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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Title says it all. I have to RSVP by tomorrow evening to avoid being rude and know you're supposed to mention any dietary restrictions when you RSVP. She is the hardest hardcore foodie. She routinely cooks things I've never even heard of. Like, I've heard of cornish game hens and venison, but she takes it 8 steps farther and has been known to fly food in from other COUNTRIES (I don't even know if that's legal!). I've already gotten out of a few dinner invitations by having her and her husband to my house twice, and meeting them at restaurants.

Here are my restrictions:
1. I physically CAN'T eat anything spicy. What you consider barely any spice, makes my mouth swell up and burns my tongue. A tiny bit of garlic or oregano or salt? Fine. Anything meant to make a dish "hot" = not fine. 
2. I don't drink wine. Or soda. Or coffee or tea. I just want plain, cold water. Without lemon. Ice cubes are fine. 
3. I don't really like any food that looks like "mush." Dark-colored sauce or gravy with stuff in it? Please no. I like to be able to look at my food and think "Oh. That's clearly a _____."

Here are regular dinners I've had as a guest at other people's homes that have been great: 
1. Baked chicken (with rice and string beans)
2. Roast beef (baked potatoes, broccoli)
3. Manicotti/lasagna
4. Meatloaf (new potatoes, steamed cauliflower/broccoli)
5. Marinated salmon (rice pilaf, peas)
6. Scallops and shrimp in pasta (as long as it's sauce-free I'm happy)

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Seriously it bothers you if water has a wedge of lemon in it? Why? You realize that pasta is mushy right?

You have a "traditional" (old school) American or maybe British palate (like the British royals - not like the contemporary British who consider Indian food to be their national food more than fish and chips). If you want to expand your palate to eat things that people in DC consider normal in 2014 (Indian and Mexican -- the horror), then do it. If you don't, then don't dine with these people.

BTW - you have to get used to spicy foods. Most people are not born having a liking for spicy. It's why you don't really give it to babies and toddlers. But then once they start eating spicy foods, they grow to like them and think the baby stuff is bland. I grew up in an Indian household where the food is REALLY mild by Indian standards, and if my parents make an omelet with green chili pepper in it (it's just what my Indian household did - onions, green peppers, and a green chili pepper in eggs), they made sure the "kids" didn't get a piece with green chili pepper in it. So I got into my 20s, not eating spice -- until I tried it, trained myself not to freak out about it, and realized the spice adds a great kick to eggs. Now I will make sure I have the eggs with chili pepper in it and without it eggs taste bland to me.[/quote]

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