Picky Eaters

[Tony_V_e_l_e_b_i_l]

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Because of these restrictions, having a simple dinner with the people I love now requires a nutritionist, an Excel spreadsheet and considerably more patience and culinary skill than I possess.

The very last straw was a friend who called before her family came for dinner and — without a hint of shame — presented me with a detailed list of their food requirements: Her husband doesn’t care for shrimp, her son requires a pasta side dish with every meal, and none of them eat the dark meat of chicken, which she dismissed savagely as “dreck.”

I have had enough with people who want to have it their way, and I am done catering to the quirks of food-obsessed numskulls. If you eat in my home, I will grudgingly respect medically diagnosed allergies, since it puts a pall on conversation when a guest goes into anaphylactic shock at the dinner table. But beyond that, I expect you to eat what you can, ignore the rest and not make trouble. On Thursday, 15 people are sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner at my house, and with God as my witness, I promise you this: There will be dark meat.

[Michael_Bowden]

@Tony V e l e b i l

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Because of these restrictions, having a simple dinner with the people I love now requires a nutritionist, an Excel spreadsheet and considerably more patience and culinary skill than I possess.

The very last straw was a friend who called before her family came for dinner and — without a hint of shame — presented me with a detailed list of their food requirements: Her husband doesn’t care for shrimp, her son requires a pasta side dish with every meal, and none of them eat the dark meat of chicken, which she dismissed savagely as “dreck.”

I have had enough with people who want to have it their way, and I am done catering to the quirks of food-obsessed numskulls. If you eat in my home, I will grudgingly respect medically diagnosed allergies, since it puts a pall on conversation when a guest goes into anaphylactic shock at the dinner table. But beyond that, I expect you to eat what you can, ignore the rest and not make trouble. On Thursday, 15 people are sitting down to Thanksgiving dinner at my house, and with God as my witness, I promise you this: There will be dark meat.

If your going over to somebodies house, you should be at their whim…Unless there is a allergy deal with it.

[Jorge_Henriquez]

@Michael Bowden

If your going over to somebodies house, you should be at their whim…Unless there is a allergy deal with it.

Where are your manners dude? You should ALWAYS tend to your guests’ demands. Also, don’t forget to have a nice mug of hot chocolate ready for them. I like to serve it in this:

[Bob_Wood]

@Michael Bowden

If your going over to somebodies house, you should be at their whim…Unless there is a allergy deal with it.

I’d know how to respond if you’d write in English.

[Michael_Bowden]

@Bob Wood

@Michael Bowden

If your going over to somebodies house, you should be at their whim…Unless there is a allergy deal with it.

I’d know how to respond if you’d write in English.

Apparently my public school education wasn’t good enough…Can I get a refund?