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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.

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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.

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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?

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.

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

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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?

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.

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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?

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

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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?

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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.