What do you do if you get invited to someone's house and all they eat and serve is meat and pasta?

[elnina]

Originally Posted by stan4

I always eat what is served.

It is one meal. Won't kill you.

^^^ This!!
I consider it to be very rude to take an invitation to eat and then complain about the food or food preferences/habits.
Also bringing own food seems a bit odd to me. It just makes a statement of disapproving other people food choices. A bottle of wine, or a dessert is ok, but side dishes? I would bring a side dish or specialty food only if asked to do so.
If I know that I would not want to eat the kind of food served, I would politely decline the invitation.

[bhadu]

My wife and I had a similar experience last month. Our Partner has a meat and potatoes family. So we always bring a big salad with about 2 dressings on the side. the kids actually eat the salad. We sometimes bring the veggie dish with Humus dip
Bhadra

[GoldyViolet]

Originally Posted by Cdarocks

When we are asked to dinner I always ask if I can bring anything. It is a rare occasion when I am not taken up on my offer, but even if the answer is no I still bring a bottle of wine. I can't seem to bring myself to arrive empty handed.

This thread reminded me of a situation I encountered a few months ago. A client asked me to provide dinner for a group of people, including a distinguished guest whom you would all know if I said the name. My client asked for an Italian themed dinner and I was happy to comply, spending careful time (as I always do) preparing things as authentically as possible. I had everything set up in the great dining hall of the client's home and as dinner begins I hear someone ask which of the dishes contain garlic. My heart sinks as I realize it is the guest of honor, who is apparently allergic to garlic. He has not said a word about this to anyone and apparently even a very small amount is unacceptable. The only item with zero garlic was the fresh herbs butter, bread and tiramisu. The only other food the host had to offer was an apple and some cheese, so that's what he ate. I was horrified.

Wow, that's awful. I can only imagine your horror! But the guest really should have said something if he knew food was being prepared for him. Still, that's quite a story. Thank you for sharing!