My vegetarian wife is a good cook but I'd rather eat fast food than the stuff she makes

Added: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]Hey stuff. Hey Elis and disting guest.

[00:00:02]I'm doing another take cuz I [ __ ] the first one up.

[00:00:05]>> Um, hey. So I'm a new dad. Uh, I'm a slightly fat piece of [ __ ] >> Nice.

[00:00:12]>> Uh, I have a wonderful wife.

[00:00:14]>> The the the issue that I'm having is uh my wife. She is a wonderful home cook.

[00:00:20]She cooks incredible meals and uh sometimes I don't want to eat them all the time >> and uh I feel like a fat piece of [ __ ] for wanting like outside food and fat burgers and [ __ ] and she's mostly vegetarian and I'm definitely not vegetarian and that might be the problem. And I'm always like [ __ ] up her routine by wanting this that the other like like meat and [ __ ] And uh I guess I guess the question is uh I would love some advice from some fat pieces of [ __ ] on how to appreciate uh more like home cooking and stuff like that and not be like an ungrateful bastard as I am.

[00:00:57]>> Um love the show. Love what you do. Uh Eldest, you you're good Albanian. You're one of the good ones. All right. Bye.

[00:01:05]>> There aren't many. I'll say that.

[00:01:10]Uh, how long do you think we have on just purely ironic anti- Albanian racism? You think we've got another two years?

[00:01:16]>> I don't know. Uh, well, Albania, you know, as a coalition is growing.

[00:01:21]So, Adam, >> pretty soon it will look bad. Sometimes I do think, not that I give a [ __ ] but it's like when Stop says [ __ ] about Albanians. It is funny. He's [ __ ] Greek. We've known each other our whole lives, but it's like when random Americans, it's like when you be like, "Oh, you [ __ ] Somalian."

[00:01:42]>> It's like, you know, >> I know we're getting into like >> Oh, and I would, let me tell you.

[00:01:47]>> Oh, yeah.

[00:01:47]>> Oh, don't you know I would.

[00:01:48]>> They're fraud. They're doing fraud.

[00:01:50]>> Look, look at the shape of their heads.

[00:01:52]>> Um, so I know you mean where it's like, [ __ ] we're kind of We never intended to get this successful is really what is really what it comes down to. We're now just random people feel comfortable being racist to Albanians and not in the context of a lifelong friendship where we're satarizing our dumb parents basically. Like we're basically making fun of our older relatives, but we got to >> That sucks that we have to [ __ ] start dialing it down. But anyway, >> those of us who don't know, where is Albania?

[00:02:21]>> It's Yeah, it's right above Greece.

[00:02:23]Yeah, it's >> and so Greece and >> Africa >> to Boston everything everything outside of everything [ __ ] further west of New Haven or whatever the [ __ ] or east I'm [ __ ] too stupid to even do that joke whatever >> techally it's west also longer trip >> if you believe if you believe the round earth propaganda but yeah >> um uh anyway what >> yeah you say some [ __ ] to the wrong Albanian it could be a long night for you >> that's true this this problem might solve itself If enough Albanian start [ __ ] up podcast fans cuz by by the way podcast listeners versus any Albanian in any kind of physical altercation >> money's taking the Albanian. Now this guy's issue I don't understand why it has to be fat specific. The fat part doesn't make sense >> cuz you're a big fan of fat of this type of >> I like this kind of food and I have this problem. Sarah cooks meals and she's a good cook maybe. I don't know. I've never tasted it. She she she cooks and it's not any kind of slice. I just I'm in the mood for a burger or a chicken parm.

[00:03:26]>> I mostly have chicken parm.

[00:03:27]>> You love chicken parm.

[00:03:28]>> That's all I'm You have the same You have the diet of the person who had my accident. Basically, I had a child's accident. You have a child's diet.

[00:03:36]>> I feel like skinny fat people like myself can weigh in on this.

[00:03:39]>> Yeah, sure. I'll give you that as well.

[00:03:40]Have you I mean, also dating a vegetarian. Eldest. you could weigh in here cuz your wife has been vegan, vegetarian, and you've dip dipped in and out, but this been you've been with your wife from the time you guys were together. She was a vegetarian. So, it's like >> Absolutely.

[00:03:53]>> So, yeah, put in a little cuz I have some thoughts here too, but go ahead.

[00:03:56]You have the >> I mean, you know, I'm I I don't think I've ever been like that meat heavy, but just learn to like vegetables. Like, do you want to be an adult who's like who's like a who's >> Oh, careful, careful.

[00:04:09]>> You're about to offend Joe. I gave Joe Joe tried chicken sulaki with zadziki and he made a face like I gave him [ __ ] boiled asparagus. He tried zadi zadziki was too but yogurt garlic and olive oil was too much for Joe.

[00:04:24]>> Well, I love asparagus.

[00:04:27]>> I will say Joe, you're not fat though. I feel because I am fat. I feel a pressure to not be like you want to eat [ __ ] vegetables. No, I want to eat a [ __ ] double cheeseburger. That is true. That is true. So I you know maybe it is part of uh just because I am fat.

[00:04:43]>> It's internalized fat phobia.

[00:04:44]>> You don't want to be the fat guy that only wants to eat pizza like every [ __ ] night.

[00:04:48]>> The call is coming from inside the McDonald's playhouse.

[00:04:53]>> Um I think also a cl here here's the thing. This guy probably is just depressed and these little fast food runs are his escape. That's my guess.

[00:05:03]>> They do hit like drugs.

[00:05:04]>> They hit like drugs. Especially if you're not a guy who's getting [ __ ] up. at times when I've been like trying not to when I was more sober, you know what I mean? It's like I wasn't like purely sober, but I wasn't getting really really [ __ ] up or or when I was working a soul crushing job or when I was really overwhelmed. I mean, even even when shit's going good, but I'm just overwhelmed and like depressed, nothing hits like a [ __ ] burger, you know, drive-thru. Like, you might just have an eating disorder where this is drugs to you and you need to think about that. But I would say a really easy way in general for somebody dating a vegetarian or friends with a vegetarian because I've had this issue. I've dated vegetarians. I've had I've gone on trips with veget, you know, I've gone on tour with vegetarians and like >> Kelly.

[00:05:48]>> Oh, it was really hard to to remember that [ __ ] remember that. I still think >> Parmesan is just as good, dude.

[00:05:53]>> I still think about that order when we were where the [ __ ] were we? It was all three of us. Um Cleveland.

[00:05:58]>> No, it was a diff maybe Cleveland.

[00:06:00]remember that like beer h beer hall we went to >> Oh, >> and it was like >> I feel like it was in it was in the northeast somewhere. But anyway, it was late. It was the night before. We got in the night before and we met you me and Bobby met you at just a place and me and you were both like h you know, we could we could be a little peck like we could we're not that hungry. And I'm fat. I'm not saying I'm not fat at the [ __ ] at the time. Like I just was I just happen to not be hungry. And Bobby legitimately ordered like eight entre and [ __ ] six appetizers. And that was just like not I mean me and Bobby on tour was like one of the most [ __ ] up things. Like I look back at some of those meals grateful dad was to ask Christ dude.

[00:06:37]Yeah. For real. It was so [ __ ] up. I remember one time we we drove through and we just saw like a dim sum restaurant in the middle of Florida. We just stopped. No one else was in there and they just we just made them cook us like a [ __ ] these [ __ ] just brought out like a >> they were dropping dead of exhaustion in the kitchen.

[00:06:54]>> Yeah. They all stopped.

[00:06:57]>> They were like Yeah. They would rather build the railroad.

[00:07:00]>> She's slowing down.

[00:07:02]>> Uh anyway, whatever. Uh so anyway, the the little So a good strategy with vegetarians is treat their main meal as your side dish.

[00:07:13]Like if your wife is making like a [ __ ] scramble, a scramble with like a, you know, whatever, like a tofu, veggie, like eggplant, whatever.

[00:07:21]Whatever they're cooking, eggplant, a veggie stir fry, you just cook up a a piece of steak or a piece or some chicken thighs, and you just [ __ ] eat that. Even a potato, bring [ __ ] make a baked potato, have a side of chicken or steak, and then eat her main meal as your [ __ ] side dish. That that was my strategy when I whenever I had to deal with like vegetarians is like they and they know how to cook veggies tasty cuz that's all they eat. So just open your mind a little bit. My hunch is this is not about your wife's cooking. You have an eating disorder of some type where this food is more important to you uh psychologically than it is you know in any other facet. And so I would say investigate those thoughts and those feelings. See where that comes from. See where those desires come from. Uh, and in the meantime, just, you know, if you're looking for a strategy, just add your own steak or and even, by the way, order your own [ __ ] piece of meat if you don't cook, right? Like, or meal prep it. [ __ ] grill, you know, six six like a really good thing. I did a really something that holds really well is like ground chicken or ground beef with spices. And you can use that with any different type of thing. Uh or fl if you marinate flank steak with soy sauce, orange juice, uh and some like, you know, pick your own chilies or whatever the [ __ ] You don't even have to chop up fresh [ __ ] You can just, you know, orange juice, soy sauce, and just some [ __ ] cayenne. Just just some different You can use spices. You don't need to use fresh onions and garlic and [ __ ] but if you want to, it only ups it. You marinate a flank steak in that for a day and then you grill it. It's a lean cut of steak. It's [ __ ] tasty and it it holds really well for the whole week and you could just microwave that [ __ ] up and throw it to whatever the [ __ ] your wife is cooking. That's that's my advice from a fat [ __ ] who's dealt with this many times and who love the drive-thru.

[00:09:15]>> Oh yeah, >> I still miss it. Some like I was really depressed and I was like I just saw a McDonald's and it I it was closed. Thank god or else I would have done something [ __ ] up.

[00:09:26]>> The thing I've done and you know take this with a grain of salt. It might not work for everybody, but like this the simple question like if you're about to do something [ __ ] up food-wise, make an impulse decision, getting some [ __ ] up unhealthy food, just be like, "Do I need this?" And honestly, I don't know.

[00:09:39]It has to turn me about and like that's a good thought.

[00:09:43]>> I've put down the Reese's cups. I've put down the Reese's cups from thinking that it came.

[00:09:48]>> By the way, I'll say the the the main difference because I've been on like GLP1s, you know, for the last almost year now. I think a little over maybe about a year exactly is it has made me occasionally be able to do that.

[00:10:01]>> See, >> like I never in my life was able to be like, do I really need this?

[00:10:05]>> Yeah, I tried that and I'm like, yep, >> I do need it. Actually, I need more.

[00:10:10]>> The verdict is yes.

[00:10:12]>> Uh but it dude, the one thing JP1 is I I can do that now. And now if I order too much, like I don't eat the whole thing.

[00:10:20]I have leftovers. I have more than half of my leftovers in that fridge right now. That never would happen.

[00:10:27]>> Get leftover Perry Perry chicken.

[00:10:30]>> That's what GLP stands for.

[00:10:31]>> That's right. Pretty much.