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11-25-2008, 06:07 AM | #1 |
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| Etiquette at functions for special diets? For those of you who have a special diet (vegetarian, allergies), do you bring your own food to special functions like family holiday dinners and such? What is the right thing to do? I have gone gluten free/wheat free 6 months ago due to a sensitivity and I have several family things over the next month to go to. I don't want to ask them to make me anything special, but it also feels rude if I bring my own food or not eat at all. Lots of basic cooking items like bouillon cubes, broth, certain seasonings have gluten in them. So nothing is really safe for me unless I know exactly whats in it. And you just dont ask old ladies like my husbands grandma how she makes her turkey, lol. Then I'm going to a family banquet that only has one selection of dinner and it has noodles and breading. Help!?!
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11-25-2008, 07:12 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member | Is grandma not aware of this? Why not talk to her....and tell her you'd like to bring a dish...with enough to share with everyone. Btw, most roasted turkeys are baked with nothing more than butter and poultry seasoning rubbed on the skin. Don't eat the skin.
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11-25-2008, 12:04 PM | #3 |
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11-25-2008, 12:46 PM | #4 |
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| I willl ask my father in law to see if he can call them and ask if I can bring something. I don't know them very well since me and my husband only have been married a year. I did go to the Thankgiving last year and his grandma is super secretive about her recipes and was offended when I asked her for a casserole recipe. I also brought a chocolate cheesecake that I made as a gift. The aunts are the ones (so I found out) that bring all the desserts and are very competitive with each other about it. They seemed insulted that I brought a dessert and when it was gone before theirs, they seemed to act weird around me. I don't really get them and my father in laws family only gets together once a year with my mother in laws family for Thanksgiving. I guess you can see why Im nervous about this. (Thier dinner will be on Saturday. Im cooking dinner on Thursday for my side of the family, all gluten-free and they are supportive of this.)
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11-25-2008, 07:14 PM | #5 |
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| I don't eat meat either, and can't eat anything that has even TOUCHED beef, pork, or turkey. My mother in law puts turkey broth in EVERYTHING-the stuffing, the green beans, the potatoes...so the first year I ate salad. It was awful. The next year I offered to be in charge of a couple things-so I made the potatoes, beans, and brought a cheese plate and a dessert. That still kept with her menu, but made sure there was something I could eat. I would definitely call and say something like "I would love to bring something, so please let me know how I can help. I'm not sure if you know this, but I have to stick to a gluten-free diet for health reasons-I don't want to be a burden with this restriction, so let me know what I can make and bring for the group, and we can all share without Grandma having to alter her menu." That way, it sounds like you WANT to help, and that you don't want to cause problems for Grandma
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11-25-2008, 07:39 PM | #6 | |
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If all else fails and you're not allowed to bring your own dish, you can always resort to plan B...claim that you're not feeling well and just push food around on your plate. Then run out to your car and eat a snack!
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11-25-2008, 07:45 PM | #7 | |
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11-25-2008, 07:55 PM | #8 | |
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I am looking forward to Thursday though, when I cook dinner at home for my uncle and cousins. Ive actually been baking stuff today. I made graham crackers for the cheesecake, and baked some bread for the stuffing. Tomorrow I will be getting other stuff ready, and making some cookies. The flour I use is a mixture of rice flour, tapioca flour, and potato starch. Its actually really good.
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11-25-2008, 08:03 PM | #9 |
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| Yeah this is tough for me every year... You shouldn't have to be sick later just to make someone happy. I sit at the table but don't expect me to eat exploding biscuits, undercooked turkey and MSG-filled gravy, sorry. (Yeah, I'm pretty bitter after several bad experiences, I don't do guilt anymore...You can't guilt me into nausea and headaches.) I'm looking forward to cooking on Friday I am making an all natural turkey and just the basic side dishes (potatoes, stuffing). It makes up for not eating on Thursday. I always offer to host/cook but there is a lot of resistance to change so we just do our own thing on another day. Then we get good leftovers
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11-25-2008, 08:10 PM | #10 | |
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11-25-2008, 08:21 PM | #11 | |
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11-25-2008, 08:36 PM | #12 |
YT 2000 Club Member | My son Kennedy has to be on a gluten free diet, on top of that he has food allergies to seafood, dairy, soy protein, and all nuts. I do not take chances with his food at all. I alway's make sure that who ever is having the diner ( grandparents, aunt's) know that I will be bringing his food myself. My mother is the only one that goes out of her way to use the products ( rice flour, rice milk, his gluten free noodles) that my son can have. My mother in law on the other hand is a whole different story, she "forgets" he can't have any nuts at all. I can't take chances with his health so I alway's bring something he can have too.I feel that if the shoe was on their foot, then they would be the same way. I just became vegetarian this past May and she pitched a fit. She said I was picky enough as it was and that I was going to ruin the holiday's! She has had us over for diner a few times and has tried to get me to eat the meat Once I offered to make a soup( olive gardens Zuppa Tuscana) and I used a vegetarian meatless sausage for it and used Soy creamer, you could not actually tell by looking at it it was vegetarian at all, and it tasted so good too! Everyone loved it and I had to give them my recipe I offered to do a side dish of roasted vegies, vegie gravy for the smashed potatoes, and a Tofurky for me and anyone that would like to try it ( I can't eat a 9 serving tofurky myself!) We go over for their Thanksgiving on Friday so we will see how that goes.
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