Anonymous
Post 07/01/2022 00:07     Subject: Weirdest thing you’ve been served at someone’s house (or at a restaurant)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We got invited over for happy hour by the parents of DD's school friend. We were invited for 6pm. We got there at 6pm. "Oh, you're early!" We were the only ones invited - this was not a party, but literally four adults.

She then grabbed a dinner plate, dumped Ritz crackers on it, and squirted ketchup on some and mustard on others. As we chatted (they were lovely!) she absentmindedly fed the dog the crackers. We had a glass of wine, stayed for 45 minutes and then left.

This is hilarious. I wish that had happened to us, we would be laughing for years with “Remember the time…”


Agree this is hilarious. So crazy! Thanks for the laugh.
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2022 23:18     Subject: Weirdest thing you’ve been served at someone’s house (or at a restaurant)
Anonymous wrote:BBQ crab salad looked and tasted like expensive cat food


Is this the one with the canned crab and chili sauce over cream cheese, served with ritz crackers to dip? That was my mom’s party piece any time she drew appetizers for the potluck
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2022 22:12     Subject: Weirdest thing you’ve been served at someone’s house (or at a restaurant)
^ Oh forgot about my grandfather eating snakes during WWII when he was stranded on an island in the Pacific.

I draw the line at live maggots, people. They're very nutritious, and a lot of indigenous tribes eat them fresh and squirming. But I can't do that. They need to be at least cooked.
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2022 22:09     Subject: Weirdest thing you’ve been served at someone’s house (or at a restaurant)


I have an Asian parent and a European parent and have eaten many interesting things in my life: haggis, snails, frog's legs, horse meat, various game, braised eel, fish still alive, whale, angel hair with fish eggs, the whole roast piglet served at Viet weddings, pungent Durian ice cream, etc. Long ago, my mother was invited to my father's Asian country, and to honor her Western origins, she was served soft-boiled eggs... and chopsticks to eat them with.

Anyway. I really came on here to add to a poster's tuna pizza comment: that I LOVE canned tuna on pizza!!! In a few European countries, that's perfectly appropriate as a topping.

Anonymous
Post 06/30/2022 22:08     Subject: Weirdest thing you’ve been served at someone’s house (or at a restaurant)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:When I was a child we were invited over to a family friend’s house. They served pumpkin pie with whipped cream. Both were unsweetened because the host said pumpkin is “so naturally sweet.” While it’s not as bad as many stories in this thread, it stuck with me my whole life as a cruel bait & switch on my 6 yr old self.


That's not weird, that's normal.


Ok link me to a pumpkin pie recipe with no sugar or sweetener where the recipe title doesn’t point to the weird unsweetened aspect, since that’s normal
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2022 22:03     Subject: Weirdest thing you’ve been served at someone’s house (or at a restaurant)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:When I was a child we were invited over to a family friend’s house. They served pumpkin pie with whipped cream. Both were unsweetened because the host said pumpkin is “so naturally sweet.” While it’s not as bad as many stories in this thread, it stuck with me my whole life as a cruel bait & switch on my 6 yr old self.


That's not weird, that's normal.


You must be the family friend


Unsweetened whipped cream on unsweetened pie does sound like a cruel joke for a 6yo.
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2022 22:00     Subject: Weirdest thing you’ve been served at someone’s house (or at a restaurant)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:When I was a child we were invited over to a family friend’s house. They served pumpkin pie with whipped cream. Both were unsweetened because the host said pumpkin is “so naturally sweet.” While it’s not as bad as many stories in this thread, it stuck with me my whole life as a cruel bait & switch on my 6 yr old self.


That's not weird, that's normal.


You must be the family friend
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2022 21:58     Subject: Weirdest thing you’ve been served at someone’s house (or at a restaurant)
I just think the fact that Americans were so obsessed with Jello in the 1950s-70s is weird. I remember my mom talking for DAYS about the "jello salad" one of our older neighbors served us when I was little. It was the most disgusting thing and my Indian mom just didn't understand what she had just eaten (also she was extra pissed once she found out what gelatin was, she remains a strict vegetarian).
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2022 21:57     Subject: Weirdest thing you’ve been served at someone’s house (or at a restaurant)
Anonymous wrote:When I was a child we were invited over to a family friend’s house. They served pumpkin pie with whipped cream. Both were unsweetened because the host said pumpkin is “so naturally sweet.” While it’s not as bad as many stories in this thread, it stuck with me my whole life as a cruel bait & switch on my 6 yr old self.


That's not weird, that's normal.
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2022 21:40     Subject: Re:Weirdest thing you’ve been served at someone’s house (or at a restaurant)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Coworker killed a rattlesnake in his yard and brought it in for everyone to try. He dressed it with olive oil, salt, and pepper and heated it up in the breakroom microwave.

Wow! Did you try it?


I did. It was pretty bland, and a little chewy (likely from being heated up in the microwave😆).


It’s always chewy…
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2022 21:39     Subject: Weirdest thing you’ve been served at someone’s house (or at a restaurant)
When I was a child we were invited over to a family friend’s house. They served pumpkin pie with whipped cream. Both were unsweetened because the host said pumpkin is “so naturally sweet.” While it’s not as bad as many stories in this thread, it stuck with me my whole life as a cruel bait & switch on my 6 yr old self.
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2022 21:29     Subject: Re:Weirdest thing you’ve been served at someone’s house (or at a restaurant)
Anonymous wrote:Husband stopped by his eccentric elderly great aunt's house right after Christmas and she asked if he would like some eggnog. He said yes, thinking she had normal eggnog in a carton. But she pulled out a glass, broke two eggs in it, lightly stirred it around with some milk and nutmeg, and gave it to him...he had to drink it. I had almost gone with him and was SO glad I didn't.

My mom used to make me gogol mogol all the time when I was little. It's raw egg yolks and sugar.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogel_mogel
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2022 21:01     Subject: Re:Weirdest thing you’ve been served at someone’s house (or at a restaurant)
Husband stopped by his eccentric elderly great aunt's house right after Christmas and she asked if he would like some eggnog. He said yes, thinking she had normal eggnog in a carton. But she pulled out a glass, broke two eggs in it, lightly stirred it around with some milk and nutmeg, and gave it to him...he had to drink it. I had almost gone with him and was SO glad I didn't.
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2022 20:16     Subject: Re:Weirdest thing you’ve been served at someone’s house (or at a restaurant)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Coworker killed a rattlesnake in his yard and brought it in for everyone to try. He dressed it with olive oil, salt, and pepper and heated it up in the breakroom microwave.

Wow! Did you try it?


I did. It was pretty bland, and a little chewy (likely from being heated up in the microwave😆).
Anonymous
Post 06/30/2022 19:17     Subject: Weirdest thing you’ve been served at someone’s house (or at a restaurant)
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:We got invited over for happy hour by the parents of DD's school friend. We were invited for 6pm. We got there at 6pm. "Oh, you're early!" We were the only ones invited - this was not a party, but literally four adults.

She then grabbed a dinner plate, dumped Ritz crackers on it, and squirted ketchup on some and mustard on others. As we chatted (they were lovely!) she absentmindedly fed the dog the crackers. We had a glass of wine, stayed for 45 minutes and then left.


Hahahaha. I love this. I think DH would hate this, but they sound nice, just absentminded and low pressure quirky people. [/quote

Agreed! This is kind of funny and cute.