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You're really naive if you don't think that "not always" isn't "whenever it's convenient". And yet, I go out to eat anyway.
As I said in my post, I am NOT naive about what possibly goes on in a restaurant's kitchen but at least there are mandated health/safety standards in place that are supposed to be followed. Home kitchens have no such mandates.
Several places I've worked have solved the problem of too many bags of chips by assigning each department a different type of food on a rotating basis. Within the department they would figure out how to split up the cost and work. In smaller companies there was normally a sign up sheet with why everyone planned on bringing and then a few more motivated folk would fill in the gaps.
One place I worked was based in Israel...every Christmas potluck the Israeli engineers would make...or have there wives make....these great kosher dishes to bring in. We looked forward to their contribution. (And no....they did not have a problem with being involved with the secular festivities around this time of year.)
Same in my office. I've got Jews and Muslims and Hindus. They all join in the activities.
I'm somewhat amazed at all the people who are concerned with not knowing the condition of the places where food was prepared--REALLY? Are that many people so princessy and above everyone else that they worry about things like this? It never occurred to me to think about what my coworkers' kitchens look like. Do you know how many germs you carry around on you every day? Did you ever see the magnified pictures of those mites that live in the roots of your eyelashes? LOL. I mean, if you know one of your coworkers picks his nose regularly or something, maybe yeah, you might question his food preparation hygiene, but c'mon. Human beings are full of bacteria and not sterile creatures, every last one of us.
I used to love them at my work...the food was so good...we had two people though that if they knew you had a dog, they wouldn't eat your food...more for everybody else...
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Potluck dinners should be separated into two groups - pet owners on one side and the rest on the other side.
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These women were weird...haha..
Some people are weird that way. My friend stays with me when she comes from another state to visit her family, because she and her sister cannot bear each other for more than a couple of hours at a time. Her sister has NEVER visited her because she has dogs and a cat, and she's made obnoxious remarks about her sister staying with me "when she has all those animals" (I have four cats.)
Meanwhile, some of the people this sister hangs out with...give me the animals any day.
They're tough for a vegetarian, so I usually bring a main dish unless I want a meal of baby carrots and chips.
I have a rice-and-black-beans vegan dish I make that I've brought to potlucks before. Some people see beans and won't touch it, but others who are not vegetarians have tried it and liked it as a side dish.
I'm somewhat amazed at all the people who are concerned with not knowing the condition of the places where food was prepared--REALLY? Are that many people so princessy and above everyone else that they worry about things like this? It never occurred to me to think about what my coworkers' kitchens look like. Do you know how many germs you carry around on you every day? Did you ever see the magnified pictures of those mites that live in the roots of your eyelashes? LOL. I mean, if you know one of your coworkers picks his nose regularly or something, maybe yeah, you might question his food preparation hygiene, but c'mon. Human beings are full of bacteria and not sterile creatures, every last one of us..
Is this nasty comment really necessary? Seriously?
You can't belittle people who are concerned about the hygiene and food preparation practices of others. Afterall, they will be consuming food (and possibly germs) generated in that person's home. They have every right to privately and openly question it.
It has nothing to do with people "so princessy and [thinking they are] above everyone else."
If you personally are preparing food for others, and know that your working/cooking conditions are sanitary, then you truly have no legitimate reason to sound snarky or derisive in your post above. Do you?
Denigrating others and their legitimate concerns is not cool.
Rethink and or Reread your posts prior to posting them.
In my workplace, you are exposed to far more germs just doing the job than you would ever be by someone's potluck submission. All in perspective, I guess.
Is this nasty comment really necessary? Seriously?
You can't belittle people who are concerned about the hygiene and food preparation practices of others. Afterall, they will be consuming food (and possibly germs) generated in that person's home. They have every right to privately and openly question it.
It has nothing to do with people "so princessy and [thinking they are] above everyone else."
If you personally are preparing food for others, and know that your working/cooking conditions are sanitary, then you truly have no legitimate reason to sound snarky or derisive in your post above. Do you?
Denigrating others and their legitimate concerns is not cool.
Rethink and or Reread your posts prior to posting them.
Yes...it does come off a princessey and that you are looking down your nose at others. It really isn't a legit concern if you just assume everyone is dirty and unsanitary and your not....it's just snobbish.
Yes...it does come off a princessey and that you are looking down your nose at others. It really isn't a legit concern if you just assume everyone is dirty and unsanitary and your not....it's just snobbish.
It isn't assuming that everyone is dirty or unsanitary, it's knowing that people may be different from you. I myself don't keep a spotless kitchen. I have friends that keep their kitchens as if the state is inspecting their facility. I have zero issues with people not wanting to eat other people's contribution. That means more for everyone else. Only way it's snobby or princessy, if they are going around telling everyone there that they won't eat their foods because their kitchens might not be clean.
Here in the forum we are strangers so expressing what one thinks is fine and not snobby. Going to a potluck and then expressing those thoughts publicly can be seen as snobby.
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