Supermarket meat

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Friends inviting us around for BBQ.

I don't eat supermarket meat, do I just bring our own stuff?

I’m like you OP. I eat a very heavy meat diet and I refuse to eat supermarket meat. The quality is horrendous. I’d rather pay more for quality

You could wear a sign round your neck that says "I don't want to eat your shitty food" to make sure you are totally clear with your intentions

I don’t understand this - I would never want my guests to eat something they didn’t like out of politeness.

If someone turned up to a BBQ at my house with their own meat they’d be laughed out the door. How rude can you get?!

The Ginger Pig does some lovely marinate kebab things - they are great to take to a BBQ.

Odd.

Meh - I'd just turn up and say you'd brought you're own as you're funny about what meat you eat, and hope they don't think you're rude. Or I'd suck it up and just eat what you're offered (I prefer meat from the butcher's, and rarely buy meat from the supermarket now, but I wouldn't refuse to eat it if that's what was on offer at a bbq)

We just hosted 25 people for a BBQ - loads of people brought stuff but I have no idea what order anything was cooked in or what happened to it after, it all just merged together. So I'd just say you're vegetarian and bring some halloumi kabobs or salads or something like that.

I won't eat cheap sausages or cheap chicken... you just don't know what's in it. But I would eat a bit of steak or a chop... less chance of it being grim.

Agreed - chicken is the worst.

And my farm shop does 5 bits for £12.95 so not even anymore expensive than the supermarket!

So it’s not going to be any better quality 😂

I like meat, I just prefer my meat to be as ethically sourced as possible. Sometimes you just have to get off your moral high ground and realise that not everyone shares these values or can afford to be picky where it comes from. Tbh if someone invites you to dinner etc and you start being fussy (unless it’s dietary) that’s just being a dick.

To me it is.

Well that’s because you want it to be. Realistically it’ll all be the same stuff, or maybe even worse quality - the farm shop will need to charge more.

Trust me it isn't.

12.95 for 5 chicken breasts is a recent deal, and only available with the skin on breasts.

What do you both think is ‘in’ the chicken given our food safety and prep laws?
Cheap sausages and burgers, yes, fillers etc and crappy leftover bits of actual meat - but chicken?

In my experience lots of water and they smell different.

I can’t afford to be picky but if I invited people round for a bbq and 1 guest said they have a quirk about meat it really wouldn’t bother me and I would hate for them to feel awkward. I would just want them to relax, eat what they wanted (even if they had brought it themselves) and have a good time.

Trust me, it is.

Youre a food snob, which is fine, but a bit cheeky when you think of the fact that you’re going to someone else’s house!

It really isn't, but I am not going to go around in circles with you.

‘More tripe, anyone? It’s organic!’

In your experience when though? Perhaps things have changed.
I buy a mix of supermarket, farm shop and butcher depending on which place is convenient when I need it and, while the expensive end of farm shop stuff has a more definite taste, there’s very little difference. Certainly not in water content or texture.

Very very mumsnetty.😂
I bet op would not be able to tell the difference between Tesco/M&S and rural,wild, organic , massaged daily, beef/pork. 🙄

I think simply select from what is on offer at the BBQ. What is least offensive to you.
Bringing your own when you have not been invited to is rude. It is saying to the host that you think their offering is substandard. The only way this would be accepted is if there were medical needs. But do not lie.

Choose a veggie option which hopefully will be there.

You must have done or you wouldn't know you don't like it and you talk about what you don't like about it. But supermarket meat covers a lot, which supermarket? And was it the basics ranges or the premium ranges? It's not like it's all the same M&S, Waitrose or Lidl or somewhere in between? Undeclared origin or Aberdeen Angus, I buy most of my meat from butchers but that's mainly because of the very limited choice of cuts and sizes available in supermarkets.