Would you consider this meal "so weird"...UPDATE in #55

[Pegasus]

or immediately categorize it as a special diet or way of eating?  My lunch today consisted of:

 

sliced turkey

sliced avocado with a drizzle of lemon juice

sliced cabbage with homemade dressing

dill pickle

blueberries in almond milk and a splash of cream

tall glass of ice water

 

And no, I didn't comment in return on their meal.  :closedeyes:

 

 

Edited August 5, 2017 by Pegasus

[kitten18]

Doesn't sound weird to me. That sounds pretty similar to what I eat for lunch when I'm just making something for myself.

[Catwoman]

I might think you were on a diet, but I wouldn't say anything.

[Mbelle]

Maybe the blueberries with the milk is more breakfast oriented for some people.  

The rest of the meal sounds like something I would do, but i usually use lettuce, but I do have cabbage sometimes as well.

[prairiewindmomma]

I wouldn't put those flavors together.

[Spryte]

Yum.

 

Sounds very keto friendly.

[trulycrabby]

Sounds great, can I come over for lunch tomorrow? :)

 

Just kidding.

 

Looks a lot like the things I like to eat, except I might add a few slices of lemon bread for dessert.

[zoobie]

I wouldn't comment negatively on people's food. I might think you were intentionally eating low carb because I do myself, but unless you're a good friend, I wouldn't ask. If you served that combo at a dinner party, it would be weird. Lunch is usually more of a mixed grab bag.

Edited August 4, 2017 by zoobie

[fairfarmhand]

Sounds great! I don't care for cabbage or avocado but I'd swap it out for almonds and broccoli in a heartbeat!

 

 

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[Catwoman]

I wouldn't put those flavors together.

I wouldn't, either, but I think the thing that I would notice most is that there's no bread. I would be thinking that the turkey should be in a sandwich unless it was part of a salad.

 

What can I say? I'm a lunch traditionalist! ;)

 

Also, I have to admit that it's a much healthier lunch than I usually eat. :)

[SparklyUnicorn]

Not at all.  Similar to the sorts of things I eat though (except avocado...don't like it).  I eat low carb though.  If that is a weird diet, oh well.  LOL

 

 

[Tanaqui]

Mannerly people do not comment on other people's meals unless explicitly asked to do so. This rude behavior is far more important than the issue of whether or not your meal is "weird". (And no, it doesn't seem very strange to me.)

[marbel]

Nothing weird.  Similar to what I might eat at a meal. 

 

Did someone actually use the word "weird?"  That annoys me so much.  I remember being in an Asian grocery store, and people were walking around exclaiming over all the "weird food."  Uh, I doubt it was weird to the people who buy the stuff to eat!   

 

Sorry for the rant.  :-)  

[Lady Florida.]

None of that by itself would seem weird to me but the combination seems odd. I wouldn't have commented on it if you were eating with me/in front of me though.

[SamanthaCarter]

Did somebody feel personally judged by your choice of lunch? Sigh.

 

 

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[prairiewindmomma]

I eat sandwiches without bread all of the time.  Wrapping a piece of turkey with a slice of avocado into a lettuce leaf is a fairly typical lunch choice for me.  

 

It's the berries in milk and cream + dill pickle that has me in a dither. :)

[mytwomonkeys]

Minus the turkey, I'd eat it. Sounds yummy!!

[AnnE-girl]

As long as you weren't mixing the blueberries and almond milk with your cabbage and dill pickle, I'd think it sounded like a great low-carb lunch. If you were mixing them, I might think you were pregnant.

[Hypatia.]

Yum.

 

Sounds very keto friendly.

 

This was my thought too. My next thought was "hmmmm, wonder if I could fit some blueberries in my macros, that sounds good."

[AngieC]

It's not traditional in that there is no main course, it's all sides. I would assume you were on a diet since there is no bread or starch. However, I would never comment on your choices.

[Guest]

It seems unusual to me, but I don't comment on people's food choices. I have endured enough scrutiny of my own meals to last a lifetime, so I generally don't pay attention to other people's food. Also, if I ever notice that someone doesn't have a food category represented, I just assume they are a person who doesn't eat that, i.e., gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, low fat, allergic to eggs, whatever.

[solascriptura]

It's unusual but I wouldn't care. I eat weird stuff all the time.

[Terabith]

Well, I hate cabbage and sorta think anyone who eats it is weird.  But I wouldn't say anything about it.....

[kewb]

Sounds delicious and something I would eat.

Rude to make any comment other than "how did you make the dressing." I try not to comment on other people's food choices.

Edited August 4, 2017 by kewb

[SparklyUnicorn]

I find it so odd that people care enough to scrutinize someone's lunch. 

[Lisa R.]

I find it weird that someone would comment on another's food choices. It's not like you were eating chocolate covered grasshoppers or anything.

 

I've found that some people are really food-centered. They are not only really concerned about what they eat, they are also invested in other people's food choices.

 

Sincerely,

 

A picky eater whose food choices have brought comments most of my life.

[chocolatechip]

Sounds a lot like something I'd eat. Maybe I'm weird too??

[Kassia]

I find it weird that someone would comment on another's food choices. It's not like you were eating chocolate covered grasshoppers or anything.

 

I've found that some people are really food-centered. They are not only really concerned about what they eat, they are also invested in other people's food choices.

 

Sincerely,

 

A picky eater whose food choices have brought comments most of my life.

 

:iagree:

 

I am a very picky eater and don't eat *normally* at all.  I wouldn't ever think about someone else's meal as weird.  Plus, people are on so many different diets - for all I know your lunch fulfills some kind of meal plan that you follow.  It's none of my business.  

[regentrude]

Not very weird, but unusual enough of a combination that I woud be wondering about special diet (low carb? gluten free? dairy free?)

I would notice the absence of grain and the replacement of real milk by almond milk, so definitely "special".

 

Edited August 4, 2017 by regentrude

[Tammi K]

I probably would have swapped spinach or mixed greens for the cabbage - not that I think cabbage is 'weird' but juts because I prefer other greens. But, otherwise, I think your lunch is something I would eat. I don't see anything weird about it.

 

[medawyn]

My kids' favorite lunch is "smorgasbord", which in our house is just a fancy way of saying "clean out the fridge".  It might look a lot like that + a carb.  So no one in this house would think it's weird.

 

I would find it weird to comment on someone's eating habits, unless it's someone in my own household (i.e. DH) who is diverging very far from their norm.  But in that case, it would be more a "are you/things ok" kind of comment.

[Carol in Cal.]

It's unconventional, but to me the only weird part is the blueberries.  But I certainly wouldn't comment on them.

[TravelingChris]

I would think you are on a low carb diet but that wouldn't make me comment on it.  Low carb is certainly not weird.  Weird would be something like eating avocado with everything you eat like cereal with avocado, blueberries with avocado, steak with avocado, etc. Even then the only comment I would probably make is 'you certainly like avocados" and not "you eat weird food".

[Guest]

or immediately categorize it as a special diet or way of eating? My lunch today consisted of:

 

sliced turkey

sliced avocado with a drizzle of lemon juice

sliced cabbage with homemade dressing

dill pickle

blueberries in almond milk and a splash of cream

tall glass of ice water

 

And no, I didn't comment in return on their meal. :closedeyes:

Looks normal to me but I'm a low carber

[mellifera33]

I comment on people's food all the time, but it's always a "that looks good!" "can I have your recipe?" or "where did you find xyz ingredient." I wouldn't comment negatively on somebody's lunch. I probably would have said, "Oooh, avocado and blueberries! Two of my favorites."  :thumbup1:

[Guest]

No because I eat like that all the time (no diets in a few years) BUT people totally comment on it in a regular basis and it makes me feel weird inside. Like... I don't know how to respond to you being weird about my food, because it's just food and I think something else must be going on that I'm not privy to.

[Liz CA]

I eat like this all the time. Sounds yummy. What's weird about it?

[catz]

I eat like that all the time.  Especially right now that we're getting a CSA and trying to use up random veggies.

[SKL]

I would think you had some reason to avoid starch.  Otherwise that sounds like it could be a good sandwich.  :P

 

I would not say anything unless we were that kind of friends.  :P

[amo_mea_filiis.]

Another low carber here. I might have commented in an "oh that looks good" way!

[Rosie_0801]

If someone called my lunch weird, I'd tell them they need to get out more. The next time we met, you can be sure I'd have seaweed soup or blue cheese to foist upon them.

[Denise in IN]

It sounds like a sandwich without bread, a salad, a pickle, and some fruit.  How is that weird?  Also, it sounds healthy, and yummy (minus the dill pickle, which I don't care for).  :)

[MEmama]

It just looks like a deconstructed salad and dessert to me. Totally normal.

 

And healthy! And yummy! :)

Edited August 5, 2017 by MEmama

[alisoncooks]

We call that a "parts-plate" in our house (from "sandwich parts). We eat lunch like that most days.

(Though I've never heard of blueberries in milk.)

[Scarlett]

I would probably say hey I never saw blueberries in milk before.

 

But I don't think it is all that weird and I wouldn't try to make you feel bad.

[dsmith]

Not weird to me, and except for any dairy it sounds like what I may eat for lunch or a midnight snack, or even breakfast. I might ask if you were on a special diet because I'm on a special diet and it's similar to what I eat, unless I thought it would offend you.

[heartlikealion]

The thing that trips me up is blueberries in milk? Is that in a bowl or a glass? I've never seen someone add fruit to milk without cereal/oatmeal.

 

But to each their own.

[Tap]

The individual foods wouldn't seem odd, but if they were all eaten together on the same plate, it would seem strange to me.  Cabbage, blueberries, and pickles are not something I would serve at the same time.

 

I wouldn't think about it for more than a blink of an eye though.  I don't realy care what other people eat LOL  It sounds healthy so that is a bonus too.

 

[Ivey]

Your lunch choices do seem a quite odd to me. One of my kids might pull something like this together, and I would probably tease him about it. I'm completely ignorant about various diets and food restrictions, so I wouldn't immediately jump to that conclusion. Still, I wouldn't comment on your choices. Unless, of course, you asked me to. 

[TrixieB]

Seems like a perfectly normal lunch to me.  I don't see why anyone would think it was "weird".