[Bonny]

Originally Posted by Barefoot

What? No wine and chocolate!

Definitely wine. Maybe a small bite of chocolate.

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by Polar Bear

Ahhh. You included my favorite food...butter.

Everything goes better with butter !

[justjim]

Grew up on beans and taters and still like em'. OP, kinda sort of know what your saying. A few years ago we went out with a group of Villagers and one or two always complained about their food. Bottom line---we quit going.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Bonny

Definitely wine. Maybe a small bite of chocolate.

If a small bite of dark chocolate is healthy, wouldn't half a pound of it be even better?

[Taltarzac725]

Yakitori Recipe | Japanese Cooking 101

I remember making some Yakitori for a lunch at Information Access Company around 1986 and one of the fellow employees asked me if it were chicken or lamb as she was allergic to lamb. Diabetics also had to be careful with sugar intake.

There are serious medical reasons for some people asking about special needs in food.

They liked by Yakitori and it impressed a woman I was trying to get a date with but I had decided to go back to Law School then after dropping out of BYU. Another place with very strict food guidelines which I had to follow while on the BYU Campus and under their Honor Code.

There are also the Jewish, Muslim and Hindi food bans. These too seem important. I heard a lot about them from a Jewish Villages neighbor and earlier from a University of Denver Graduate Librarianship Program student who was a strict Muslim from Mosul, Iraq. There are people who just do this of attention-- claim special needs-- but there are many others who have serious reasons about their food intake.

[dbussone]

Originally Posted by CFrance

If a small bite of dark chocolate is healthy, wouldn't half a pound of it be even better?

Absolutely. And I read that in the New England Journal of Medicine.

[Topspinmo]

Originally Posted by Bonny

Maybe it's just me, but I think the main food groups are bacon, pizza, cheese, peanut butter & butter.

You forgot kechup

[manaboutown]

Since I grew up with many food allergies I can understand why some folks must be careful about what they eat. Fortunately I outgrew most of them when I hit my teens. The food allergies unfortunately were passed on to my grandkids. Frankly, I had all but forgotten them until they showed up in my grandkids.

What bothers me is the disgusting gorging I see, mostly when I hit all you can eat buffets for a quick meal. I try to sit where the 300 to 400 pound gluttons scarfing it down are out of my field of view; else I will lose my appetite.

[kittygilchrist]

Trying not to pass up an opportunity to say what irks me!

Pride and arrogance about one's superiority in selecting food. Thinking one is wiser than their host while refusing to eat or drink most everything, even water, and no grace to bring your own brand.

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by CFrance

If a small bite of dark chocolate is healthy, wouldn't half a pound of it be even better?

I worked for a wonderful chocolate manufacturer for 10 years. Guess what I ate for breakfast, lunch & dinner. LOL Kind of had my fill of chocolate. I love it, but don't eat much of it.

[Bonny]

Originally Posted by Topspinmo

You forgot kechup

Hmmmm, that's okay. A small bottle of ketchup will last us 3 plus years. LOL

[2BNTV]

Being a diabetic myself, I don't impose my restrictions on other people. I can choose something healthy or not go to a restaurant, at all.

My choice!

BTW - I'll have cheesecake for dessert! LOL

[goodtimesintv]

We have neighbors with whom we're too embarrassed to dine out anymore.

Certain ingredients are suspect (nobody else has heard of these causing problems), and they think nothing of sending the servers back to the kitchen to "ask the chef" several times about suspect condiment ingredients they don't even have to put on their salad or sandwich.

They could simply order oil and vinegar for the salad, and not use the condiment on their sandwich. But no. Everyone is made to hear the twice as loud voice preaching about the evils of certain ingredients, as if they should be sent to a crime lab.

They're oblivious to social cues. Dinner's not supposed to be a courtroom prosecution.

[Ecuadog]

Originally Posted by goodtimesintv

We have neighbors with whom we're too embarrassed to dine out anymore. ...

Bad company can ruin a meal faster than bad food.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Ecuadog

Bad company can ruin a meal faster than bad food.

That's quite true.