Serving beef stew--what to serve on the side?

[Anonymous]

Presumably the host checked with her guests to be sure they eat beef. Let it go, people.

A salad of bitter greens would be nice. Enjoy your guests and dinner, OP

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I’m an earlier DP and this thread is ridiculous! So OP shouldn’t serve a full, wholesome, and delicious meal to her guests so that insufferably rude people can pick around their food like 2 year olds? It’s sad that the onus on managing picky diets seems to fall on the individual literally gifting food to the picky person. Picky person can eat beforehand or bring something if the menu isn’t up to their exacting standards.

OP-you’ve inspired me to make a batch of beef stew this week. Thank you!

Beef plus salts and starches/potatoes are not great for people with certain gastric conditions- they’ll be to the bathroom (the one guests are not supposed to #2 in much less diarrhea) before the night is over. It’s not about being picky.

What gastric conditions? You sound like a quack.

People with Chrohns and Colitis have a hard time with onion, garlic, spices. You have never heard that?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m an earlier DP and this thread is ridiculous! So OP shouldn’t serve a full, wholesome, and delicious meal to her guests so that insufferably rude people can pick around their food like 2 year olds? It’s sad that the onus on managing picky diets seems to fall on the individual literally gifting food to the picky person. Picky person can eat beforehand or bring something if the menu isn’t up to their exacting standards.

OP-you’ve inspired me to make a batch of beef stew this week. Thank you!

Beef plus salts and starches/potatoes are not great for people with certain gastric conditions- they’ll be to the bathroom (the one guests are not supposed to #2 in much less diarrhea) before the night is over. It’s not about being picky.

What gastric conditions? You sound like a quack.

People with Chrohns and Colitis have a hard time with onion, garlic, spices. You have never heard that?

The previous post mentioned beef plus salts and potatoes. Not onion, garlic and spices. What gastric conditions find that intolerable?

[Anonymous]

Stew is hard to chew. Many people do not eat red meat and onions. Surely, you can do better OP!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m an earlier DP and this thread is ridiculous! So OP shouldn’t serve a full, wholesome, and delicious meal to her guests so that insufferably rude people can pick around their food like 2 year olds? It’s sad that the onus on managing picky diets seems to fall on the individual literally gifting food to the picky person. Picky person can eat beforehand or bring something if the menu isn’t up to their exacting standards.

OP-you’ve inspired me to make a batch of beef stew this week. Thank you!

Beef plus salts and starches/potatoes are not great for people with certain gastric conditions- they’ll be to the bathroom (the one guests are not supposed to #2 in much less diarrhea) before the night is over. It’s not about being picky.

What gastric conditions? You sound like a quack.

People with Chrohns and Colitis have a hard time with onion, garlic, spices. You have never heard that?

The previous post mentioned beef plus salts and potatoes. Not onion, garlic and spices. What gastric conditions find that intolerable?

Look it up Al Bundy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m an earlier DP and this thread is ridiculous! So OP shouldn’t serve a full, wholesome, and delicious meal to her guests so that insufferably rude people can pick around their food like 2 year olds? It’s sad that the onus on managing picky diets seems to fall on the individual literally gifting food to the picky person. Picky person can eat beforehand or bring something if the menu isn’t up to their exacting standards.

OP-you’ve inspired me to make a batch of beef stew this week. Thank you!

Beef plus salts and starches/potatoes are not great for people with certain gastric conditions- they’ll be to the bathroom (the one guests are not supposed to #2 in much less diarrhea) before the night is over. It’s not about being picky.

What gastric conditions? You sound like a quack.

People with Chrohns and Colitis have a hard time with onion, garlic, spices. You have never heard that?

The previous post mentioned beef plus salts and potatoes. Not onion, garlic and spices. What gastric conditions find that intolerable?

Look it up Al Bundy.

So, none…that’s what i figured

[Anonymous]

Mashed potatoes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Stew is hard to chew. Many people do not eat red meat and onions. Surely, you can do better OP!

DP

Good beef stew is the opposite of being hard to chew. And I feel confident enough in the fact that a good majority of people still enjoy red meat and onions. Some of you precious people act like the exceptions are the rule.

[Anonymous]

People with dietary restrictions need to say something along the lines of, "thanks for inviting me, and also, I have some dietary restrictions."

They don't need to be spending energy on making sure other people who don't have those restrictions aren't offered things that they wouldn't have been able to eat. Are you out of your mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m an earlier DP and this thread is ridiculous! So OP shouldn’t serve a full, wholesome, and delicious meal to her guests so that insufferably rude people can pick around their food like 2 year olds? It’s sad that the onus on managing picky diets seems to fall on the individual literally gifting food to the picky person. Picky person can eat beforehand or bring something if the menu isn’t up to their exacting standards.

OP-you’ve inspired me to make a batch of beef stew this week. Thank you!

Beef plus salts and starches/potatoes are not great for people with certain gastric conditions- they’ll be to the bathroom (the one guests are not supposed to #2 in much less diarrhea) before the night is over. It’s not about being picky.

What gastric conditions? You sound like a quack.

People with Chrohns and Colitis have a hard time with onion, garlic, spices. You have never heard that?

If someone has a serious enough stomach ailment that it would rule out many common ingredients, then I’d assume they would either A) communicate that to the host way in advance or B) choose not to attend as many dinner parties. It’s up to you to manage your own conditions and not expect everyone to cook bland meals to suit you at all times.

If dinner party hosts were required to accommodate every single possible restriction, preference, and desire expressed by attendees, they’d probably just not bother hosting anymore. The food is free. Either be polite and eat it, or plan an alternative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m an earlier DP and this thread is ridiculous! So OP shouldn’t serve a full, wholesome, and delicious meal to her guests so that insufferably rude people can pick around their food like 2 year olds? It’s sad that the onus on managing picky diets seems to fall on the individual literally gifting food to the picky person. Picky person can eat beforehand or bring something if the menu isn’t up to their exacting standards.

OP-you’ve inspired me to make a batch of beef stew this week. Thank you!

Beef plus salts and starches/potatoes are not great for people with certain gastric conditions- they’ll be to the bathroom (the one guests are not supposed to #2 in much less diarrhea) before the night is over. It’s not about being picky.

What gastric conditions? You sound like a quack.

People with Chrohns and Colitis have a hard time with onion, garlic, spices. You have never heard that?

If someone has a serious enough stomach ailment that it would rule out many common ingredients, then I’d assume they would either A) communicate that to the host way in advance or B) choose not to attend as many dinner parties. It’s up to you to manage your own conditions and not expect everyone to cook bland meals to suit you at all times.

If dinner party hosts were required to accommodate every single possible restriction, preference, and desire expressed by attendees, they’d probably just not bother hosting anymore. The food is free. Either be polite and eat it, or plan an alternative.

I suppose we can all just serve water. Maybe put it over ice. Contemplate a poem about food and invite our guests to remember the joys of meals past.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:WTF is up with the anti-beef stew posters? Anyone care to explain?

Sure its fine for the family on a cold Sunday... but its not a great dinner party food. Some people get upset stomachs from a meal like this. It also doesn't allow for guests to eat "around" it if its not something you like or that sits well with you... meaning if you were serving chicken, potatoes, greens and bread, the guest could skip the chicken if needed and eat the rest. With a stew, you're screwed. Its too heavy all around.

NP. Is it a dinner party? Cooking for guests is not necessarily a dinner party.

To the original question: crusty bread and a green salad, but I would probably also not include egg noodles

[Anonymous]

I mean, I'd consider the phrase "cooking for guests" appropriate to making meals for people who are visiting me. And I'd generally try to make a meal or two special, but a lot of it would be family style food. Especially if they are family.

[Anonymous]

I would enjoy your homemade stew. It’s winter.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you serving beef stew to guests?

Yuck

Maybe they are poor + have a big family. (I was 1 of 8 kids + my mom sometimes made it. I never ate it).

You missed out. Beef stew can be wonderful when the weather gets chilly.

Nah- being poor does not mean you veu have to eat any old slop. That is so classist + stereotypic. I preferred fasting + being fit. Now, I am rich and still would never eatstew. Red meat is terrible for one's health + the environment.

Except for those of us who need it for iron and no beans aren't a sufficient iron source for some us.