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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. Thanks for the different perspectives. And yes, next time I will keep my mouth shut about how any food was made. 
To the pp who asked what else was served- there was a salad with berry vinaigrette and a roast chicken with green beans. There was also some spiced nuts she apparently made. 
I thought the food was pretty good, boxed brownies included. 
This is only my second time at her house and she has always seemed friendly and nice. Which was why I was surprised at her reaction. But live and learn. People are sensitive about their cooking! [/quote]

She wasn't being sensitive about her cooking. She was being sensitive about the fact that after she hosted and cooked a lovely dinner you took a dig at her by asking were they boxed. That minimizes the effort that goes into hosting. Clearly you don't know this but [b]it's bad form to question your hostess on the provenance of the food she serves[/b]. All you had to say was "These brownies are delicious, mine never turn out this good." If someone at my house did that I would say "oh my gosh, I don't even get credit, that's just box brownies, we aren't fancy!" Now if I made a lasagna dinner and other sides and wine and at the end some chick I barely even knew said "was that stouffer's?" then yes, I'd be a bit peeved by the bad manners.

Live and learn. Now you know better. [/quote]

Agree. It's kind of like if you had asked if the green beans were organic, or the chicken was free-range. Even though you didn't mean anything by it, the hostess may infer that you are judging her food in a negative way.[/quote]

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