Are packet noodles a snack or a meal?

[maomao]

We had breakfast, dinner, tea and supper for a snack before bed. So I never understood a fish supper (strange thing to have I thought) but it’s actually a Scottish term that just means with chips!

Supper was two biscuits and a cup of squash in front of the telly at 7:30. I had a Scottish parent but she never bought us fish suppers.

 

[Orang Utan]

I usually have them a couple of times a week for (evening) dinner, with some veggies and an egg thrown in. That's after having my main, more substantial meal at lunch at work.

Love them, but was disappointed to hear recently that they might be quite unhealthy (I had always thought of them as a reasonably healthy fast food).

packed with e-numbers: colourings, preservatives etc and salt, I imagine

 

[Orang Utan]

Packet of noodles/noodle soup is a fine quick and cheap lunch.

How do you not either faint or murder someone before teatime?

 

[Epona]

How do you not either faint or murder someone before teatime?

You cycle a lot and are out at work all day, aren't you?

We have a vast difference in calorie requirements basically

 

[Orang Utan]

You cycle a lot and are out at work all day, aren't you?

We have a vast difference in calorie requirements basically

True dat

 

[UnderOpenSky]

packed with e-numbers: colourings, preservatives etc and salt, I imagine

Also deep fried. The amount of fat of them is crazy.

 

[Orang Utan]

I think I’d struggle to curtail my consumption if my lifestyle became more sedentary

 

[JimW]

You can buy various stuff to buff your noodles in the same aisle most shops, pickles and dodgy looking MRM sausage.

 

[Cloo]

I used to treat them as a side. Don't use them anymore as trying to avoid palm oil, though.

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I think I’d struggle to curtail my consumption if my lifestyle became more sedentary

This is the main reason I'm getting fatter.

Going from a fairly active job to sitting behind a desk all day.

 

[Orang Utan]

Also deep fried. The amount of fat of them is crazy.

I did not know that - I assumed they were ‘raw’

 

[JimW]

I used to treat them as a side. Don't use them anymore as trying to avoid palm oil, though.

You see brands advertised as palm oil free now. You could soon have them back on the menu!

 

[Magnus McGinty]

Don’t think I’ve ever had packet noodles apart from Pot Noodle which I tend to avoid as they have little nutritional value.

 

[Cloo]

You see brands advertised as palm oil free now. You could soon have them back on the menu!

Bring on the nutrition-free crap, mmm!

 

[Elpenor]

I don’t think they’re at all healthy - because let’s face it anything unpacked from a plastic wrapper like that can’t ever be healthy - but I suppose adding the veg, egg etc so make it a meal, though an unhealthy one

 

[A380]

Dinner is the meal you have when in the daytime, tea is the meal you have in the evening

But we have dinner in the evening on account of having electric lights

 

[gentlegreen]

I had a spell of eating Korean Ramen, but these days I try to tick nutrition boxes.
The calories may be for comfort, but I make sure there are plenty of nutrients attached - I don't even routinely include bread, grain or potatoes in my meals.

Lunch today was half a jar of Polish cabbage and carrot salad, sprinkled with milled flaxseed, with tahini.
Also some hummus and a few pakoras more as seasoning than calories...

 

[Orang Utan]

anything unpacked from a plastic wrapper like that can’t ever be healthy

I suspect this is faulty reasoning

 

[Orang Utan]

Bring on the nutrition-free crap, mmm!

That’s why I see them as a snack rather than a meal

 

[JimW]

I suspect this is faulty reasoning

They're about on a par with biscuits I reckon. Too processed to be ideal but not terrible.

 

[ska invita]

Dinner is the meal you have when in the daytime, tea is the meal you have in the evening

When you eat a sandwich at lunch do you still call it dinner?

 

[Orang Utan]

When you eat a sandwich at lunch do you still call it dinner?

Yes of course. It’s when it is, not what it is

 

[Orang Utan]

They're about on a par with biscuits I reckon. Too processed to be ideal but not terrible.

Even veg and fruit tend to come out of plastic packaging these days

 

[ska invita]

Yes of course. It’s when it is, not what it is

thats wrong
there was a time when people did eat their main meal at noon, but a sandwich is not that.
dinner is not the time, its the size. the time of eating a main meal has changed

 

[Orang Utan]

thats wrong
there was a time when people did eat their main meal at lunch time, but a sandwich is not that.
dinner is not the time, its the size. the time of eating a main meal has changed

no point in arguing about it.
Different strokes innit

 

[danny la rouge]

We had breakfast, dinner, tea and supper for a snack before bed. So I never understood a fish supper (strange thing to have I thought) but it’s actually a Scottish term that just means with chips!

Fish supper (fish with chips).
Single fish (a serving of fish without chips. Might be two fish depending on size).

 

[JimW]

Even veg and fruit tend to come out of plastic packaging these days

Another good thing about lifestyle here is buy small amounts fresh most days and often it's been grown by a neighbour. Lucky with the working from home so can pop out or hit morning markets on the way back from school run. Same with fresh noodles, can buy just enough for a meal, though often get extra as they freeze well as standbys.

 

[danny la rouge]

If you had “lunch ladies” at school, fair enough. But we had “dinner ladies”.

That said, I think I’m like maomao ’s parents now: I seem to have breakfast, lunch and tea. These are clearly the end times. What has become of me?

 

[JimW]

Fermented tofu is another one that keeps and a spoonful makes noodles really tasty.

 

[Magnus McGinty]

If you had “lunch ladies” at school, fair enough. But we had “dinner ladies”.

That said, I think I’m like maomao ’s parents now: I seem to have breakfast, lunch and tea. These are clearly the end times. What has become of me?

I often say lunch now too. Been in London too long.