BYOM (Meat)?!?!!?

theartistformerlyknownas · August 2014

@CaitTDid23 you're gonna want this dip jalapeno face! (Get it? GET IT?!)
http://www.closetcooking.com/2009/03/jalapeno-popper-dip.html

chasseuse · August 2014

Time2strtliving said:

Here's an etiquette question:

What if you are having an event (say, Father's Day or Thanksgiving) at your house with family members and you ask them to bring soda or a side dish? Is that considered rude?

In our family my Mom used to fully host every event at our house and spend about $1,500 in food in addition to prepping, cooking and cleaning. After my Dad's family grumbled for years about what was there (once they even made her go to the store to buy steaks for a brunch because they didn't want what was there) she finally threw in the towel and buys the bare minimum now and asks for people to bring soda and the occasional side dish. How does the Knot community feel about this?

Dad's family is incredibly rude and they are lucky they got a damn thing after that. I would have stopped inviting them over at all.

hellosweetie1015 · August 2014

@Lolo883 BAHAHAHA

I may make that for Taco Night. But I will need practice... so maybe for spaghetti night tomorrow (aka payday night)... and perhaps for Sunday too.... hmmmmm.

SeaCaptainOtter · August 2014

The nightmare scenario of this party: The A family and the B family both bring THE SAME KIND OF HOT DOGS!!!! And everything gets all mixed up and no one knows who brought what and no one brought ketchup and everyone goes home angry.

Okay, but can you imagine 20 bags of raw, unmarked, mystery meats left out next to a grill, in the hot sun? Disgusting...

steph861 · August 2014

lolo883 said:

bubblegum1309 said:

lolo883 said:

Inkdancer said:

Time2strtliving said:

Here's an etiquette question:

What if you are having an event (say, Father's Day or Thanksgiving) at your house with family members and you ask them to bring soda or a side dish? Is that considered rude?

In our family my Mom used to fully host every event at our house and spend about $1,500 in food in addition to prepping, cooking and cleaning. After my Dad's family grumbled for years about what was there (once they even made her go to the store to buy steaks for a brunch because they didn't want what was there) she finally threw in the towel and buys the bare minimum now and asks for people to bring soda and the occasional side dish. How does the Knot community feel about this?

I think if it's family, it's absolutely fine.

For me it breaks down not even by family but by what's being celebrated. Are we being asked to celebrate YOU (or your child/spouse/etc)? Fine, I'll celebrate you but you host me in return. Are we celebrating a holiday and your house just happens to be the one volunteered for us to sit at? Sure, sign me up for baked brie and/or deviled eggs. Is it a rotating game night that we all chose to have? Jalapeno popper dip coming right up.

Now, that said, I'm a total control freak so I don't let people bring things over for holidays because my mom has been known to bring taco salad to a lasagna dinner. No. I had nightmares of her showing up to my Brunchgiving (Thanksgiving brunch the Saturday after) with a potato salad.

Another great way to sum it up!

And I think I will start a Brunchgiving traditon this year! Love that!

It's my life's biggest accomplishment. It was so awesome. I got to see all the family I didn't see on Thanksgiving (we spent it at the club with FI's family) but didn't have to eat ANOTHER big dinner. We had two kinds of quiche (turkey/swiss and spinach/mushroom), pumpkin cream cheese stuffed french toast bake, apple cider sausage pancakes, cranberry eggnog muffins, a brie and pear tart, and a mimosa bar. And it was EPIC.

STOP IT. (Sorry, I'm hangry because of my wedding dress diet and all I want is junk food.)

MegEn1 · August 2014

My FI and I used to host BBQs all the time. We'd go to Costco, get chips, soda, beer, hot dogs and burgers. Sometimes people brought a six pack, sometimes people brought wonderful, home-smoked brisket from a green egg ... oh man. Sometimes people came with just themselves. We always had a great time, EVERYONE loved our events.

Granted, we stopped doing it because we couldn't afford to host anymore. But when we hosted, we did it right!

SBmini · August 2014

My friend's friend just had a little girl. They named her Daenerys (yes after GOT). They are throwing her a 4 month 'birthday' party. Yes, she's four months old and she's having a birthday party. On the invitation they wrote, "Gift cards are always a Blessing. Target, Sam's Club, Buy Buy Baby"

Hang up here. You all INVENTED a milestone that no one else celebrates and you expect people to bring you gifts?

mysticl · August 2014

SBmini said:

My friend's friend just had a little girl. They named her Daenerys (yes after GOT). They are throwing her a 4 month 'birthday' party. Yes, she's four months old and she's having a birthday party. On the invitation they wrote, "Gift cards are always a Blessing. Target, Sam's Club, Buy Buy Baby"

Hang up here. You all INVENTED a milestone that no one else celebrates and you expect people to bring you gifts?

Ok, they didn't expect gifts but I had a friend in college who celebrated each month of dating. And celebrated it majorly, they would get a hotel, go out to a really nice dinner, the kind of stuff people do for actual anniversaries.

doeydo · August 2014

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