Discussion»Questions»Food and Drink» What would you do if you invited people over for dinner and one took more then their share and left some others without?
I would politely say something before anyone dug in.
Usually if I am serving a group and there is a limited portion to a dish, I will say so out loud before anyone starts passing things around. Certain things I can even go around and offer a serving myself.
Yeh, because sometimes people assume you have seconds sitting there in the kitchen. If you let them know ahead of time of what you got, most are careful not to load up their plate.
Say nothing. Eat what is left and either make up another course or eat more dessert. My main concern at the moment would not be to correct the rude or thoughtless person but to make sure everyone has had enough to eat. Because I am so paranoid about such matters and I do entertain frequently I would make sure that never happened again. So, I would either make so much food to begin with no one would go without, or if food was limited, than each plate would be made and served to guests. No family style serving if food is limited.
I'd probably embarrass him and tell him "In school we were taught to share with everybody and you are leaving some people without their portion. If one portion isn't enough for you, I'll fix you a sandwich."
This post was edited by Harry at March 7, 2017 6:45 PM MST
Yeah, generally speaking, if I don't know the person really well, I probably wouldn't do that. But, if they are close friends or family members? Yes, I would! LOL!
As you mentioned in another response, I usually make sure I have much more food than we will ever eat. I have a fear of running out of food so I will usually go overboard. And, I do like having the leftovers for a couple of days. Makes life easy.
I read somewhere about a practice called FHB (Family Hold Back). Since guests are served usually served first, the family members take smaller portions if necessary to make the food go further.
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