do you have to have potatoes with your dinner

[mccfluff]

slight argument at work, do you have to have potatoes with your meal to make it complete

for example (although i now want chicken tikka) i have chicken pie for dinner and will have that with carrots, broc, peas. I am being told that i have to have some form of potato with it or its not a meal. to me the pastry acts as my carbs and i don;t need anything else

whale will bring home chick curry and rice and chips - i don't get this???

[LoftyLottie]

It's the Irish blood!!!

[ummmm]

And you look like a mushroom with jelly on top...

So there!!

[jackthehat]

Yeah.......old spuddy o'murphy, there, chair-woman of the Irish PoTAto Appreciation society...........;op

[ummmm]

Lol...

My Dad used to have mashed potato sandwiches...

I don't even take it that far...!!

[snags]

Chip butty... double carb heaven...

[ummmm]

My dad had the Irish version....lol

[snags]

''Chip butty... double carb heaven... ''

I'm wondering how can I get pasta in there too for the ultimate carbolicious lard arse snack...

[mccfluff]

i like a chip butty now and then, got to be with butter though

and potato face i'm an magic mushroom with champagne jelly on top

[Old_Geezer]

4 pages worth already I see. Ah well ... to answer the OP; usually yes. If the meal is better with some other starchy carb then I may have that instead. But in my day a proper meal was meat, potatoes (or a substitute) and at least a couple of other veg. And IMO a gravy or sauce so it isn't too dry.

Pie ? Well I'd not see the pastry as a substitute for the potatoes. You don't have to add potatoes obviously, but I'd usually just consider the pastry as part of the pie, and most often would want to retain the usual veg with it, including potatoes. But I guess it's personal choice. No reason to add potatoes if you didn't want to, and the quantity of food without them was sufficient.

Curry & rice ? Well in that case the rice is a substitute for the potatoes and I don't see a need to add further spuds as well. Rice or chips, normally not both at the same time. Although again it is personal choice.

[mccfluff]

snags try carbonara shoved into a pitta with chips, would that do it?

thanks OG a sensible answer, i think we digressed a little :-)

[Ankou]

i feel i must take issue with a preivous comment.

"ginger people are not evil"

prove it.

[jackthehat]

Crikey!

How similar do ankou and mccfluff look?!?!

Separated at birth.......if you ask me.

[ummmm]

She can't....they are evil. Anyone who's scared of the sun should be viewed with suspicion...

[Ankou]

funny jack how we view each other avatars aint it.

i look at them as sort of self portraits. there's you in your slinky red dress, and ummm there on the right with the big nose and hairy chin.

[ummmm]

Hairy cheek, actually!!

[jackthehat]

..........and I can confirm that *that's* how both of us look in real-life!!

Honest........Guide's Honour!! :o)

[ummmm]

Her boobs are not that pert!!!

[mccfluff]

i'm prettier than ankou

[jackthehat]

But he has excellent bone structure, fluffy........

[Ankou]

and a nicer smile