Weirdest thing you’ve been served at someone’s house (or at a restaurant)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My toddler and I were invited over to the house of one of his friends for a "pizza party" The pizza had tunafish and corn on it. Unbelievably, my toddler (who hated everything) ate it. Even more unbelievably, the mom who invited us announced she had to go to a meeting and I needed to stay an extra hour bc it was her nanny's day off.

Bwahahahaha

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A long time ago when airplanes still served meals, I had reserved a vegetarian meal for a cross country flight. It arrived light green and just shy of gelatinous. I asked what it was and was told braised celery. I was hungry, but I just couldn’t fathom eating it.

You win. WTF is braised celery?

And...celery is barely food. It has like 5 calories in it. You were supposed to eat like 20 calories for the whole flight?? Hopefully they had bread or something with it.

[Anonymous]

The fat-free lasagna ans braised celery have me LOLing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A long time ago when airplanes still served meals, I had reserved a vegetarian meal for a cross country flight. It arrived light green and just shy of gelatinous. I asked what it was and was told braised celery. I was hungry, but I just couldn’t fathom eating it.

You win. WTF is braised celery?

And...celery is barely food. It has like 5 calories in it. You were supposed to eat like 20 calories for the whole flight?? Hopefully they had bread or something with it.

It's basically green wet string. And I *like* celery.

[Anonymous]

DH's aunt served individual "salads" consisting of half a canned pear, a dollop of mayo, and a sprinkle of shredded cheese.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DH's aunt served individual "salads" consisting of half a canned pear, a dollop of mayo, and a sprinkle of shredded cheese.

Is she from the Midwest? The salads with fruit and mayo are pretty famous. Sounds like she made a Waldorf/Ambrosia spin-off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DH's aunt served individual "salads" consisting of half a canned pear, a dollop of mayo, and a sprinkle of shredded cheese.

Is she from the Midwest? The salads with fruit and mayo are pretty famous. Sounds like she made a Waldorf/Ambrosia spin-off.

PP here and I stand corrected! Here's that pear/mayo/cheese salad in Southern Living magazine.

https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/pear-mayonnaise-salad-recipe

[Anonymous]

Elderly relative's house - an appetizer consisting of ground beef mixed with ketchup, spread on saltines
Middle-aged relative's house - a dessert consisting of lime jello topped with fat-free chocolate ice cream
-A leftover pizza, thawed from the freezer, sliced into bite-sized pieces, along with banana slices with a toothpick in each slice. These were served as hors d'oeuvres with drinks
-Spinach artichoke dip consisting of spinach, artichokes, and cottage cheese
Friend's house - invited us to their house for a birthday celebration for their 3 year old at 5:30 pm. They had juice boxes and grocery store cupcakes. If that's all you wanted to serve, why do it during the dinner hour?

[Anonymous]

1. Brown bread with a side of raw pig fat to smear on it. There was also salt and raw garlic cloves to rub on the bread. This was in Russia, in a pub in the village where one of dh’s business associates was originally from.

2. My dh and I were at a nice restaurant in China with some of his business associates. The waiter brought out a tank to show the fish dh had ordered. Then a few minutes later, the fish was placed in front of him on a plate, with the mid-section grilled and sliced. The head and tail, both still on, were moving as the fish flapped its mouth open and closed.

3.

[Anonymous]

Fermented mare's milk. Actually not too bad. Yak cheese is gross though.

This is cultural too but chitlins are disgusting to me. I'll eat them to be polite but just...ew.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:1. Brown bread with a side of raw pig fat to smear on it. There was also salt and raw garlic cloves to rub on the bread. This was in Russia, in a pub in the village where one of dh’s business associates was originally from.

2. My dh and I were at a nice restaurant in China with some of his business associates. The waiter brought out a tank to show the fish dh had ordered. Then a few minutes later, the fish was placed in front of him on a plate, with the mid-section grilled and sliced. The head and tail, both still on, were moving as the fish flapped its mouth open and closed.

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Lard is amazing! a staple of my childhood....miss you hillbilly grandma! The fish thing is gross and barbaric.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Coworker killed a rattlesnake in his yard and brought it in for everyone to try. He dressed it with olive oil, salt, and pepper and heated it up in the breakroom microwave.

JFC. Are you serious?? Did you get HR involved? Or was he the head of hr?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DH's aunt served individual "salads" consisting of half a canned pear, a dollop of mayo, and a sprinkle of shredded cheese.

Is she from the Midwest? The salads with fruit and mayo are pretty famous. Sounds like she made a Waldorf/Ambrosia spin-off.

PP here and I stand corrected! Here's that pear/mayo/cheese salad in Southern Living magazine.

https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/pear-mayonnaise-salad-recipe

OMG that is the salad. I forgot about the cherries. And yes, she's southern.

[Anonymous]

Don't get me started on aspic "salads" -- staple of my grandmother's kitchen. Often tomato based, flecked with shredded carrots or peas and topped with a heaping spoonful of mayo.

Worst part: She took these salads to church potlucks and they would sit on a table outdoors in the sun all afternoon. I can still see one of them swimming in melted gelatin and crowned by a yellowing mass of toxic mayo.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A long time ago when airplanes still served meals, I had reserved a vegetarian meal for a cross country flight. It arrived light green and just shy of gelatinous. I asked what it was and was told braised celery. I was hungry, but I just couldn’t fathom eating it.

You win. WTF is braised celery?

And...celery is barely food. It has like 5 calories in it. You were supposed to eat like 20 calories for the whole flight?? Hopefully they had bread or something with it.

It's basically green wet string. And I *like* celery.

I’m the celery poster and just remembered to check back in on this thread. There might have been some sort sauce with it, but it was the entree. I am no longer as strict a vegetarian, partly because of this.