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?

and not all meat from supermarkets is factory farmed

Are you joking? That would be so rude. Your food is not good enough so I’ll bring my own for you to cook on the Barbie. Your food will be sizzling away next to the supermarket sausages anyway so you might as well eat what’s on offer.

Okay okay - I will just be veggie for the day!

The problem is that the host would probably have planned and timed their cooking according to what they have purchased. So you can't drop in with your own meat at the last minute. Either check in with them in advance or stick to sides.
We had BBQ at the weekend and we're smoking meat since 9 am. If one of our guests showed up with their own sausages, the best we could do is stick them after the main meat was already served.

Or you could just try the meat. Maybe supermarket meat has changed. Or your tastes. Or it’s not from a supermarket anyway.

True

Ha! I’m regarded as a food snob by my family (I’m not, I just don’t buy meat from a supermarket and don’t buy ready meals or jarred sauces etc. guess whose house everyone comes to for food?!…) and even I would just eat what was offered with good grace!
I’d mostly load up on salads and sides to be honest but I’d not mention it and no one would even notice. Well, unless you are the only guest and they actually serve the food on your plate! It’s one meal, I would just get on with it rather than causing a fuss.

That's totally fine 🙂

Just frame it like "I'm completely obsessed with this meat at the moment and I've overbought so I've brought it with me 😆 please do help me get through it!"

Then they're helping you rather than you "bringing better" or having to eat veggie of that isn't your preference.

Either you eat the meat, go veggie or decline the invite. Easy!

"Looking forward to the BBQ, I have been doing no-meat-may so hope you won't mind if I bring a veggie burger"
Though honestly, you won't die if you eat a supermarket chop or just eat salads and a roll, so I would probably help yourself to salads and don't mention it, no one will notice or care what you are eating I shouldn't think!!!

Don’t bring your own meat.

Instead, you say:
”How lovely, Sandra, I’d be delighted to come. I’m not much of a meat eater, I’m afraid, but I’m happy to bring a big salad or some bread?”

This is better than saying you’re a full-on vegetarian, which will limit you in future if you end up socialising more often. Sandra will either accept your offer, or else tell you not to worry about bringing anything, Bill’s on salad duty and there’ll be plenty of veggie nibbles.

Nobody gets offended, and you haven’t outed yourself as the Farm Shop Snob that we now know you to be Bill and Sandra will be happy to have you back any time.

Honestly OP, if you have a good few drinks you'll probably eat whatever anyway.

And I agree that a £2.50 chicken breast isn't going to be such a huge difference to a £4 packet of 2 from a supermarket when it's been charcoaled anyway!

Take the lamb but i'd be fully prepared for the hosts not to cook it

Go veggie for the day else they’ll think you’re a weirdo

There's nothing the matter with supermarket meat. You're just being picky and chances are wouldn't be able tell the difference (undoubtedly the mn crowd will be along sharpish to disabuse me of that opinion)

If you don't like it your options are don't go, go veggie, or be prepared to look like a snot.

What made you come to these assumptions? Get your head out of your arse. You've already said you would feel a bit rude. In that case you either eat it and go or dont. It really is that simple. I like my meat from our local farm shop top however some salad and a bit of chicken want harm you. Bloody hell get a grip of yourself.

If I was the host and someone turned up with their own meat for cooking (after explicitly telling everyone not to bring anything) I'd smile, be polite and say 'sure no probs." But inside I'd be seething and thinking you're a rude, snobby weirdo.

Just eat a small amount of the meat they are serving. You will be okay.