I'm not sure I'm posting this in the right place but here goes!
If a family who keeps kosher is hosting a pot-luck dinner for a mix of Jewish and non-Jewish people, is it reasonable for them to specify only kosher food be brought into their house? I expect it is, but am interested in canvassing opinions here.
Here's the background:
We have an end-of-term parents' get-together for DD2's class coming up and one of the families has extremely kindly offered their house as the venue. Each couple has been asked to bring a starter, main or dessert for the buffet table (as you would expect for pot-luck!) and I said I would bring a seafood-based dish - I didn't know about the kosher requirements at this point.
One of our class reps then very kindly told me that the host family is kosher and therefore people are being requested not to bring meat or shellfish dishes. Absolutely no problem, I do a mean grilled asparagus and will bring that instead.
It just got me thinking though. I kind of would have thought that the family wouldn't really care what other people are eating, but it seems that they do. How would this compare with say a vegetarian family only wanting veggie dishes in their house?