I didn’t think we ate THAT clean, until we went to a party with all processed foods

[Anonymous]

It's probably all the sugar with little fat or protein for balance hence you feel sick. All the sugar (from sweets and white flour) hit you all at once. It'll pass.

[Anonymous]

So what do you serve a crowd, OP (and all of you who put "ready to eat" "food" in "quotation marks")?

Are you all growing organic blueberries and transforming them into nutritious not-too-sweet quick bread whilst straining your own organic yogurt and lightly roasting organic kale into chips?

Honestly. It's a party. Have some baked beans and a hot dog. It won't kill you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So what do you serve a crowd, OP (and all of you who put "ready to eat" "food" in "quotation marks")?

Are you all growing organic blueberries and transforming them into nutritious not-too-sweet quick bread whilst straining your own organic yogurt and lightly roasting organic kale into chips?

Honestly. It's a party. Have some baked beans and a hot dog. It won't kill you.

I know you're being sarcastic, but I'll answer.

For a BBQ, we do high-quality hamburgers, hot dogs and buns. I make my own pulled pork BBQ, baked beans, potato salad. Huge fresh vegetable platter, huge fruit salad, plus sliced watermelon. Fresh corn on the cob. Tortilla chips, salsa, homemade guacamole. Homemade brownies and Rice Krispie treats (which are just fun, I know they're not fine fare).

The quality of dogs/burgers/buns matters. Making the items I make vs. buying at grocery = far less sodium! preservatives, etc. Fresh options are great to keep it all balanced.

[Anonymous]

I think people just do the best they can with party food and if you show up and see food that you know will not agree with your pre-conditioned digestive system then just pass on the food. No need really to judge them based on your very specific dietary preferences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what do you serve a crowd, OP (and all of you who put "ready to eat" "food" in "quotation marks")?

Are you all growing organic blueberries and transforming them into nutritious not-too-sweet quick bread whilst straining your own organic yogurt and lightly roasting organic kale into chips?

Honestly. It's a party. Have some baked beans and a hot dog. It won't kill you.

I know you're being sarcastic, but I'll answer.

For a BBQ, we do high-quality hamburgers, hot dogs and buns. I make my own pulled pork BBQ, baked beans, potato salad. Huge fresh vegetable platter, huge fruit salad, plus sliced watermelon. Fresh corn on the cob. Tortilla chips, salsa, homemade guacamole. Homemade brownies and Rice Krispie treats (which are just fun, I know they're not fine fare).

The quality of dogs/burgers/buns matters. Making the items I make vs. buying at grocery = far less sodium! preservatives, etc. Fresh options are great to keep it all balanced.

OP, if I am grilling I absolutely will NOT buy those premade burger patties (they use them when they occasionally grill for the employees where I work and they are horrible), I make my own potato salad and jack up canned baked beans. But I don't require other people to, particularly people who like getting together but are also dual working couples with young children and whose goal is a good time with friends as opposed to expecting a restaurant experience of food.

[Anonymous]

How did our parents live and thrive in the 40s, 50s, until some time in maybe the 80s before people ate fresh fruits and vegetables (as opposed to everything in a can)?

[Anonymous]

Imagine pigging out so much on banana bread and yogurt you make yourself sick and then have to make a post about it lol

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what do you serve a crowd, OP (and all of you who put "ready to eat" "food" in "quotation marks")?

Are you all growing organic blueberries and transforming them into nutritious not-too-sweet quick bread whilst straining your own organic yogurt and lightly roasting organic kale into chips?

Honestly. It's a party. Have some baked beans and a hot dog. It won't kill you.

I know you're being sarcastic, but I'll answer.

For a BBQ, we do high-quality hamburgers, hot dogs and buns. I make my own pulled pork BBQ, baked beans, potato salad. Huge fresh vegetable platter, huge fruit salad, plus sliced watermelon. Fresh corn on the cob. Tortilla chips, salsa, homemade guacamole. Homemade brownies and Rice Krispie treats (which are just fun, I know they're not fine fare).

The quality of dogs/burgers/buns matters. Making the items I make vs. buying at grocery = far less sodium! preservatives, etc. Fresh options are great to keep it all balanced.

You make your own baked beans? Is this what you’d serve at a bday party?

[Anonymous]

I suggest you just never speak to the people who threw the party again.

Also how long was this party? Couldn't you just wait and eat later?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So what do you serve a crowd, OP (and all of you who put "ready to eat" "food" in "quotation marks")?

Are you all growing organic blueberries and transforming them into nutritious not-too-sweet quick bread whilst straining your own organic yogurt and lightly roasting organic kale into chips?

Honestly. It's a party. Have some baked beans and a hot dog. It won't kill you.

I know you're being sarcastic, but I'll answer.

For a BBQ, we do high-quality hamburgers, hot dogs and buns. I make my own pulled pork BBQ, baked beans, potato salad. Huge fresh vegetable platter, huge fruit salad, plus sliced watermelon. Fresh corn on the cob. Tortilla chips, salsa, homemade guacamole. Homemade brownies and Rice Krispie treats (which are just fun, I know they're not fine fare).

The quality of dogs/burgers/buns matters. Making the items I make vs. buying at grocery = far less sodium! preservatives, etc. Fresh options are great to keep it all balanced.

You make your own baked beans? Is this what you’d serve at a bday party?

I do make my own; super easy as I can do this the day before, then reheat day of!

I also ask friends and family to help out sometimes, if they offer. I make good potato salad, but Aunt Lucy's is better, so if she offers to help, I take her up on that!

What I serve at a birthday party depends on the celebrant. Yes, I'd serve the above or similar for my husband. But my daughters prefer make your own pizza bar, tea party, etc.

The point is, it's fine to do a streamlined menu or take people up on offers to help rather than doing a vat of Giant potato salad and nasty frosted cookies from Shoppers. Two loaves of homemade banana bread pulled out of your freezer the day before are better than six dozen of those awful assorted mini muffins.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You are insufferable. Why do you even assume it was the food making you sick?

+1 why do people think being an insufferable food snob is attractive?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You are insufferable. Why do you even assume it was the food making you sick?

+1 why do people think being an insufferable food snob is attractive?

They just want some credit for the difficult denial of tasty foods they and their children endure everyday and the hard work they put in whipping up their own perfect potato salad and baked beans!

[Anonymous]

What exactly makes homemade potato salad or "jacked up canned baked beans" infinitely healthier than store bought?

And what hot dog from any source is healthy?

[Anonymous]

On the one hand, your complaint is rather insufferable because you clearly think you are better than the hosts of the party.

On the other hand, I ate fast food for the first time in years at an event with my son's cub scout troop, and I felt really, really sick afterwards. I had a headache and a stomachache.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What exactly makes homemade potato salad or "jacked up canned baked beans" infinitely healthier than store bought?

And what hot dog from any source is healthy?

I do not do "jacked baked beans," so I can't speak for those. But I can say making my own potato salad means I'm able to control the sodium. Add more celery than is usually used, and I don't need to use gelatin products as thickeners.