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Friends over for dinner
I also posted this on Entetaining Ideas, but thought I might get more feedback from this board.
Hey all, I am wanting to invite some friends (possibly 4- 2 married couples) over for dinner this weekend. Basically what happened was I made some ribs a few weeks ago and DH bragged about them so much that our friends all want me to make some for them! I love cooking for others and having people over, so that's not an issue. What IS an issue is that the ingredients are kind of expensive- and there are going to be 6 of us (including 3 guys who could each easily eat a full rack on their own)!! Would it be tacky to ask the other couples to help chip in some cash for the meat? I could get everything else myself, but the meat is pricey. What would you do?
Re: Friends over for dinner
Yes, tacky to collect money. That being said, sounds like your friends, very nicely, invited themselves over. If that's the case, I would throw it out like this:
"Hey Guys,
Understand you're all excited to try my ribs, you should be, and I'm happy to oblige. Price of admission is to bring a dish to pass. Some suggestions would be ...
Looking forward to the Meal,
littlemiss"
you invite. you pay.
to be clear, this is usually my stance as well, but it sounds like it's been a "you should invite us over" situation.
this is true but once she makes it 'official' by inviting them over......she can say no to their self-invite if she can't afford.
little-if you can't afford it don't invite them over yet or set it for 6 or 8 weeks away or whatever so you ahve time to save. but asking them to chip in-no.
can't you just invite them over for dinner and make something else besides ribs. just tell them since you had them recently you wanted to cook something else?
its not really about the ribs when you have friends over like that its about spending time together.
maybe you could use the same sauce you use on the ribs on like chicken or pulled pork?
The Rowdy Roberts