Things that annoy you beyond reason...(Vol 4)
Discussion
P-Jay said:
my Son's new found Vegetarianism
I'm as far from vegetarian as possible - in fact I'm thinking of starting a diet where I only eat animals that eat other animals.But even I feel guilty when I eat cheap meat. We all know that 99% of the meat available in shops is unacceptably cheap and inhumane. You shouldn't be able to buy a whole chicken for £2.
Can you try to compromise with your son?
You should both spend some time researching where to get meat that has been raised and slaughtered in the most humane ways possible, and agree that you will only buy from those sources? To keep it affordable use smaller quantities of meat in your cooking, and hopefully the higher quality will make up for it.
People who complain about their tap water tasting/smelling faintly of chlorine - especially when they get stroppy when you point out that it costs money to put chlorine into the water, so the water company wouldn't do it if it wasn't needed, and ask them which they prefer - chlorine tasting water or dysentry 
MartG said:
People who complain about their tap water tasting/smelling faintly of chlorine - especially when they get stroppy when you point out that it costs money to put chlorine into the water, so the water company wouldn't do it if it wasn't needed, and ask them which they prefer - chlorine tasting water or dysentry
From my basic chemistry chlorine doesn't smell. If water smells (tap or swimming pool) it's because the chlorine is reacting with the piss/turds/oil in the water and more chlorine is needed.More techie explanation - "Water smells are due, not to chlorine, but to chloramines, chemical compounds that build up in pool water when it is improperly treated. Chloramines result from the combination of two ingredients: (a) chlorine disinfectants and (b) perspiration, oils and urine that enter pools on the bodies of swimmers."
They have filthy water I would suggest not drinking any at their house, possibly painting a red cross on their door and "unclean" below it.
R E S T E C P said:
P-Jay said:
my Son's new found Vegetarianism
I'm as far from vegetarian as possible - in fact I'm thinking of starting a diet where I only eat animals that eat other animals..
Had one yesterday for Mother's day when we went out for a meal.
the waiter asked me how I would like it cooking:
medium roar.
I'll get my coat.
austinsmirk said:
R E S T E C P said:
P-Jay said:
my Son's new found Vegetarianism
I'm as far from vegetarian as possible - in fact I'm thinking of starting a diet where I only eat animals that eat other animals..
Had one yesterday for Mother's day when we went out for a meal.
the waiter asked me how I would like it cooking:
medium roar.
I'll get my coat.
Anyway, not cooking tonight, it's the Dyslexics Association Annual Dinner.
austinsmirk said:
a restaurant near me has started doing lion steaks. OK- not very ethical, but I thought worth trying.
Had one yesterday for Mother's day when we went out for a meal.
the waiter asked me how I would like it cooking:
medium roar.
I'll get my coat.
I'd be lion if I didn't say that joke made me chuckle and feline happy. Had one yesterday for Mother's day when we went out for a meal.
the waiter asked me how I would like it cooking:
medium roar.
I'll get my coat.
Anyway, in regards to No1's new found Vegetarian Status.
We had a long chat about it at the weekend, he still can't give a reason why he doesn't want to eat meat anymore, he just doesn't so there's no real way to reason it out. Ah that's not completely true, it seems in part that it's Sir Mo Farah's fault, but I won't hold that against him.
So for 7 days he's meat free - if on Saturday he is happy to continue then that's it - he's a Veggie and I'll devise workarounds for it.
We had a vegetable curry on Saturday night which we all liked, even he ate it all and he doesn't really enjoy curry so I was happy.
We had a roast yesterday to celebrate Mothers Day, despite all my usual ranting and ravings about uniformity I made it to his spec - Mo Farah approved Quorn "chicken Breast" and no peas. He sniffed the "chicken" a bit, covered it with pepper and ate it quiet willingly, and everything else which is a bit of a rarity, I'm pretty impressed - the Quorn stuff doesn't look nice to me, but it's a microwave job so it's hardly a hardship.
Tonight will be the best test for him I guess - he's having another Farah Steak with some Cous Cous, we're having Chicken and Risotto, a firm family favourite.
So far I’m proud of the Lad, I was perhaps being unfair, deep down I saw it as a way for him to eat the meals he likes, and avoid the ones he doesn’t by claiming to be a vegetarian (because he’d eat some things, but not others) – he at that age where he want to try to assert a degree of authority which means we argue more than I’d like, but if he sticks to it, he sticks to it, but if he changes his mind, he’s got to wait to Friday for any changes to happen
We had a long chat about it at the weekend, he still can't give a reason why he doesn't want to eat meat anymore, he just doesn't so there's no real way to reason it out. Ah that's not completely true, it seems in part that it's Sir Mo Farah's fault, but I won't hold that against him.
So for 7 days he's meat free - if on Saturday he is happy to continue then that's it - he's a Veggie and I'll devise workarounds for it.
We had a vegetable curry on Saturday night which we all liked, even he ate it all and he doesn't really enjoy curry so I was happy.
We had a roast yesterday to celebrate Mothers Day, despite all my usual ranting and ravings about uniformity I made it to his spec - Mo Farah approved Quorn "chicken Breast" and no peas. He sniffed the "chicken" a bit, covered it with pepper and ate it quiet willingly, and everything else which is a bit of a rarity, I'm pretty impressed - the Quorn stuff doesn't look nice to me, but it's a microwave job so it's hardly a hardship.
Tonight will be the best test for him I guess - he's having another Farah Steak with some Cous Cous, we're having Chicken and Risotto, a firm family favourite.
So far I’m proud of the Lad, I was perhaps being unfair, deep down I saw it as a way for him to eat the meals he likes, and avoid the ones he doesn’t by claiming to be a vegetarian (because he’d eat some things, but not others) – he at that age where he want to try to assert a degree of authority which means we argue more than I’d like, but if he sticks to it, he sticks to it, but if he changes his mind, he’s got to wait to Friday for any changes to happen
R E S T E C P said:
P-Jay said:
my Son's new found Vegetarianism
I'm as far from vegetarian as possible - in fact I'm thinking of starting a diet where I only eat animals that eat other animals.But even I feel guilty when I eat cheap meat. We all know that 99% of the meat available in shops is unacceptably cheap and inhumane. You shouldn't be able to buy a whole chicken for £2.
Can you try to compromise with your son?
You should both spend some time researching where to get meat that has been raised and slaughtered in the most humane ways possible, and agree that you will only buy from those sources? To keep it affordable use smaller quantities of meat in your cooking, and hopefully the higher quality will make up for it.
P-Jay said:
A Tuna is a majestic, beautiful animal, fish deserve the same respect as Cows and Sheep. If eating Lamb is Murder then so is eating Tuna. I’m being told-off for eating beef by an 11 year old who ate half his body weight in Haddock 24 hours earlier. I’m not having that.
Tuna is a beautiful animal and it's as big as a ruddy cow! Don't let him see any photos like this or he'll give up on fish too.Edited by P-Jay on Friday 24th March 11:31
I find photos of fishermen posing like this incredibly annoying. Killing for food is fine, but don't look so happy about it.
(googled image)
227bhp said:
When someone has typed out a 3 mile long post and someone else quotes it in full.
With a 3 word reply.
Especially annoying when the OP posts 30 pics in his post then some buffoon quotes it and writes "nice pics" before posting it straight back to the thread. With a 3 word reply.
We've got it good these days with lightning fast internet speeds. Was a nightmare 'back in the day' when we were on 56k dial-up.
ClockworkCupcake said:
Pre-divorce, I ended up regularly cooking 3 different meals at 3 different times for 3 people. It was a bloody nightmare.
I remember us having a curry night here and inviting the girlfriend's two kids (sorry, young adults) who are both vegetarians. My culinary skills are legendary, so I was tasked with cooking that evening. But it wasn't as simple as just doing a meat curry and a vegetarian curry, because everyone has differing tastes in spiciness too.So I had to cook:
a chicken Korma (for the girlfriend)
a vegetable Korma (the daughter)
a vegetable Madras (the son) and
a chicken Madras (me).
Four bloody pans going on the hob at once, with me stirring them like Fatboy bleedin' Slim at a pop concert.
Luckily, the "he who cooks doesn't wash up" rule is strictly enforced around these parts.
Drummond Baize said:
ClockworkCupcake said:
Pre-divorce, I ended up regularly cooking 3 different meals at 3 different times for 3 people. It was a bloody nightmare.
I remember us having a curry night here and inviting the girlfriend's two kids (sorry, young adults) who are both vegetarians. My culinary skills are legendary, so I was tasked with cooking that evening. But it wasn't as simple as just doing a meat curry and a vegetarian curry, because everyone has differing tastes in spiciness too.So I had to cook:
a chicken Korma (for the girlfriend)
a vegetable Korma (the daughter)
a vegetable Madras (the son) and
a chicken Madras (me).
Four bloody pans going on the hob at once, with me stirring them like Fatboy bleedin' Slim at a pop concert.
Luckily, the "he who cooks doesn't wash up" rule is strictly enforced around these parts.
On the subject of food - waste. We had salad last night. On SWMBOs plate I put 3 pieces of tomato. I later found two of them in the bin. If you didn't want them leave them out - I could have used them for my lunch today! A result of me doing all the food shopping so no member of my family has a f
king clue of how much any food costs! 
king clue of how much any food costs! Lucas CAV said:
Drummond Baize said:
ClockworkCupcake said:
Pre-divorce, I ended up regularly cooking 3 different meals at 3 different times for 3 people. It was a bloody nightmare.
I remember us having a curry night here and inviting the girlfriend's two kids (sorry, young adults) who are both vegetarians. My culinary skills are legendary, so I was tasked with cooking that evening. But it wasn't as simple as just doing a meat curry and a vegetarian curry, because everyone has differing tastes in spiciness too.So I had to cook:
a chicken Korma (for the girlfriend)
a vegetable Korma (the daughter)
a vegetable Madras (the son) and
a chicken Madras (me).
Four bloody pans going on the hob at once, with me stirring them like Fatboy bleedin' Slim at a pop concert.
Luckily, the "he who cooks doesn't wash up" rule is strictly enforced around these parts.
Drummond Baize said:
I remember us having a curry night here and inviting the girlfriend's two kids (sorry, young adults) who are both vegetarians. My culinary skills are legendary, so I was tasked with cooking that evening. But it wasn't as simple as just doing a meat curry and a vegetarian curry, because everyone has differing tastes in spiciness too.
So I had to cook:
a chicken Korma (for the girlfriend)
a vegetable Korma (the daughter)
a vegetable Madras (the son) and
a chicken Madras (me).
Four bloody pans going on the hob at once, with me stirring them like Fatboy bleedin' Slim at a pop concert.
Luckily, the "he who cooks doesn't wash up" rule is strictly enforced around these parts.
Same here, I have to doSo I had to cook:
a chicken Korma (for the girlfriend)
a vegetable Korma (the daughter)
a vegetable Madras (the son) and
a chicken Madras (me).
Four bloody pans going on the hob at once, with me stirring them like Fatboy bleedin' Slim at a pop concert.
Luckily, the "he who cooks doesn't wash up" rule is strictly enforced around these parts.
A korma
A tikka masala
A balti
And they all think placing items on top of the dish washer is perfectly fine as they must be absorbed into the dish washer by osmosis or something. I can literally leave the dish washer door open to show it is empty and everyone will still pile it on top.
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