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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here! I am enjoying this, even for those who are slamming me. Believe me, we have more than enough food: six racks of ribs, 6 pounds of 80/20 burger meat, packs of Nathan's hot dogs, fruit salad ( well we will have it) , potato salad, beer, wine, soda, juice, Fried chicken, watermelon, the works. I am telling you though, these kids are bottomless pits and what generally happens is that they start eating like cups of applesauce or yogurts, or fruits, chips, etc that we don't even put out and are meant for school lunches. We also have one kid who is an athlete in training and likes to have certain things around- rice cakes, quinoa in cups, peanut butter, chocolate milk etc, and all of that gets annihilated too. I just think it is kind of rude to watch your kids sack someone else's pantry family or not . [/quote]

I agree it's rude.  My teenage athletes go places all the time where food is served and they learn to eat what is provided (which is typically is a fine amount) and if they are still hungry later they get a snack at home.  Do people who disagree that it's rude allow their teens to buy 3 meals at restaurants?  I doubt it - they eat what they are served.  It's not like these kids are being starved.  As long as you have a reasonable amount of food, and it sounds like you do, then they shouldn't have any reason to raid your cupboards.  [/quote]

The difference is people are at a restaurant for 1-2 hrs. OP has not said how long this event lasts, could be most of the day.[/quote]

That misses the point.  OP has given a list of food they are providing and it is a ton of food; a perfectly acceptable amount.  Hosts shouldn't have to have endless bowls of stuff just to appease people who want to eat and eat and eat.  With that amount of food, even athlete teens should be good - the kids should be able to eat a normal amount and wait to get home for a snack.  You simply don't go start raiding someone's cupboards who is hosting you for an afternoon, even relatives.  [/quote]

We don't at all know it's a ton of food. There could be 4 burgers, 6 hotdogs, and one chicken for 20 people. [/quote]

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