Seriously that is probably the grossest thing I have ever heard. Is this regional? Where are you?
I would always host everything.
I thought I had it bad bc everything my inlaws make comes from a can or a box. Hey, at least its sanitary! #blessed
Is it regional? Of course it isn't regional? What damn region would serve this as a whole?? Let's pray this is isolated to this one family. Damn. That is straight up nasty.
Post by janiejones on Sept 23, 2014 20:56:46 GMT -5
I've been to a few parties where food is buffet style, but have missed all the vegetarian options by the time I got through the line because everyone else assumes they are just sides. I was a BM in a wedding and I had about a tablespoon of potato salad, 4 baby carrots and a slice of bread at the reherarsal. I was STARVING. All that was left was pulled pork. There wasn't even desert!
Another wedding I was in was a cocktail reception. The servers didn't serve. They dropped their trays on the bar. So about 20 people camped at the bar and ate EVERYTHING. The rest of us had nothing but free booze, cupcakes and candy buffet. It was brutal.
Post by sugarbear on Sept 23, 2014 22:20:08 GMT -5
No parties without any food. I was in a wedding, though, where the buffet offerings were paltry. Dry chicken breasts, undercooked new potatoes, and green beans. That's it-- no apps, no breads, not other protein options. By the time I got through the line, there wasn't much left anyway.
Post by joshlyman on Sept 23, 2014 22:27:13 GMT -5
I love my friends and family. I cannot think of one party with no food or two little food. 99.9% of the time there is wayyy to much food. Bonus: being sent home with left overs.
I wish I had a pic of the spread from my BFFs Halloween party last year. It was awesome. Chili with all the toppings, meatballs, 3 different salsas, guacamole, 7 layer dip, like two other dips, veggie tray, cupcakes, chocolate dipped pretzels, brownies, kegs, Jell-O shots and prob a billion things I am forgetting. And these were just snacks, not a meal LOL
Post by blueballoon on Sept 23, 2014 22:38:06 GMT -5
Yes, one of H's friends will regularly invite people over and only offer water, then expects you to stay for hours. Last time the only food he had in the entire apartment was a can of beans and some ketchup.
Not that I can remember. I did go to a wedding in the middle of they day that only served cookies/ small deserts. It was a dry wedding too. I was STARVING.
I would expect a desert wedding to be dry. Unless there was an oasis nearby.
Post by Cioccolato on Sept 23, 2014 23:34:21 GMT -5
My ExH wants to be one of those people who hosts a party with no food. He always whined and complained when I had to tell him that a bag of chips doesn't cut it. Though, a lot of parties here serve "apertif" and it's literally a couple bags of chips, pretzels, "flutes" (hard breadsticks) and peanuts. I hate "apertif" parties, they're always around dinner time and I leave starving.
A close friend of mine, eats like a bird, and when she hosts a party she always serves very little food. I don't think it's because she's trying to be cheap, I really think it's because she thinks everyone eats like her. For example, her birthday party a few years ago (at dinner time,), she served a small plate with two or three small hunks of cheese, grapes, crackers, chips, and one dip. Then served one veggie pizza for 15 people. After the cheese/dip tray was finished she said "I'm not hungry anymore, but there's a pizza I made." I was starving when we left the party. She's had similar parties like this after. I know now to eat before.
Post by Cioccolato on Sept 23, 2014 23:35:32 GMT -5
Oh and I went to a wedding a few years ago, the reception started at 6:30. It was a nice venue, but the "dinner" was literally appetizers...chips, raw veggies, cheese, crackers. That's it. Luckily, everyone knew before that there was nothing and went to eat.
My ExH wants to be one of those people who hosts a party with no food. He always whined and complained when I had to tell him that a bag of chips doesn't cut it. Though, a lot of parties here serve "apertif" and it's literally a couple bags of chips, pretzels, "flutes" (hard breadsticks) and peanuts. I hate "apertif" parties, they're always around dinner time and I leave starving.
A close friend of mine, eats like a bird, and when she hosts a party she always serves very little food. I don't think it's because she's trying to be cheap, I really think it's because she thinks everyone eats like her. For example, her birthday party a few years ago (at dinner time,), she served a small plate with two or three small hunks of cheese, grapes, crackers, chips, and one dip. Then served one veggie pizza for 15 people. After the cheese/dip tray was finished she said "I'm not hungry anymore, but there's a pizza I made." I was starving when we left the party. She's had similar parties like this after. I know now to eat before.
DH is always getting together with his friends, suggesting a barbecue or something like that, then saying "Have the wives talk" like the ones with the vaginas are responsible for arranging the parties. I finally told him to stop planning these parties that I knew nothing about, and he said that if he were left to plan the parties it would be beer and a bag of chips. I told him to knock himself out, because I wasn't going to be around for it. He's finally learned not to make these plans with his friends without talking to me about it first.
I don't think I've been to a party with no/inadequate food. A few years ago I went to a baby shower. They had awesome food and desserts, but the only drink they had was some kind of fruity punch with (I think) sherbet and all kinds of floaty things in it. Luckily I had driven through Mc Donald's for a Coke on the way, because I always do.
Post by mrsukyankee on Sept 24, 2014 2:36:57 GMT -5
No. Because my friends aren't cheap or without a brain. Even if it's a drinks party at 9pm, they will still have plenty of apps for everything. Most of the time at parties I've gone to or held, there is leftover food.
My SIL is notorious for planning birthday parties at 6pm and not serving anything but cake. No drinks or food. I've learned to try and eat beforehand, but it's so annoying to be stuck there for 2 hours at least and not have food! (and the cake is never very good)
I had a party once where I didn't have enough food and I was mortified. Granted, half the people who showed up didn't rsvp, so it's kinda on them, but I felt horrible.
My husband threw a last-minute surprise b-day party for me, invited both families and had no food or drink. I came home from work to find some confused hungry and thirsty people standing around. It was dinner time.
I quickly ordered some pizza, sent someone out for a beer and chip run and we all laughed about guys throwing parties.
I've been invited to a dinner party by a single 25 yr old co-worker and he already sent the menu out to all guests so we know what we'll be having. I like the way this guy thinks.
We do have one friend who is notoriously cheap. They asked people to help them move (we were all mid-20s and moving a lot), then asked everyone to bring a dish to pass. To their move. AND he grilled hot dogs and hovered over the grill and kept yelling out things like, "I hope no one wants more than one hot dog, because then someone's going to have to drive to the store to buy buns!" That was my closest brush with no food.
Well shit we at least got pizza for the people who helped us move.
We do have one friend who is notoriously cheap. They asked people to help them move (we were all mid-20s and moving a lot), then asked everyone to bring a dish to pass. To their move. AND he grilled hot dogs and hovered over the grill and kept yelling out things like, "I hope no one wants more than one hot dog, because then someone's going to have to drive to the store to buy buns!" That was my closest brush with no food.
Well shit we at least got pizza for the people who helped us move.
Post by schitzengiggles on Sept 24, 2014 7:53:47 GMT -5
Every party I've been to as an adult has had way more then enough food. Including parties I host - I tend to go overboard and have too much extra. But I'd rather have too much than too little!
I actually did go to a wedding too where they didn't have enough food. The apps were in the corner and hard to get to so many guests didn't eat any and the bridal party got nothing (table was removed before they got in). Then everything else was passed apps - but just not enough. Like 2 people moving through the crowd w/ about 8 pieces on their trays.
Many people left early to go eat. OR got really drunk.
I don't know where the breakdown was. The bride RAVED about the food beforehand. I thought there would be FOOD, and good food. it was all "eh" and, again, just not nearly enough. They were trying to go for a casual, cocktail party atmosphere (don't even get me started on the seating) - but either they didnt' order enough OR the reception site just isn't good on this front.
We were invited to a wedding out of state (we are in RI and the Wedding was in CT), the bride and groom were from NH, getting married at a family home on a lake. We got our invitation in the mail with a reply card. There were 3 "choices" on the card, appetizer, main dish, and dessert. I told my DH that I wanted all 3 courses.... upon further investigation, we realized that is what they wanted US to bring with us! Pot luck wedding baby! With all the guests coming from out of town! WTF??? So they ended up with alot of chips and dips, and NO REAL FOOD whatsoever. I actually sent to mom a check instead of bringing food, and she told my MIL that most of the $$ that got sent to her went to renting jet skis for the guests to use after the wedding! Seriously! Still one of the weirdest days ever!
Ahh, I thought of one but it's sort of a special case. I went to a wedding in June and the bride asked if I would like the GF option and I said yes. Apparently the caterer combined the GF and the vegetarian option. The meal was about a pound of unseasoned rice (I kid you not), one portabella mushroom cap, and a piece of cheese. We left the reception, got Chipotle, and came back.
Ahh, I thought of one but it's sort of a special case. I went to a wedding in June and the bride asked if I would like the GF option and I said yes. Apparently the caterer combined the GF and the vegetarian option. The meal was about a pound of unseasoned rice (I kid you not), one portabella mushroom cap, and a piece of cheese. We left the reception, got Chipotle, and came back.
I was MOH for my best friend and her husband was a vegetarian at the time.
The groom's meal consisted of some boiled baby potatoes, zucchini and summer squash, one portobello mushroom and a whole roasted tomato.
We have friends that throw a yearly big party and the food, while plentiful, is always terrible. The husband is a vegan/gluten free (by choice, no allergies) so all the food is just weird, gross tasting shit (sorry, not sorry). Weird not meat but looks like meat burgers (tastes like rubber), weird cheese that doesn't taste like cheese, rice and beans with no flavor. And then he started brewing his own beer so he brewed enough over a year to supply the party with nothing but his home brew and OMFG it was the absolute worst beer I've had. It was awful. And then he had vegan (or maybe gluten free?) beer that tasted like pee. And someone brought pot brownies and some guy didn't see the sign indicating what they were and he was starving and shoved 2 down his throat and ended up passed out in the middle of the kitchen by the end of the night. Oy.
Post by MarmeeNoir on Sept 24, 2014 9:11:09 GMT -5
Usually, if people throw a party and know I'm a vegetarian they'll buy a veggie tray. THEY ARE SOO PROUD OF THEMSELVES FOR IT! I eat before I go many places.
My cousin had a birthday party for her daughter's birthday at noon. She lived an hour away from most family that was invited. She had cupcakes that was all. not a chip. Nothing.
Seriously that is probably the grossest thing I have ever heard. Is this regional? Where are you?
I would always host everything.
I thought I had it bad bc everything my inlaws make comes from a can or a box. Hey, at least its sanitary! #blessed
I don't know anyone else who does this. It's definitely not regional. We are in the Chicagoland area. Portillos and most delis have great Italian beef. Why not just buy that???
Fact: Our rehearsal dinner was at Portillos and it RULED.
We have friends that throw a yearly big party and the food, while plentiful, is always terrible.
his home brew and OMFG it was the absolute worst beer I've had. It was awful.
A: these two statements would make me wonder if they'll start to find their parties to not be so well attended. I guess the company can maybe make up for it, but still. So much of social gatherings are about the food and drinks.
B: Love how he's gluten free but brews his own beer. Makes me not take him so seriously.