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Keeping meals warm

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Does anyone have any ideas please? My kids come in at different times, and I try to guess how long they will dawdle home. They won't have it warmed in the micro (organisms or something the teacher has "helpfully" informed them) it goes dry in the oven. I thought about the slow cooker plated up and a drop of water in the bottom.

Tonight is sausage mash and beans. help much appreciated.
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  • newlywed
    newlywed Posts: 8,255 Forumite
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    We used to get told dinner would be at 5.30pm and if we weren't in for then it would be getting dried up in the oven or else cold and we'd have to zap it ;)

    Can you not set a time and say they have to be home by then or else have cold/dried out warm dinner?
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  • Amanda65
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    Don't know how old your children are (or how many you have) but my take on this would be to tell them what time tea is, serve it to those who are there, and anyone who has 'dawdled' home either eats it microwaved, dry from oven or cold - their choice :D
  • Amanda65
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    Lol newleywed you beat me to it! great minds ehhh ;)
  • newlywed
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    Amanda65 wrote: »
    Lol newleywed you beat me to it! great minds ehhh ;)

    Yeah ;)

    Mum put the effort into cooking us good food, if we weren't home on time to eat it at the set time then why should she have had the worry about whether it dried out etc?? :D

    Life's too short to faff about, give em the option - be there or eat it when it's not at its best :D
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  • mel123
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    I must be going soft in my old age, we also had to be there for tea, or rather make tea for mam and dad getting in from work. My kids are 12 and 13 (girls), one has football after school and the other is too hungry to wait, and will instantly die from starvation.
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  • newlywed
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    mel123 wrote: »
    the other is too hungry to wait, and will instantly die from starvation.

    When we pleaded that - we got told to have a piece of bread and butter. If you're that hungry you'll eat it, and if not then you can wait :p
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  • my daughter is terrible when she comes in from school as she wants her tea there and then and theres such a fuss over it if its not there but i prefer to have tea around 5 ish cos then your set for the night with a full tum and shes only 4 for gods sake lmao she will come to terms with it im sure
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  • lil_me
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    Maybe getting them to read how much worse keeping food 'warm' is compared to cooling then reheating PROPERLY in the microwave or oven is will help convince them. Some things especially rice, cheese etc the bacteria build up when kept 'warm' would be enough to put anyone off eating it, rice in particular is dangerous for food poisoning when kept in this way.

    Don't you just love schools not teaching them all the facts properly, my son stopped eating fruit because of the school nurse telling him they cause tooth decay, thanks a bunch mrs school nurse (yes I did complain and got an apology but that didn't start him eating the fruits he loved again!)
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  • Amanda65
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    mel123 wrote: »
    My kids are 12 and 13 (girls), one has football after school and the other is too hungry to wait, and will instantly die from starvation.

    Lol - teenage girls :eek: I can't beleive though that the one home earlier can't have a yoghurt or piece of fruit t keep her going until the older one gets in - surely she can't get home from football that late !
  • mel123
    mel123 Posts: 64 Forumite
    As it happened football wasnt on and they both ate together. Thanks for all the advice though. Note to self...... be tougher.
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