Re: Picky Dinner Guests

Oh pshaw, on Thu 22 Nov 2007 04:07:43p, T meant to say...

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I'm going to my brother Scott's house to help with dinner tomorrow.
He's asked me to come over around 11AM to help with prep and stuff. No
problem. Dinner will be between 2-3PM.

My oldest brother Paul and his "girlfriend" (at least we think she
is... she lives with him) Audry is coming as well. I met her once,
briefly. She seems very nice. But she is, according to Scott, the
most picky eater he's ever encountered in his life. Even compared to
me! (laughing)

Scott's making shrimp cocktail. According to Scott she won't touch
shrimp. Or any kind of seafood or fish. She says it's "yukky". Okay,
more shrimp for us!

One of the couples dining with use this evening says he's allergic to
seafood in general, including fish. I asked if he'd ever been tested and
he said that he hadn't.

I then told him I know he'd had shrimp at my place and suffered no
reaction. Should have seen the look on his face.

Then of course one of the other people here didn't like turkey so
brought a pork shoulder.

I'm a little put off by that.

I never tell guests ahead of time what I'm going to be serving for dinner.
That is part of the adventure of going to a dinner party. Of course, on
Thanksgiving, people will usually assume turkey.

I cook what I think will be an interesting and (hopefully) delicious meal.
If they choose not to eat it, so be it. If they want to bring _their_
whole meal becuase they suspect they won't like mine, then they can eat it
in the kitchen or take it home and eat it.

I like to cater to my guests, but some things are just absurd.

--
Wayne Boatwright

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