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Default On bringing your own unrequested food to the holiday dinner

On Wed, 14 Dec 2016 12:43:05 -0500, Nancy Young
> wrote:

>On 12/13/2016 11:44 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>
>> Depends. Vegan is tougher than vegetarian. In any case, if we are
>> having a roast there are plenty of side to eat, but they would not be
>> vegan friendly. We do have peanut butter though.

>
>I have one brother who's got so many dietary restrictions that I've
>given up. He can't eat dairy, onions, garlic, paprika. I'm sure
>there's more. Oh, chick peas will kill him, this I learned when
>I tried bringing 3 bean salad that he could have.
>
>At this point we just bring plain vegetable separated out from
>whatever dish we're bringing to family dinners. Plain carrots,
>green beans, potatoes, whatever.
>
>Thing is, he doesn't ask anyone to change things for him. He finds
>something to eat and his wife will bring pumpkin pie he can eat,
>something like that. He doesn't make a big issue out of it.
>
>nancy


For $3.75 you can buy him a bale of hay. LOL