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Only professional chefs cook for large groups every day, and they have staff to help. So whenever we regular folk have to feed a long table of guests, something will probably go wrong.
In the case of Reddit user Ok-Improvement3313, it was the menu. After they spent a whole day preparing food for a family dinner, their uncle-in-law’s friend who was also there demanded a gluten-free option.
But there was none and the host was too swamped to make one, thus igniting a heated conflict.
This person was hosting a huge dinner for their and their husband’s families
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But one guest was disappointed with the menu and made a huge scene about it
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Ritchat Ritchat Community Member Follow
Where should I start? If someone's gluten-free due to medical reasons, the person would always make sure beforehand, that there will be food that is safe to eat. I'm not gluten-free but highly allergic to pork. I need to make sure, there's no pork anywhere in the food in any form. But I would never expect someone to cook anything just for me. I'd cook or pick up something for myself before or after the event, or just eat vegetarian side dishes if there are any. The audacity to show up at someone's house, not even being invited by the hosts themselves, and expecting them to cook something solely for their specific diet is astounding. I also love how they all just expect OP to cook another meal. If they all think it's the right thing to do, then they should step up and do it themselves. A lot of a-holes attended that party, but OP was certainly not one of them.
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Scott T Brynildsen Scott T Brynildsen Community Member Follow
B******t! If I was vegetarian at a bbq at a stranger's house, I'm going to look for options that I can eat. They have salads, fruit, bread, etc, but I'm sure as hell not going to wait until everyone is sitting down to inconvenience the chef. That's selfish, and, as an adult, I can make my own stuff with the chef's permission.
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Jeremy James Jeremy James Community Member Follow
I was working in restaurants during the period when every trendy 20-something suddenly developed a gluten intolerance overnight. When a customer would tell me that they were "allergic to gluten," I had to clarify if it was indeed an allergy or a lifestyle choice. "Unfortunately, as you've indicated that you have an allergy, the only thing I can safely serve you would be a simple salad as our kitchen is not set up for that and we bake bread in-house." 9 times out of 10, they would back-pedal and say something like, "Oh, it's not that serious. A little gluten is okay." Those same customers would often order a beer or a co*cktail made with grain spirits with their "gluten-free" meal. My partner at the time had celiac's, so I know the struggle is real. But the "fad" of it was annoying af. Pretending to have a very real condition that needs to be catered to everywhere you go is not a substitute for a personality and does not make you any more special or interesting.
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Lsai Aeon Lsai Aeon Community Member Follow
Option C. Celiac is not an allergy. It's an auto-immune response triggered by the inability to break down the protein in wheat, rye, barley, and spelt
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OhBlahDi OhBlahDa OhBlahDi OhBlahDa Community Member Follow
Hubby can go live with his uncle and cook uncle's friend gluten free food all day long!
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Ritchat Ritchat Community Member Follow
Where should I start? If someone's gluten-free due to medical reasons, the person would always make sure beforehand, that there will be food that is safe to eat. I'm not gluten-free but highly allergic to pork. I need to make sure, there's no pork anywhere in the food in any form. But I would never expect someone to cook anything just for me. I'd cook or pick up something for myself before or after the event, or just eat vegetarian side dishes if there are any. The audacity to show up at someone's house, not even being invited by the hosts themselves, and expecting them to cook something solely for their specific diet is astounding. I also love how they all just expect OP to cook another meal. If they all think it's the right thing to do, then they should step up and do it themselves. A lot of a-holes attended that party, but OP was certainly not one of them.
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Scott T Brynildsen Scott T Brynildsen Community Member Follow
B******t! If I was vegetarian at a bbq at a stranger's house, I'm going to look for options that I can eat. They have salads, fruit, bread, etc, but I'm sure as hell not going to wait until everyone is sitting down to inconvenience the chef. That's selfish, and, as an adult, I can make my own stuff with the chef's permission.
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Jeremy James Jeremy James Community Member Follow
I was working in restaurants during the period when every trendy 20-something suddenly developed a gluten intolerance overnight. When a customer would tell me that they were "allergic to gluten," I had to clarify if it was indeed an allergy or a lifestyle choice. "Unfortunately, as you've indicated that you have an allergy, the only thing I can safely serve you would be a simple salad as our kitchen is not set up for that and we bake bread in-house." 9 times out of 10, they would back-pedal and say something like, "Oh, it's not that serious. A little gluten is okay." Those same customers would often order a beer or a co*cktail made with grain spirits with their "gluten-free" meal. My partner at the time had celiac's, so I know the struggle is real. But the "fad" of it was annoying af. Pretending to have a very real condition that needs to be catered to everywhere you go is not a substitute for a personality and does not make you any more special or interesting.
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Lsai Aeon Lsai Aeon Community Member Follow
Option C. Celiac is not an allergy. It's an auto-immune response triggered by the inability to break down the protein in wheat, rye, barley, and spelt
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OhBlahDi OhBlahDa OhBlahDi OhBlahDa Community Member Follow
Hubby can go live with his uncle and cook uncle's friend gluten free food all day long!
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