Friends promised a BBQ and delivered an Iceland beige buffet!

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As above really, myself, DH and 3 DC went to our friends’ house yesterday on the promise of some drinks in the garden and a BBQ.

They said they were having issues with their BBQ so would do an ‘indoor BBQ’. This consisted of beige food from Iceland!!

AIBU to find this a woeful alternative?

“Iceland” is the name of a cheap frozen food shop in the UK.

It may not be - depends what you're cooking.

I'm veggie so I don't eat the stuff anyway.

Custard Creams, a packet of crisps and chicken nuggets. Oh, and a reindeer carpaccio.

No, because you’re a judgemental snob. Your comments about the high street said it all.

You eat reindeer ??

You do realise that if you eat Rudolph, or any of his team mates, no-one will get any Xmas presents this year ? !

Iceland is a supermarket.
It's specialism is frozen food but they sell loads of non frozen food and household products too.
They are considered a "cheap" supermarket which some people think means "bad quality".

It’s not really a race to the bottom. It is about enjoying your friends company and, though the food might not be to your taste or style, accepting it as a one off

Same here, so I don't get the love for sausages and burgers from an outdoor grill like the OP.

I think they've stopped using that slogan but yes...I am a mum and I shop there.
I can get almost everything I need for a typical weekly shop - food, household products and toiletries.
It's my closest supermarket but I get it home delivery and it's an excellent service.

Maybe it's comparable to the Walmart (that we here so much about) ?

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Reindeer meat is said to be healthier than the more common types of meat. The meat has a much higher content of vitamins and minerals because of the reindeer's free life with lots of physical activity and their diet of lichen, heather, herbs and berries.
Serve with cranberries.

We get it every winter and Christmas because a friend keeps reindeers in Lapland/Finland. Apparently there is a plan to avoid eating Rudolph.

I think OP would have enjoyed being served reindeer. Or it might be too beige.

and non frozen food....

Iceland stores tend to be smaller (although they do have a larger version called The Food Warehouse).
Asda or Tesco are more like Walmart.
Walmart owned Asda at one point (but not anymore).

@ShetlandishMum "Apparently there is a plan to avoid eating Rudolph."

I'm pleased to hear it !

I just think it’s nice to be invited round to other peoples houses these days. For whatever it is. Beige buffet, simple bbq, just drinks. I really don’t care. People have become so insular in my world in recent years. Rarely relaxed enough to host or just don’t have the space or don’t have the funds to put on a spread.
I’m happy to be invited round to have a cuppa and a biscuit with friends.

This was when you well and truly jumped the shark.

This expression doesn't mean what you think it means.

That's a punch in the face waiting to happen.

They fly out of harm's way of course!

why is the price of the wine relevant and why is it compared to the perceived cost of the food?
you sound like an absolute snob.
i hope someone recognises you from this post and shows it to your hosts, you don’t deserve them as friends.

Or at the very least a mush in the mush with Aldi lasagne.

Aye, a stretch too far. No imagination, must do better. 1/10

Its just a supermarket that specialised in frozen food. It was the first to go GMO free and they are a dementia friendly company and have signs up in their stores reminding people to be patient for others.

Im a cook who cooks with ingredients, I dont buy ready made food generally speaking but I like their ranges of veg, fruit which is ready chopped and frozen. I also like their ethos as a company.

People have a strange view about frozen food in this country despite it being fresher than fresh once frozen. it used to be advertised by Kerry Katona and therefore got a bit of a chav label and people love to be snobby and use 'iceland' as shorthand for crap food.

They're wrong.

@Priyanka12

yes, totally! In fact why not spit in the hosts face to really show your disdain at their audacity to serve you processed food? That should get the message across