A close friend of DH is having a BBQ today. We're Muslim so I understand lots of food may be off limits to us. We can't eat pork and generally eat vegetarian and fish when out. It also means we couldn't eat the food if it was cooked alongside (ie. on the same grill) the pork and other meat are cooked on. I understand for a BBQ these dietary requirements can be a real pain for those that don't usually have the requirements. I don't want to be difficult guests and so I am wondering if we should we take a bunch of foods with us that they could put out or would that seem rude? I was thinking of taking some quiche type things from Waitrose? And maybe they could put it out with the rest of the food? We would be more than happy to share/take enough so there'd be enough to serve a group of people.
We absolutely do not expect halal meat to be provided and would not ask for it (we don't want to be annoying guests) and we would always find something we could eat without making a fuss eg. Salads with maybe a burger bun.
That said, I get the impression the BBQ is quite big and lots of people are invited. I can imagine the guests are a wide range of people including vegans and vegetarians (I know another friend of DH is vegan and she is going) so I would imagine the hosts would have thought of that. It's important DH goes because he hasn't been able to catch up with some of his friends for a while - lots of new babies on the scene and we would all like our babies to meet too.
Anyway
YABU: it's weird to take your own food/it's rude
YANBU: it would be fine to take/I wouldn't think anything of it
Edit: I remembered a couple more points I wanted to add. At the time of being invited DH did ask if there's anything we could bring etc but they said no. He didn't however mention any dietary requirements but imagines his friend is aware of it.