Dinner Time
Posted by: Anonymous
31st May 2007 03:05pm
Many of us enjoy going out for dinner, or to a friends house for a bbq, but what happens when it comes time to eat and drink? For example, in the case of a bbq, should you only eat what you brought or the equivalent (i.e don't eat the steak if you only brought sausages) or because its a group situation should you feel free to help yourself to whatever is on offer?
Also if you are eating out with a group, should you split the bill evenly amongst the group, regardless of whether you've ordered the most or least expensive thing on the menu, or should everyone pay for what they ordered?
Anonymous
- 10th Jun 2007 10:28am
If I have a BBQ at my house, I welcome people to bring things if they have particular tastes in meats / seafood or gluten free items that I could not find myself, however if they were to bring too much meat and only have theirs, as a host I would also be offended, almost a case of thinking that my food is not good enough to eat. I would say however that what we offer on the bbq menu suits the general person, we have everything from sausages (not the cheap crappy ones but gourmet/European sausages) to lamb / pork chops, steak, burgers (all home made) and various gourmet salads. If you plan the bbq and make the invite, then cater quality dishes (none of this store bought $2 plain sausages or serving bought dips in their boxes, take the time and prepare your own burgers, marinate your chops / prawns etc, well, its only a sign that you value good quality food and you think your guests are worthy of going to the trouble for).
If it's a very spontaneous bbq then its understandable if people bring and make something up themselves to get the bbq happening faster. Providing all the food when you're playing host may be dearer however your turn will come when someone else plays host, this takes the focus of who brought what and how much each food is worth, to actually enjoying the day. Alcohol however can get a little pricey, and while I offer reasonable wines, beers, soft drinks I find that most people out of respect bring their own spirits so drinks have never been allowed to become an issue.
Please note that while we do provide lots of food and alcohol we are on an average income but when it comes to food we never cut corners, if we couldn't afford it at that time we wouldn't make the invite.
In the case of going out, it is only fair that everyone pays for what they consumed so through into the total bill your meal value rounded up.
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