To think it's rude to nab a piece of a shared meal before it's served?

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So for example. If you're having a roast and are serving it in dishes so people can take what they want. So all the hot food is being out into dishes in the kitchen, ready to take to the dining table.

Am I unreasonable in thinking that someone shouldn't pop into the kitchen/take the food through and help themselves to a bit of chicken or a roast potato before they're on the plate...? (Especially as they weren't involved in the preparation or cooking!)

@MistySkiesAfterRain

Isn't it just checking they aren't poisonous?

no, that's just for the pudding

I think it’s a bit cheeky unless it’s the person who cooked, in which case it’s their right

I guess if you allow for say 3 or 4 roast potatoes each then the person that scoffed one has to have one less on their plate when serving up, they have just had a bit of their meal on route, :)

Unless they tore a leg off the chicken and were gnawing it caveman style over the serving platter you’re being unreasonable

@isthisareverse

Anyone saying YABU are the rude fuckers eating everything.

Do you cook so little that there's less than a bit of chicken or ONE roast potato per person and nothing left if someone grabs a bit in the kitchen?

In the world of MN where a chicken feeds a family of 8 for a month, what do you make a roast with? A quail?

No we always cook loads more than is necessary, eat as much as you want ONCE it is all served.

I always take the crispiest skin bits before dishing up. No one will appreciate them like I do.

No we always cook loads more than is necessary, eat as much as you want ONCE it is all served.

but what difference does it make if someone grabs a little piece in the kitchen? That's when food taste the best

@isthisareverse

No we always cook loads more than is necessary, eat as much as you want ONCE it is all served.

but what difference does it make if someone grabs a little piece in the kitchen? That's when food taste the best

If you are not cooking, what are you even doing in the kitchen????? Getting in the way and annoying the cooks!!!!!!

just checking what's for lunch and getting a taste, what else

Unconscionably rude.

I nick so many of the best roasties and snack as I'm dishing up I literally end up not even sitting down for the meal. Christmas Dinner I'm full as a bastard and all stocked up before the plates even see daylight.

@6fingerkitkat

Is this the CF who dared to only feed the DS lasagne trying to justify why there wasn't enough roast for him ?

I also wandered if lasagne was involved.

That's standard in my house and even more so when I go to my mums as she cooks better than me. Completely normal.

Depends if it's at home or at a workplace where this is a sacking offence.

@Batshittery

Do you find yourself generally friendless and not trusted by others? 😉

I had to think twice about posting my aversion to roasties. It's so outing.
One day I hope to meet a like minded soul

Maybe once interstellar travel is possible, you'll get your wish.

I do think I would find it rude, because I cook what will be eaten- I can’t abide food waste. 6 tiny roasties, 3/4 chicken breast, two Yorkshire’s, 3 parsnips and veggies for me, 2 tiny roasties, 1/4 chicken breast, 1 Yorkshire, 2 smaller parsnips and veggies for the toddler.

Since there’s only us two, I just bang a single chicken breast in and we share- and monkey is too little to reach to steal any anyway! But from a hypothetical viewpoint, yes it would bug me.

I always do this. Can't resist.

Quality assurance. Very important part of the process.

@Batshittery

It wouldn't bother me, but I'm probably the one who would do it! Not roast potatoes though

I stand in solidarity sister, roast potatoes are the worst part of the meal. Yorkshire puddings, however are always "tested" before leaving the kitchen.

It annoys me when people flock to the kitchen as I'm serving up and start to pick especially when they've all conveniently managed to stay occupied during the preparation.

It's rude if there's only a certain amount of food.

Don't be silly OP!

I think at home if it's just a normal family dinner this is totally fine.

If something special has been made and presentation is part of it, then this isn't OK. (For example, it's a massive dick move to yank a bit of icing off a birthday cake, or pull some pastry off the top of a pie etc)

@Batshittery

Do you find yourself generally friendless and not trusted by others? 😉

I had to think twice about posting my aversion to roasties. It's so outing.
One day I hope to meet a like minded soul

DD 13 only likes potatoes in preprepared mash form, and then only Sainsbury's and whatever brand my aunt uses (I suspect Waitrose).

I am so pleased to see a couple more in the no roasties camp. It seems we are in a very exclusive club