How do you navigate a dinner party where the food is inedible?

[Anonymous]

Let's say friends invite you for dinner, but they serve inedible food. Do you push it around on your plate? Feed it to the dog? Stuff it down your maw and gag? Feign illness?

[Anonymous]

Is it inedible because it is not prepared safely (raw or very undercooked meat) or because you don’t like it?

If it was raw or undercooked, I would cut it up and push it around a bit, and eat what I could eat, such as the vegetables and potatoes or whatever side dish.

If I just didn’t like it, I would eat as much as I could. I’d just chew and swallow, knowing it’s not going to hurt me. It’s one meal out of a lifetime of meals, oh well. No big deal.

[Anonymous]

Ever go over a friend's house to eat
And the food just ain't no good?
I mean the macaroni's soggy, the peas are mushed,
And the chicken tastes like wood
So you try to play it off like you think you can
By saying that you're full
And then your friend says, "Mama, he's just being polite
He ain't finished, uh-uh, that's bull!"

[Anonymous]

I would need an example of “inedible”. There would have to be something fairly serious wrong with the food for me to not choke it down out of politeness.

[Anonymous]

Drop a lot in your napkin. Spread the rest around on your plate. Drink a lot of water.

[Anonymous]

Never had that happen. All the food is inedible?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would need an example of “inedible”. There would have to be something fairly serious wrong with the food for me to not choke it down out of politeness.

This. I would feel bad for my host that the meal didn't turn out well and would do my best.

[Anonymous]

If it were simply a matter of the food not being to my liking, I would chew it and swallow it. I would not finish all of everything, but I’d make a dent in everything. If there were something in particular that I really had a hard time with, I’d take a few bites but finish as much as I could of the rest.

“Stuff”? “Gag”? No, I’m…not a toddler. I never stuff food in my mouth, and I also never “gag” just because I don’t like something. There was a dish I had a hard time with because both the scent of the food and the taste were difficult for me, but I managed to eat a little bit without making a scene like a small child.

[Anonymous]

How old are you?

[Anonymous]

Sounds like dinner at my son's house. DIL is a vegan and most of what she comes up with is inedible. Well, she likes it.

There is a lot of vegan food I like, by the way, but the stuff she makes is just disgusting. I take a bite or two and then start planning what I'll eat when I get home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like dinner at my son's house. DIL is a vegan and most of what she comes up with is inedible. Well, she likes it.

There is a lot of vegan food I like, by the way, but the stuff she makes is just disgusting. I take a bite or two and then start planning what I'll eat when I get home.

Sounds like your son needs to start contributing to the meals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like dinner at my son's house. DIL is a vegan and most of what she comes up with is inedible. Well, she likes it.

There is a lot of vegan food I like, by the way, but the stuff she makes is just disgusting. I take a bite or two and then start planning what I'll eat when I get home.

Maybe you should suggest to the son you raised that he cook a meal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ever go over a friend's house to eat
And the food just ain't no good?
I mean the macaroni's soggy, the peas are mushed,
And the chicken tastes like wood
So you try to play it off like you think you can
By saying that you're full
And then your friend says, "Mama, he's just being polite
He ain't finished, uh-uh, that's bull!"

thanks for reminding me of this oldie!! I had to look up the group but I remembered the lyrics as soon as I read them!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like dinner at my son's house. DIL is a vegan and most of what she comes up with is inedible. Well, she likes it.

There is a lot of vegan food I like, by the way, but the stuff she makes is just disgusting. I take a bite or two and then start planning what I'll eat when I get home.

You should eat before you leave home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sounds like dinner at my son's house. DIL is a vegan and most of what she comes up with is inedible. Well, she likes it.

There is a lot of vegan food I like, by the way, but the stuff she makes is just disgusting. I take a bite or two and then start planning what I'll eat when I get home.

I’m so sorry to hear that your son lost all of his limbs in a tragic boating accident. How awful that he cannot cook for himself, his family, or his guests. Just dreadful.