to like that people judge this food, but they do, and now you know why.

[Anonymous]

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So you and your kids just eat bread and mash potatoes ever day and that's it? I have never service mashed potatoes and dinner rolls...what is your culture? You a longshoreman or in the army on field excerise burning 2400 calories a day? Hope you give them a stick of butter rolled in brown sugar.

No, I said we eat it as a side. Maybe I misunderstood the point of OP's question. He or she asked why people looked down on "buttered noodle".

Are we talking about "eating only buttered noodles, all the time, and nothing but buttered noodles"? Because I agree that sounds like a problem.

Or are we talking about someone, say a child, eating something for breakfast (maybe oat cereal, milk, juice?), apples with peanut butter for a snack, buttered noodles with a little parm cheese and a glass of milk for lunch, popcorn and a cheese stick for a snack, and chicken and broccoli and rice stir fry for dinner? Don't see what's so bad about buttered noodles?

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So you and your kids just eat bread and mash potatoes ever day and that's it? I have never service mashed potatoes and dinner rolls...what is your culture? You a longshoreman or in the army on field excerise burning 2400 calories a day? Hope you give them a stick of butter rolled in brown sugar.

No, I said we eat it as a side. Maybe I misunderstood the point of OP's question. He or she asked why people looked down on "buttered noodle".

Are we talking about "eating only buttered noodles, all the time, and nothing but buttered noodles"? Because I agree that sounds like a problem.

Or are we talking about someone, say a child, eating something for breakfast (maybe oat cereal, milk, juice?), apples with peanut butter for a snack, buttered noodles with a little parm cheese and a glass of milk for lunch, popcorn and a cheese stick for a snack, and chicken and broccoli and rice stir fry for dinner? Don't see what's so bad about buttered noodles?

Op here...Wow! Just checked the butterf noodles thread! We are heating up the food forum! So anyway, my question is aimed at the latter scenario. For example, last night (or whenever) we had buttered noodles and peas and cheese for dinner, but eggs, toast, and and oranges for breakfast etc. I posted it because I read another post about picky eating where someone had written, "I've never served my child buttered noodles" and I was wondering what is wrong with buttered noodles. And now I know!

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Anonymous wrote:It's okay, but the kids get a taste for buttery noodles and that's all they want. Your are tired and you make it. Next thing you know that's all they eat. Who would not want to eat a box of doughnuts for every meal?

You could say that about rolls and butter, too. Or mashed potatoes. Or rice. These are common side dishes in our culture. Are you saying you don't make these things ever? What do you serve for dinner?

I grew up (in the 70s) eating a meat (pork chop, chicken cutlet, slice of ham); a starch side (noodles, rice, biscuit, roll, potatoes), a vegetable side (broccoli, spinach, green beans) and a side salad. I didn't grow up just wanting buttered noodles all the time. This is the same way I feed my children now

What do you all serve, if you don't serve starches like noodles, rice, rolls, potatoes? And how old are your kids?

Op here-I want to know too! Bread/toast and butter is a breakfast staple in my home. Granted I use the sprouted-fancy bread. And my kid can eat the hell out of my mashed potatos.

So you and your kids just eat bread and mash potatoes ever day and that's it? I have never service mashed potatoes and dinner rolls...what is your culture? You a longshoreman or in the army on field excerise burning 2400 calories a day? Hope you give them a stick of butter rolled in brown sugar.

Bread and butter and fruit is the foundation of our breakfast every day, yes. Definitely don't do mashed potatoes every day, but it's another go-to starch.

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So you and your kids just eat bread and mash potatoes ever day and that's it? I have never service mashed potatoes and dinner rolls...what is your culture? You a longshoreman or in the army on field excerise burning 2400 calories a day? Hope you give them a stick of butter rolled in brown sugar.

No, I said we eat it as a side. Maybe I misunderstood the point of OP's question. He or she asked why people looked down on "buttered noodle".

Are we talking about "eating only buttered noodles, all the time, and nothing but buttered noodles"? Because I agree that sounds like a problem.

Or are we talking about someone, say a child, eating something for breakfast (maybe oat cereal, milk, juice?), apples with peanut butter for a snack, buttered noodles with a little parm cheese and a glass of milk for lunch, popcorn and a cheese stick for a snack, and chicken and broccoli and rice stir fry for dinner? Don't see what's so bad about buttered noodles?

Op here...Wow! Just checked the butterf noodles thread! We are heating up the food forum! So anyway, my question is aimed at the latter scenario. For example, last night (or whenever) we had buttered noodles and peas and cheese for dinner, but eggs, toast, and and oranges for breakfast etc. I posted it because I read another post about picky eating where someone had written, "I've never served my child buttered noodles" and I was wondering what is wrong with buttered noodles. And now I know!

I think some folks wandered over from the Political Forum!

[Anonymous]

There is nothing wrong with buttered noddles. There is a problem if all you ever offer a child is buttered noddles or if your child will only eat buttered noddles. But as a main dish or a side dish once a week or even twice a week, there is nothing wrong with it. It is a comfort food and delicious. It doesn't have the fuel of a protein but so what. As long as your child is getting all of their required nutrients from various sources, it's a balanced diet. That's what counts---overall balance.

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Anonymous wrote:I've always thought that everyone should be required to work food service at some point. It's so eye-opening.

And people who want to eat buttered noodles should do it at home for 25 cents and not waste a chef's time.

The rare times we eat out, there's no "chef," there's a "cook."

[Anonymous]

I think that people who react to buttered noodles are reacting to one or more of 2 things.

1) I think that there is a belief out there that you can prevent your child from becoming a picky eater by making sure that they never taste the foods that picky eaters like. In their mind picky eaters eat chicken nuggets, buttered noodles, mac and cheese and a few other foods. So, if they never let their child taste a chicken nugget or a buttered noodle they'll be "safe" from the horror of picky eating.

2) I think there is a belief out there that the way you can prevent picky eaters is by refusing to "short order cook". Buttered noodles, or noodles with a sprinkle of parmesan are a pretty common "short order cook" food, in that usually they're served to kids because the kids don't like the sauce the adults are eating.

I don't happen to believe either things, and I don't have a problem with buttered noodles, although I don't happen to serve them often. I did however, break pretty much every other rule for avoiding picky eaters, and yet have a child who eats almost everything proving, at least anecdotally, that there's a pretty big luck component when it comes to getting your kid to eat.

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Anonymous wrote:I've always thought that everyone should be required to work food service at some point. It's so eye-opening.

And people who want to eat buttered noodles should do it at home for 25 cents and not waste a chef's time.

I think that most people who want to eat buttered noodles in fancy restaurants with chefs, would require a babysitter to stay home, thus increasing the cost far beyond 25 cents.

I also think that any chef who gets their nose bent out of shape when a family who is paying a fair amount of money to dine in their restaurant asks for a change as easy as leaving sauce off the noodles, is behaving ridiculously.