Lenona > wrote:
> This is a new column.
>
> http://www.buffalonews.com/life/colu...icle262608.ece
>
> Dear Miss Manners: Is it rude to bring your own stuffing because
> you dont like what the host is serving? (The host is my daughter,
> and my boyfriend is the stuffing hater.)
>
> Gentle Reader: Since this is a family dinner, there is a polite way
> for him to bring stuffing that he likes. All he has to do, Miss
> Manners begs you to inform him, is to obtain your daughters
> permission beforehand to bring it nicely packed inside of a freshly
> cooked turkey.
>
>
> (end)
>
> I don't understand MM's response. What's so terrible about bringing
> extra stuffing without a turkey to go with it? In MY experience,
> stuffing is something people often like MORE than the turkey - and
> since, in my extended family, Thanksgiving dinner is always at the
> same house, it would be wrong, in our opinions, for each of us NOT to
> bring part of the meal - or an "extra" pie, stuffing or vegetable
> dish. So all you'd have to do is bring a generous amount in case
> everyone else prefers your stuffing too.
>
> But I do like MM's response to the next letter. Even though it
> surprised me a bit.
>
> Lenona.

Oh go ahead and hurt the host feelings.
However... If it is corn bread stuffing, that is a different story

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)