Things rude houseguests do, a vent:

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Anonymous wrote:Pulling up in a new Mercedes SUV with their 4 kids and all they brought was a cheap-o Kroger pumpkin pie. My husband and I spent over $1000 on this spread!

You did not. And if you spent that much AND are that much of a bean-counter, then chances are you live well outside your means and have tons of credit card debt.

I often spend that much on a holiday meal.
We spend $400 on alcohol alone.

Wow, how many people do you invite?

20

But that because I'm buying red wine, white wine, beer, brandy, cognac, whiskey, vodka, baileys. I would die if someone asked for something and I didn't have it.

Oh but would you die?

How about a nice, moderate meal and donate to charity? That much money for one meal is gross.

Of ffs. It's $50 a head for unlimited food and alcohol. It's like heaven.

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After 16 pages I'd rather hang out with the cousin that snuck off to f$&k and eat $3 Kroger pie with a $2 can of whip cream. Would probably be a lot more enjoyable then yacking about lasagne.

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Anonymous wrote:After 16 pages I'd rather hang out with the cousin that snuck off to f$&k and eat $3 Kroger pie with a $2 can of whip cream. Would probably be a lot more enjoyable then yacking about lasagne.

+1 I'm coming with you

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Well, some of us prefer to make love you know.

And a high quality pie costs around $50 make. And using store bought canned whip cream?? Horrors.

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I would never eat $8 lasagna. I would never serve that to guests either.

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Anonymous wrote:I would never eat $8 lasagna. I would never serve that to guests either.

And I would never make an $80 lasagna. I would be embarrassed to do that actually.

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Anonymous wrote:After 16 pages I'd rather hang out with the cousin that snuck off to f$&k and eat $3 Kroger pie with a $2 can of whip cream. Would probably be a lot more enjoyable then yacking about lasagne.

+1 I'm coming with you

+2. I came here to read some stories about b*tchy guests and drunk uncles, not 50 line posts about freakin lasagna and how much is reasonable to spend on food for 20 people.

C'mon, doesn't somebody have a juicy story to share about their MIL calling them a c*nt or something? We couldn't travel for Thanksgiving this year so I got 0.0 drama of my own. I was counting on living vicariously through DCUM!

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Anonymous wrote:I would never eat $8 lasagna. I would never serve that to guests either.

And I would never make an $80 lasagna. I would be embarrassed to do that actually.

embarrassed? Who would Know?
You don't tell the guests.

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$8 lasagna lady, what is your HHI ?

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Anonymous wrote:After 16 pages I'd rather hang out with the cousin that snuck off to f$&k and eat $3 Kroger pie with a $2 can of whip cream. Would probably be a lot more enjoyable then yacking about lasagne.

+1 I'm coming with you

+2. I came here to read some stories about b*tchy guests and drunk uncles, not 50 line posts about freakin lasagna and how much is reasonable to spend on food for 20 people.

C'mon, doesn't somebody have a juicy story to share about their MIL calling them a c*nt or something? We couldn't travel for Thanksgiving this year so I got 0.0 drama of my own. I was counting on living vicariously through DCUM!

Go to babycenter.com > dealing with the InLaws
They should have some awful stories today

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Anonymous wrote:$8 lasagna lady, what is your HHI ?

Doesn't matter. I'm not a fool with my gold, hon.

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I hereby nominate this as a dcum classic - the $80 lasagna thread.

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Anonymous wrote:After 16 pages I'd rather hang out with the cousin that snuck off to f$&k and eat $3 Kroger pie with a $2 can of whip cream. Would probably be a lot more enjoyable then yacking about lasagne.

+1 I'm coming with you

+2. I came here to read some stories about b*tchy guests and drunk uncles, not 50 line posts about freakin lasagna and how much is reasonable to spend on food for 20 people.

C'mon, doesn't somebody have a juicy story to share about their MIL calling them a c*nt or something? We couldn't travel for Thanksgiving this year so I got 0.0 drama of my own. I was counting on living vicariously through DCUM!

Nah. We didn't travel, but even when we do there is no drama like this. So no good stories.

I do think it's funny how DCUM can take something like money spent on a casserole or a question asked about cookware and turn it into such hot controversy.

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Anonymous wrote:Heck, it's costs me $80 to make a delicious lasagna.

That's really odd and kind of sad.

Why is that sad?
Lean meat, four cheeses, all the other stuff
Yummy

Yeah. The crowd pleasing lasagna that I make costs closer to $8 per x-large pan.

What kind of lean meat are you using ?

That sounds terrible. You will get cancer eating bad things.

It's lasagna for crying out loud. It's a treat not health food.

Even if I make it using zucchini or eggplant it isn't that expensive. What on earth are you putting into an $80 tray of lasagna?

It may be a "treat" but there's a hell of a lot of difference to how your body will handle mass produced parmesan "cheeze" and how it will handle local cheese from grass fed cows, for example.

NP. I wouldn't recommend using Kraft cheese, but it's a waste of $$ to buy a pricey cheese that's best enjoyed on its own or as a complement to perhaps one other flavor.

To cover it with tomato sauce, meat, pasta, etc. kind of ruins it.

But you're the expert!

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Anonymous wrote:$8 lasagna lady, what is your HHI ?

Doesn't matter. I'm not a fool with my gold, hon.

A fool for cooking tasty food for guests, tasty food with quality ingredients.
$80 isn't even a blip in my radar.