Ice. Or am I being a jerk?

[Batesmotel]

A friend of mine was asked to provide dessert for a luncheon after Easter Service this week at her church. She happily agreed. Then one of the little “Church Ladies” on the food committee gave her the restrictions. 
 

No gluten, dairy, eggs, nuts, refined sugar Etc. Etc. Etc. My friend suggested multiple desserts so everyone could have a choice without ingredients they can’t eat. The idea was dismissed. 
 

Basically sounds like someone was pissed they didn’t get to make the dessert. The Pastor is now looking into the assignment issues. 
 

I said just serve a bowl of ice.

Again, what the hell is wrong with people. 

[Cougar_ml]

 

One, if you're asked to bring a food, then you should bring something that you can eat.  

If you're asked to bring food that you won't personally eat, tell them to f-off.

 

if the "food committee" is only interested in having food that those with restrictions can eat, and every possible restriction at that all in one dish,  then they can do it themselves.  

 

It's almost guaranteed that all of those restrictions belong to a single person, or a couple people, and those people are on the food committee.  They're trying to bring everyone else down to their level of hate for food.

[Huaco Kid]

At a company function,  I once brought my "famous" Mexican Cornbread.

Muy caliente.  I didn't supply the Tucks.

I was never asked again.

 

[Borg warner]

I've been to plenty of pot luck dinners and I'm diabetic and there's always something I can't eat, so I just don't eat it.  and anytime I've ever gone to a pancake breakfast, I've always brought my own bottle of diet syrup.

The problem with trying to make everything foolproof is that it accommodates the fools who don't know how to deal with their own limitations.

 

[Walt Longmire]

I suspect that a lot of this food restriction stuff is just people seeking attention. Not all, but many of them.

[Ricordo]

Buy a Mexican cheese flan at the nearest shop.

Tell them it's gluten free.

 

[pipedreams]

Ignore the little church lady and bring what you want, or just tell them to stuff it.  You can't please everyone.

[Batesmotel]

She told the pastor she isn’t bringing anything. She won’t be put in the middle of this crap. I still told her to bring ice. 

[Batesmotel]

1 hour ago, Walt Longmire said:

I suspect that a lot of this food restriction stuff is just people seeking attention. Not all, but many of them.

Very true. My wife’s family are like that.
 

This is a back handed power play. 

[jfost11]

Nothing is probably best. Is the ice from well water, city water, or bottled water? Can't be too safe these days. 

[gwalchmai]

Just bring what you like. If the committee whines just say you didn't understand. Worst that can happen is you won't be asked to bring stuff next time.

[ChuteTheMall]

Crawfish

[railfancwb]

Some people go to “dinner on the grounds” to sample and hopefully enjoy other people’s cooking. Other people observe carefully where their offerings end up on the serving table and dip only from those.

Getting a touch of food poisoning at such an event will move an individual from the first group to the second one. 

[Hook]

I’m in the club that I need to know you very well to eat food at a potluck. I don’t know how clean people are and if they got damn cats crawling on their countertops. I will usually eat before hand or not go. If people are that picky about what you bring screw em. 

[Maser]

I swear I wish people can just have opinions and personal choices without being so obnoxious about them.  In the last city I lived in I lived on a cold-a-sac (probably spelled wrong) and my family and the other families on the block would have potluck block parties.  If you didn't like something that was brought, you didn't eat it.  You didn't go all SJW and start demanding that everyone only brings food you like.  Anyone who frequents potluck parties will tell you it's next to impossible to find something you don't like.  Just be careful of those who bring macaroni salad! 

 

[minervadoe]

8 hours ago, Batesmotel said:

Again, what the hell is wrong with people. 

Excessive virtue signalling.  The cause is a lack of imagination and a self image rooted in trying to impress other people with their righteousness.  i.e. their assholes are puckered so tight that they can't take a crap without permission from their opinion leaders. 

btw: Siliacs disease (the malady responsible for gluten sensitivity) occurs in about one percent of the population.  All the rest of the people going gluten free are clueless trend following lemmings.

IMHO, of course.

[Walt Longmire]

1 hour ago, Hook said:

I’m in the club that I need to know you very well to eat food at a potluck. I don’t know how clean people are and if they got damn cats crawling on their countertops. I will usually eat before hand or not go. If people are that picky about what you bring screw em. 

Yeah cause we've all seen the pics of the cat crapping in the rice bowl.

[Walt Longmire]

You could always provide some gluten free beer. Or maybe a jug of Vodka.

[Cougar_ml]

Heard a story somewhere, can't find it will try to remember as best I can

 

College class had a regular study group or other activity, where one person would bring food for the group.

There was a vegetarian in the group.

So every time food was brought, a vegetarian option was brought in order to cater to their needs.

 

When it was the vegetarian's turn to feed the group, they provided vegetarian only food.

Rest of the group was annoyed.

Professor was annoyed. 

Vegetarian argued that they didn't have to provide meat for everyone since they don't eat it themself.

 

Professor stated to the vegetarian "Everyone has catered to your dietary habits when they brought food."  Tossed them the phone.  "Pizza Hut is speed dial 4.  2 meat lover's pizzas ought to do it"

[tous]

1 hour ago, minervadoe said:

Excessive virtue signalling.  The cause is a lack of imagination and a self image rooted in trying to impress other people with their righteousness.  i.e. their assholes are puckered so tight that they can't take a crap without permission from their opinion leaders. 

btw: Siliacs disease (the malady responsible for gluten sensitivity) occurs in about one percent of the population.  All the rest of the people going gluten free are clueless trend following lemmings.

IMHO, of course.

Gluten and the avoidance of wasn't even a blip on the cultural RADAR until Bill O'Reilly mentioned that he had abandoned gluten and that numerous maladies were suddenly cured.

Suddenly, 98% of the population was gluten intolerant and demanded the elimination of gluten in all things, edible or not.

Even lemmings could not hurl themselves from a cliff that quickly or with such obedient ardor. 

I have to laugh when I see eggs, milk, fruits and vegetables cheese listed as gluten-free.

Such foods never have had gluten and never will.

That's the only humorous aspect of the touch-gluten-and-die movement.

The food-purity nuts don't seem to acknowledge that as a lad and many, many others, we used to push handfuls of wild blueberries, raspberries and tomatoes in our mouthes, likely covered in animal poop, herbicides and  insecticides

Survived.

Oh, and I wiped my mouth with the backs of my hands and wiped my hands on the front of my T-shirt. 

Survived.

 

 

[janice6]

 

15 minutes ago, tous said:

Gluten and the avoidance of wasn't even a blip on the cultural RADAR until Bill O'Reilly mentioned that he had abandoned gluten and that numerous maladies were suddenly cured.

Suddenly, 98% of the population was gluten intolerant and demanded the elimination of gluten in all things, edible or not.

Even lemmings could not hurl themselves from a cliff that quickly or with such obedient ardor. 

I have to laugh when I see eggs, milk, fruits and vegetables cheese listed as gluten-free.

Such foods never have had gluten and never will.

That's the only humorous aspect of the touch-gluten-and-die movement.

 

I see "Organic ads for foods and no "Inorganic foods" ads.  It's good for laughs at best, ignoring Organics is cheaper.

I interpret "Organic" Chicken, for example, meaning you had a quiet conversation with the Chicken and convinced it that it wanted to die before you killed it.  The Chicken died in any event and I seriously doubt you cared for how it died.

[Huaco Kid]

15 minutes ago, tous said:

That's the only humorous aspect of the touch-gluten-and-die movement.

Gluten makes your d*ck fly off.

[janice6]

Just now, Huaco Kid said:

Gluten makes your d*ck fly off.

So does some "Organic" chicks.

[minervadoe]

Just now, Huaco Kid said:

Gluten makes your d*ck fly off.

Does that mean that I can become a competitive female type athlete then?

[Maser]

30 minutes ago, tous said:

Gluten and the avoidance of wasn't even a blip on the cultural RADAR until Bill O'Reilly mentioned that he had abandoned gluten and that numerous maladies were suddenly cured.

Suddenly, 98% of the population was gluten intolerant and demanded the elimination of gluten in all things, edible or not.

Even lemmings could not hurl themselves from a cliff that quickly or with such obedient ardor. 

I have to laugh when I see eggs, milk, fruits and vegetables cheese listed as gluten-free.

Such foods never have had gluten and never will.

That's the only humorous aspect of the touch-gluten-and-die movement.

The food-purity nuts don't seem to acknowledge that as a lad and many, many others, we used to push handfuls of wild blueberries, raspberries and tomatoes in our mouthes, likely covered in animal poop, herbicides and  insecticides

Survived.

Oh, and I wiped my mouth with the backs of my hands and wiped my hands on the front of my T-shirt. 

Survived.

 

 

 

And therein lies the reason why so many in the new generation are constantly getting sick.  Their immune systems are just as soy filled as they are!  It's a proven fact our immune systems need practice in order to get stronger.