What's For Tea?

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23 October 2022 at 16.02

Fester just rang to say he won't be home until after seven this evening.

I said to Thunderthighs "What shall we make for tea?"

He said "I'm going up to the Hungry Shack."

I go downstairs, check the fridge, and say to Ferretfingers "Sausage, beans and mashed potatoes for tea?"

He looks horrified and says "I had a sandwich."

"So you don't want any tea."

"No."

Which means he doesn't want me to make him any tea.

You can bet he'll get something when Thunderthighs goes up to the Hungry Shack though.

A lesser woman would feel hurt.

(Thunderthighs brought him a small box of chicken nuggets and chips.)

Yesterday however I posted this on Facebook...

22 October 2025 at 19.28 

Fester overdid things 'concentrating and reading small print' at the Mining Institute today so has taken to bed with the family cold. 

Thunderthighs made his own tea and was happy to let Ferretfingers get on with doing his own. 

I made it into the kitchen as he was spreading a quarter inch of spread onto two slices of bread prior to making a ham and Nutella sandwich (he's moved on from chocolate mousse which I'm not sure is better or worse). 

I scrape off the spread and tell him I'm making his tea. 

He leaves the kitchen looking grumpy. 

I wonder what I can do in 15 minutes. 

Look in the fridge and find leftover mashed potatoes, take them out and turn the frying pan on full to heat up. Meanwhile whisk up an egg, milk and a little butter and put that in the microwave for a minute. Squish the mash into a flat lump and put in the very hot fat, lid on. Slice a slice of sliced ham into thin ribbons, get the egg-mix out of the microwave, add ribbons, stir briskly and put back in for half a minute. Turn the mash to brown the other side. Cut the two slices of bread into triangles and arrange around the side of a plate. Dump the hot mash in the middle. Stir the eggs again to scramble them and put on top of the mash.

He ate the lot.

Small win, put a few flags out.

🙋 

We're away for a week, so don't look for another posting until next month.

But do feel free to go back and read or reread old posts, there are 1592 to chose from.