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Worst wedding food you've had
What's the worst wedding food you've ever eaten - or NOT eaten?
We recently attended a wedding that had a buffet where we were served a quarter of a chicken breast, a small scoop of mashed potatoes, and a small scoop of corn. It was maybe a cup of food and it wasn't very good - or filling. When we went up for seconds (after everyone had gone through the line), they informed us that only wedding party members could have seconds.
We recently attended a wedding that had a buffet where we were served a quarter of a chicken breast, a small scoop of mashed potatoes, and a small scoop of corn. It was maybe a cup of food and it wasn't very good - or filling. When we went up for seconds (after everyone had gone through the line), they informed us that only wedding party members could have seconds.
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Re: Worst wedding food you've had
Best: a friend's H is Puerto Rican and his mom made all the food for about 130 people. I still have good dreams... Yum!!
@zobird - what you were served sounds like a hospital cafeteria.
I totally agree. I live in Texas and still haven't dared to try it.
I didn't try the prime rib at FSIL's wedding, and that was the only meat. I'm not into meat, really, and certainly not prime rib.
Edited: I agree about the brisket. Didn't "reply" the way I thought it would...
I have paid large amounts of money to attend charity fundraisers where the food either was almost completely inedible, ran out before half the guests had eaten and the venue refused to help fix the problem, and gave me an allergic reaction because the servers didn't speak enough English to understand what I was asking them.
@RetreadBride-That's awful! My stomach is getting upset just thinking about that cake! Then again, mint makes me nauseous. I'd be so pissed at the baker.
I'm glad your mom enjoyed it! What a lovely surprise for her!
I went to a wedding a few years ago where there were food "stations" and not nearly enough for the number of people there. All the stations were being cleaned out by people hoarding whatever food they could get their hands on.
I didn't enjoy the food at my sister's wedding (although it was beautiful and I'm sure very pricy). It was a weird steak type thing with way too many carrots. I left probably 2/3 of it on the plate. The cake was something citrus-y and I didn't care for that either.
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We went to a wedding at a meal time that essentially had appetizers. There wasn't much on the 'buffet' that I could eat. By the time it was actually our turn, half of it was gone. I think I got a tiny ham sandwich and a couple pieces of celery. FI barely got to eat anything either. A few drinks later, we happily hit up a McDonalds drive thru on the way home.
I once went to a wedding where the main protein was wrapped in bacon. It was so overcooked that I honestly wasn't sure if it was beef or pork that had been marinated or something. But really, compared to some of these other stories, we got off easy.
My FI went to what his family refers to as "the most redneck wedding you'll ever see". It sounds like it was a shitstorm.
Anyway, their food was a buffet of sketchy looking foods. The worst part of that is that the guests were all getting their food with their HANDS. Even stuff like mac n' cheese, they reached into the pan and plopped it on their plate. Apparently the majority of the people were doing this. Let's just say that my FI and his family left before eating, and went to eat at McDonalds.
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@Retread- I remember reading your story in the EHell Archives! I am so sorry for what happened, and as an amateur baker, I'm horrified that a person would be that horrible in making something so important!
Bro's wedding had pretty good food overall. Was sideye-ing the cold asparagus, till I tasted it with the sauce- the peppers in the sauce made up for the lack of heat in the asparagus! They also had a coldseafood bar- I tried crab for the first time. I think next time I try something like that, it should be hot. No me gusta. FI and I were lucky though- neither of us had oysters. BIL did, felt sick later, but apparently one guest had at least 5 and ended up in the ER later that night with severe GI problems. All it takes is one bad oyster...
Plus we were in the BFN (butt f&^$ nowhere - small small town that didn't have cell reception anywhere), so by the time the reception ended at 8, everything was closed.