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What about secretly adding salt or pepper? How about olive oil? If you're cooking food for people it's not common to get pre-approval of the ingredients beyond

What about secretly adding salt or pepper? How about olive oil? If you're cooking food for people it's not common to get pre-approval of the ingredients beyond asking for any dietary restrictions.

serf 8y ago
>If you're cooking food for people it's not common to get pre-approval of the ingredients beyond asking for any dietary restrictions. you're a lucky chef. You'll get a real reality check when cooking for an elderly bunch of diabetics who automatically presume the world is low-sodium. I've found it's just easier to automatically presume that everyone has dietary restrictions, just some much more mild than most (some hate brocolli, and some will die if they are near peanuts, but it's the same scale.).
- afarrell 8y ago
  > I’ve found it's just easier to automatically presume that everyone has dietary restrictions... Could you explain more how you do this in practice? Do you list out all ingredients in a menu? Or do you have a list of standard dietary restrictions that most people have (pork, shellfish, dairy, beef, coconut, peanuts, horseradish, salt, ...) and just remove all of them?
  - pjc50 8y ago
    Don't presume, ask; something like "do you have any dietary requirements?" along with a dinner invitation. Covers everything from vegetarianism to highly specific allergies. Also puts the ball in the other person's court to be clear upfront before anything is cooked or purchased.
    - mlrtime 8y ago
      Nobody will mention MSG in this scenario unless they have a very acute allergy to it.
      - hopler 8y ago
        Then everyone gets MSG if the chef wants it. Chef is not telepath.
      - SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
        Or they have an irrational fear of it. Same goes for GM etc.
      - astura 8y ago
        If they don't want to consume something they need to say so.
    - afarrell 8y ago
      That is what I do. I’m curious what serf does.
- kzzzznot 8y ago
  I wouldn't say that cooking for an elderly bunch of diabetics is the norm, so I'd say you're unlucky rather than the parent being lucky to not cook for people like you described. How exactly do you go about handling this, show them the ingredients while/before cooking?
- tallanvor 8y ago
  If I'm cooking for you, I'm assuming you're not allergic to anything unless you tell me. Beyond that, I expect people to cook what they think people will enjoy when they invite me over, and I do the same when I invite them over.
- ninju 8y ago
  >just some much more mild than most (some hate brocolli, and some will die if they are near peanuts, but it's the same scale.) Did you just equate a preference/dislike of a food as being the same as a uncontrollable biological response to an allergen?

What about secretly adding salt or pepper? How about olive oil? If you're cooking food for people it's not common to get pre-approval of the ingredients beyond asking for any dietary restrictions.

serf 8y ago

>If you're cooking food for people it's not common to get pre-approval of the ingredients beyond asking for any dietary restrictions. you're a lucky chef. You'll get a real reality check when cooking for an elderly bunch of diabetics who automatically presume the world is low-sodium. I've found it's just easier to automatically presume that everyone has dietary restrictions, just some much more mild than most (some hate brocolli, and some will die if they are near peanuts, but it's the same scale.).

afarrell 8y ago
> I’ve found it's just easier to automatically presume that everyone has dietary restrictions... Could you explain more how you do this in practice? Do you list out all ingredients in a menu? Or do you have a list of standard dietary restrictions that most people have (pork, shellfish, dairy, beef, coconut, peanuts, horseradish, salt, ...) and just remove all of them?
- pjc50 8y ago
  Don't presume, ask; something like "do you have any dietary requirements?" along with a dinner invitation. Covers everything from vegetarianism to highly specific allergies. Also puts the ball in the other person's court to be clear upfront before anything is cooked or purchased.
  - mlrtime 8y ago
    Nobody will mention MSG in this scenario unless they have a very acute allergy to it.
    - hopler 8y ago
      Then everyone gets MSG if the chef wants it. Chef is not telepath.
    - SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
      Or they have an irrational fear of it. Same goes for GM etc.
    - astura 8y ago
      If they don't want to consume something they need to say so.
  - afarrell 8y ago
    That is what I do. I’m curious what serf does.
kzzzznot 8y ago
I wouldn't say that cooking for an elderly bunch of diabetics is the norm, so I'd say you're unlucky rather than the parent being lucky to not cook for people like you described. How exactly do you go about handling this, show them the ingredients while/before cooking?
tallanvor 8y ago
If I'm cooking for you, I'm assuming you're not allergic to anything unless you tell me. Beyond that, I expect people to cook what they think people will enjoy when they invite me over, and I do the same when I invite them over.
ninju 8y ago
>just some much more mild than most (some hate brocolli, and some will die if they are near peanuts, but it's the same scale.) Did you just equate a preference/dislike of a food as being the same as a uncontrollable biological response to an allergen?