Poll of the Day > Gordon Ramsay is in your face and whispers: 'you forgot the mashed potatoes'

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He's gaslighting me; I literally brought ONLY mashed potatoes

But I made mash potato earlier in the week for my 4 day work lunch chef!

I'd be very confused, because I don't eat mashed potatoes, and I generally don't cook them for other people.

Like, if I was having ham or turkey or something with friends and/or family, I would explicitly tell them if they want sides they can bring/make them themselves. Which would include potatoes.

Sometimes when I'm on the stove I hear his voice in my head criticizing my cooking.

Like when I drop food on the floor and it goes straight back in the pot, I can hear him go "oh for fuck's sake m"

I've got a bag of instant mashed potatoes.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Like, if I was having ham or turkey or something with friends and/or family, I would explicitly tell them if they want sides they can bring/make them themselves. Which would include potatoes.

You just serve them a turkey and nothing else?

I whisper back "You forgot to peel them."

I'd be glad he wasn't screaming in my ear

adjl posted...

You just serve them a turkey and nothing else?

I generally don't serve anyone anything. I don't celebrate holidays and I don't cook for other people.

I get free turkey/ham from the grocery store every year for Easter/Christmas, and I usually give it to one of my friends, who cooks it and then we eat it together. Basically, he does the work and gets a free meal out of it (well, I say he does the work, he makes his wife do it).

The way we handle sides is that I usually bring along whatever I want to have and then whip it up myself once I get to his house, and he makes whatever he wants for sides. There's some overlap (I'll eat some of the corn he made, he'll eat some of the stuffing I made using my family's secret stuffing recipe, etc), but for the most part, if you want something specific, you're making it yourself. So I'm never making mashed potatoes.

Years ago, when my mom was still alive and my niece and nephew were younger, we'd occasionally have Thanksgiving together (sometimes), but we'd more or less do things the same way. If you wanted mashed potatoes as a side, you were making them yourself (my sister used to cook them at home and brought them over in a dish for her and my mom, because they were mainly the only ones eating them). My mom made Brussels sprouts a few times (because only she and my niece liked them).

Usually if I'm having a larger meal with multiple sides I'll go with either corn or rice as my starch. Potatoes aren't my thing.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

I generally don't serve anyone anything. I don't celebrate holidays and I don't cook for other people.

I get free turkey/ham from the grocery store every year for Easter/Christmas, and I usually give it to one of my friends, who cooks it and then we eat it together. Basically, he does the work and gets a free meal out of it (well, I say he does the work, he makes his wife do it).

The way we handle sides is that I usually bring along whatever I want to have and then whip it up myself once I get to his house, and he makes whatever he wants for sides. There's some overlap (I'll eat some of the corn he made, he'll eat some of the stuffing I made using my family's secret stuffing recipe, etc), but for the most part, if you want something specific, you're making it yourself. So I'm never making mashed potatoes.

Years ago, when my mom was still alive and my niece and nephew were younger, we'd occasionally have Thanksgiving together (sometimes), but we'd more or less do things the same way. If you wanted mashed potatoes as a side, you were making them yourself (my sister used to cook them at home and brought them over in a dish for her and my mom, because they were mainly the only ones eating them). My mom made Brussels sprouts a few times (because only she and my niece liked them).

Usually if I'm having a larger meal with multiple sides I'll go with either corn or rice as my starch. Potatoes aren't my thing.

How do you get a free turkey or ham every year?

some grocery stores will do a thing where if you spend so much at once you get a free ham or turkey during holidays

Revelation34 posted...

How do you get a free turkey or ham every year?

ConfusedTorchic posted...

some grocery stores will do a thing where if you spend so much at once you get a free ham or turkey during holidays

This.

https://www.livingrichwithcoupons.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-14-at-9.13.01-AM-768x407.png

Also, even though that particular version of the ad doesn't mention it, they added a 5 lb Mac & Cheese option to it as well. Though I generally only ever get the turkey or ham.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

This.

https://www.livingrichwithcoupons.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Screen-Shot-2022-10-14-at-9.13.01-AM-768x407.png

Also, even though that particular version of the ad doesn't mention it, they added a 5 lb Mac & Cheese option to it as well. Though I generally only ever get the turkey or ham.

I can't read the fine print. Can you get two if you spend $800?

Revelation34 posted...

I can't read the fine print. Can you get two if you spend $800?

Nah, note the "Limit 1 item per family" right next to the big "FREE".

I whisper back, "You can't forget something that was never there." Then walk away.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Nah, note the "Limit 1 item per family" right next to the big "FREE".

So two different cards would probably work. That's a lot of money in just one month though.

Revelation34 posted...

So two different cards would probably work.

In theory, two different people in the same house with different card accounts could both do it (like, say, when I was in college and my father and I both had separate cards but the same mailing address).

Hard to say for sure, because the cards are linked to a specific address, so they might be able to figure out on their end that you're both technically part of the same family if they know you're living in the same house (especially if you have the same last name). Though the ad does say "per family" and not "per household" (like some promotions would), so it's hard to say. It would probably be a bit of a grey area, but they'd have to really be anal about it.

Honestly, I doubt they care enough. Most people aren't going to engage in an elaborate scam to spend thousands of dollars on groceries to get a hundred dollars or so worth of free meals twice a year.



Revelation34 posted...

That's a lot of money in just one month though.

Ehh. It's usually more like six weeks rather than just one month, and everything costs so much these days it shouldn't be hard at all to spend $70-$100 or more per week. Especially if you're shopping for more than one person (ie, if you've got a family).

I don't think I've ever come close to not spending the full amount. And I'm usually only shopping for two people. If I had kids I'd be spending even more.

On top of which, if you're planning an actual big Easter/Thanksgiving meal you're probably going to be spending extra money on sides, dessert, and other meal prep (spices, butter, etc). So that'll be a big bump in spending towards the end.

And if you're still a little short of the goal, you could always buy stuff like toilet paper, napkins, paper towels, etc that you'll eventually use anyway but you don't need to worry about going bad/expiring, even if you don't currently need it. So you just have a little extra on hand for a little longer, but don't have to buy it later so it balances out.

i don't think we spend $400 on groceries in an entire month, and there's 3, more like 2 and a half, peoples here.

heIly posted...

i don't think we spend $400 on groceries in an entire month, and there's 3, more like 2 and a half, peoples here.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/grocery-prices-by-state
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/finance/cost-of-groceries-by-state.html

"I'm not dick face, Chef"

ParanoidObsessive posted...

https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/grocery-prices-by-state
https://www.consumeraffairs.com/finance/cost-of-groceries-by-state.html

this changes nothing

but if you're spending $300 a fucking week on groceries then you're doing it wrong on a fundamental level.

ParanoidObsessive posted...

Ehh. It's usually more like six weeks rather than just one month, and everything costs so much these days it shouldn't be hard at all to spend $70-$100 or more per week. Especially if you're shopping for more than one person (ie, if you've got a family).

I don't think I've ever come close to not spending the full amount. And I'm usually only shopping for two people. If I had kids I'd be spending even more.

On top of which, if you're planning an actual big Easter/Thanksgiving meal you're probably going to be spending extra money on sides, dessert, and other meal prep (spices, butter, etc). So that'll be a big bump in spending towards the end.

And if you're still a little short of the goal, you could always buy stuff like toilet paper, napkins, paper towels, etc that you'll eventually use anyway but you don't need to worry about going bad/expiring, even if you don't currently need it. So you just have a little extra on hand for a little longer, but don't have to buy it later so it balances out.

I meant $800. $400 in a month is easy.

ConfusedTorchic posted...

this changes nothing

but if you're spending $300 a fucking week on groceries then you're doing it wrong on a fundamental level.

Tell that to the greedy companies raising all prices.

Give him a Glasgow kiss.