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

[Anonymous]

A dinner plate of raw chopped brussel spouts without any seasoning.

[Anonymous]

That pear salad is making me LOL:

"You won't find a simpler side dish on a Southerner's Easter table than nostalgic Pear Salad. But, don't let the name fool you; this recipe won't remind you of a leafy green salad or chopped fresh fruit. In fact, Southern Pear Salad is made with lettuce, canned pears, mayonnaise, Cheddar cheese, and maraschino cherries (really!). It's a recipe that may sound a little outside-the-box, but ask any born-and-bred Southerner – they've likely seen this on Nana's table growing up. And, it's worth a try. This no-fail recipe doesn't require any bake time or prep, and is super inexpensive to prepare. Grab a can of canned pears, pull out your jar of Duke's, and shred a little Cheddar to make this pear-mayonnaise concoction. Each canned pear half gets a dollop of mayonnaise, a sprinkling of cheese, and a cherry garnish. When you're ready to serve, arrange the pears on a few leaves of lettuce for a decorative touch."

[Anonymous]

Salad Niçoise with large chunks of raw red potatoes.

[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

Yep—I grew up in Georgia. Mom was from Tennessee. We had this all the time, served on the nice salad plates. I’ve told people about the pear and mayonnaise and no one seems to believe me. My grandma used to like to dress it up sometimes by using Miracle Whip.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Side dish was whole boiled onions. The big kind.
Host also served a pork tenderloin cooked to death and boiled potatoes.
The potatoes were nice 😊

Eastern Europe? My great-grandmother used to serve boiled onions. It was understood that you sliced them into bites and ate them with the meat dish (like a piece of onion and meat on the fork together).

[Anonymous]

Plain pasta. No butter, no nothing. Naked. Husband’s aunt’s house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We got invited over for happy hour by the parents of DD's school friend. We were invited for 6pm. We got there at 6pm. "Oh, you're early!" We were the only ones invited - this was not a party, but literally four adults.

She then grabbed a dinner plate, dumped Ritz crackers on it, and squirted ketchup on some and mustard on others. As we chatted (they were lovely!) she absentmindedly fed the dog the crackers. We had a glass of wine, stayed for 45 minutes and then left.

Hahahaha. I love this. I think DH would hate this, but they sound nice, just absentminded and low pressure quirky people.

[Anonymous]

We used to get together with two other families to swim and hang out. Each family would contribute a snack to share. One of the families always brought the same pint of grocery store macaroni salad. The other family and I would do things like charcuterie, fruit skewers or veggies and dips (so nothing super elaborate) but the macaroni salad week in and week out was so odd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We used to get together with two other families to swim and hang out. Each family would contribute a snack to share. One of the families always brought the same pint of grocery store macaroni salad. The other family and I would do things like charcuterie, fruit skewers or veggies and dips (so nothing super elaborate) but the macaroni salad week in and week out was so odd.

and vulgar

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We used to get together with two other families to swim and hang out. Each family would contribute a snack to share. One of the families always brought the same pint of grocery store macaroni salad. The other family and I would do things like charcuterie, fruit skewers or veggies and dips (so nothing super elaborate) but the macaroni salad week in and week out was so odd.

and vulgar

ILY

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We used to get together with two other families to swim and hang out. Each family would contribute a snack to share. One of the families always brought the same pint of grocery store macaroni salad. The other family and I would do things like charcuterie, fruit skewers or veggies and dips (so nothing super elaborate) but the macaroni salad week in and week out was so odd.

and vulgar

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We used to get together with two other families to swim and hang out. Each family would contribute a snack to share. One of the families always brought the same pint of grocery store macaroni salad. The other family and I would do things like charcuterie, fruit skewers or veggies and dips (so nothing super elaborate) but the macaroni salad week in and week out was so odd.

Oh—this reminded me of when I was just out of college and had moved to this area. I was invited to a party thrown by slightly older neighbors and brought a pint of bright green grocery store guacamole. I remember putting it on the table with all the normal things other people had brought and a silence falling upon the room as though I’d just set down a severed human head.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We used to get together with two other families to swim and hang out. Each family would contribute a snack to share. One of the families always brought the same pint of grocery store macaroni salad. The other family and I would do things like charcuterie, fruit skewers or veggies and dips (so nothing super elaborate) but the macaroni salad week in and week out was so odd.

and vulgar

You are seen and appreciated.

🙅🏻‍♀️🍝🥗

oh man, this sounds like an inside joke I missed (and I rarely miss them on here). Please share the origin!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We used to get together with two other families to swim and hang out. Each family would contribute a snack to share. One of the families always brought the same pint of grocery store macaroni salad. The other family and I would do things like charcuterie, fruit skewers or veggies and dips (so nothing super elaborate) but the macaroni salad week in and week out was so odd.

Oh—this reminded me of when I was just out of college and had moved to this area. I was invited to a party thrown by slightly older neighbors and brought a pint of bright green grocery store guacamole. I remember putting it on the table with all the normal things other people had brought and a silence falling upon the room as though I’d just set down a severed human head.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We used to get together with two other families to swim and hang out. Each family would contribute a snack to share. One of the families always brought the same pint of grocery store macaroni salad. The other family and I would do things like charcuterie, fruit skewers or veggies and dips (so nothing super elaborate) but the macaroni salad week in and week out was so odd.

and vulgar

You are seen and appreciated.

🙅🏻‍♀️🍝🥗

oh man, this sounds like an inside joke I missed (and I rarely miss them on here). Please share the origin!

This is where it started

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/300703.page#3455801

but it has been referenced in many threads since then.