Offended by friend’s comments about party food

Really??

You know this is site with majority UK users. It takes 2 seconds to google “Iceland shop uk” and find out.

You know it’s not about food imported from Iceland, come on…

Sounds nice to me.

This. The snobbery of your friend op and also on here with some posters is astounding. The mother is actively encouraging rude offspring too rather than teaching them grace and manners

It's not my preferred food, DS eats pretty much anything so he'd be fine, but if you're not keen on processed food where does McDonald's fit!? You smile say thank you or I'm actually not hungry yet and make something when you get home. She's rude.

Gutted I'd be wanting the sausage rolls and the stodge! It's always the most leftovers at our work buffets too. Although everyone wants it....

Is Iceland a shop or a brand or is the food just imported from Iceland? I am so confused.

im in Australia we don’t have these upper class and lower class supermarkets. Yes we have Aldi which is cheaper, but then we have Woolies and Coles who are fairly equal and where everyone shops. There isn’t a well known common ‘upper class’ supermarket pretentious people shop 😂. There is a couple of expensive organic supermarkets but they are very rare. I don’t understand shopping at a place more expensive just for the sake of it. Is the food different?

Also cheese and pineapple on sticks along with cheese and sweet pickled onions and cocktail sausages on sticks are still a staple of my entertaining. Not had an adult guest who didn't go for one or the other.

No, I have no vegan friends. How did you know? 😃

The outbreak of scurvy comment was hyperbole/sarcasm.

You know something- my office, upmarket, private client solicitors, frequently catering for clients, presentations, partners' meetings, trustees' meetings etc, breakfast and lunches. Guess what uneaten leftover appears back in the staff kitchen- the fruit.

Yes, she was rude and is raising at least one of her kids to follow in her impolite footsteps. I wouldn't be inclined to host them again, but if I did, I might suggest that you'll provide the location/entertainment and you'll both contribute to the food side of things so there's more variety. At least then the picky ones can eat what they brought (and stop rudely talking about plans to stop for food on the way home).

I have two thoughts:

would the food have been more ' acceptable ' if it had been from M&S or Waitrose

• tho how would she / they have known

or

was she / were they expecting what could be termed ' picnic ' food i.e. sandwiches, pork pies, sausage rolls - tho you did have them !

She sounds really rude and ungrateful. If McDonald's is the only thing they will eat, she should have said. But first she should have given her children a much wider diet and taught them (and herself) some manners.

Incredibly rude of her. Where are people’s manners? If her children are picky eaters (which I understand) then the thing to do would have been to have some options discreetly tucked away so they didn’t actually go hungry.

“Party” food is just that, it’s not your main meal of the day and it doesn’t have to meet any nutritional needs. Some people are very into their performative catering, personally I can’t be doing with it.

Your guests were very rude, OP, you deserved better for your efforts.

There’s no need to drop it into conversation

They didn’t like the food

I would invite myself round to hers next weekend and see what she serves up then make excuses and tell her your off to the chippy if its crap! Such rudeness and entitlement x

I would want McDonald's even less.

This was some friends and their children coming around after a match to watch football on tv, not Abigail’s Party.😃

She was extremely rude. There was nothing wrong with what you offered.

It’s the perfect balance. With a nice strong cheddar.

I don't care if they liked your choice of food or not, or if posters on this thread like Iceland party food or not. Your friend was very rude and ungrateful

😆 nowt wrong with a bit of the old pineapple 🍍

Unforgivably rude. Doesn’t matter what you served them, the Iceland party food is a tempura-coated red herring.

That would be enough for me to ditch them, to be honest. Who needs that?

I'm with you OP! Iceland party food all the way. It all goes down a treat with our parties. I love the duck spring rolls and the mini pizzas. Your friend definitely sounds like a snob to me. I have a sister like that. She doesn't shop at Iceland..but she eats the food when it's sitting there in front of her. Must be nice to be able to shop at places like M&S or Waitrose for food. I don't have that luxury.

Yes it was rude but you assumed it was snobby so think going to mcdonalds is odd, I don't get that they were hungry (again rude about it though) so they ate somewhere quick so not get the snobby comment

I would have kept quiet thanked you and left

I don't see what there is to be offended by though but due to their rudeness I would not invite them again

Please ask her what she would have expected!! Everything bought from Waitrose or what?? Need to know 🤣