Unhealthy Gifts When Visiting for Tea

Electric Gypsy

It never ceases to amaze me the way it's the done thing to bring over a cake, scones, or a tart when visiting. The host also feels obliged to have an unhealthy gift for the visitors too. In some cases neither of them may actually want to eat the food... they just take a few nibbles out of politeness when in each others' company, and then suggest the teenagers can eat it during the week. The food then remains in the house untouched for a day or two before finally being thrown out. Of course a lot of the time it gets eaten, and therefore it's no wonder we're such a fat country.

phelixoflaherty

Garibaldi

blackbox

Who doesn't like an apple tart?

tom1ie

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So what do you want with your cuppa? A celery stick?

blade1

I always bring a few salad leaves when visiting.

I'd hate to be seen as an unhealthy gift giver.

I don't just stop there though, I give salad leaves as Christmas and birthday presents.

I think they are really appreciated .

con747

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You are easily amazed.

ballyargus

scones unhealthy? I eat them practically every day

blade1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121410128#Comment_121410128

Yeah but what have you achieved lately?

Be right back

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121410110#Comment_121410110

And the salad goes lovely with a cuppa.

El_Duderino 09

I consider my company the gift. I'm sweeter than apple tart, saucier than custard and more spirituality nourishing than a high fibre oat bar tray bake.

Seriously though, people bring gifts when calling round for a cuppa?

YellowLead

In my experience most people enjoy a sweet treat and are happy to receive and offer same. If they don’t want it but eat it anyway that’s their own issue.

In my experience people bring a mix of things when visiting, it’s not always sweet treats, sometimes it’s cheese etc.

I don’t think there is an abundance of people out there who are offering and accepting sweet treats when they don’t want to be doing so, but knows…

Calahonda52

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A pin-holed condom perhaps?

corner of hells

I generally wait till the householders have gone to bed , break in and eat the cake I brought.

Buddy Bubs

People (I wouldn't dare assume their gender) feel compelled to bring treats into work too. The same people that say they're trying to be good and pretending to decline when someone offers them same. Before devouring it.

Archeron

Mmmm, deep fried battered lard balls dipped in chocolate

For Forks Sake

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You have very little to be bothering you

NSAman

Imagine visiting and being offered tofu and wheat grass? Gimme tea and a bikkie anyway!

tom1ie

Feck the scones and biscuits- it’s a good strong crisp pilsner I should be served, add some cheesey Doritos on the side and I’m sorted.

StupidLikeAFox

What sort of person goes for tea in this day and age? I'll meet you for a run or down in the gym you lazy slob

Greyfox

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Tea with chocolate is probably the best thing in the world, cake is also great. Offering something nice with tea when someone enters your house is basic manners, if a guest accepts when they don't want to then that's the guests problem. I think bringing unhealthy food to someone's house is unusual but I'd always welcome it. I generally eat healthy during the week but eating delicious unhealthy food with a guest is part of socialising. You don't win friends with salad.

ottolwinner

I don’t care who brings them but anyone got biscuits now?

Ezeoul

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You must be a joy at parties.

l also think you display a very unhealty attitude towards food. An occasional treat is fine.

Gregor Samsa

I'm with the OP on the subject of healthy, beneficial gifts. I haven't been invited for tea of late for some reason, but usually I'd bring a packet of surgical gloves and the offer of a free prostate exam.

blade1

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I can squeeze you in for around 2 or 3 tomorrow 😁

Gregor Samsa

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I'll be the one doing the squeezing.

blade1

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Electric Gypsy

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121415535#Comment_121415535

It's a given in your mind that eating unhealthy food is part of socialising. Would there ever come a point in time when you realise that you and a friend know each other well enough to just not bother having the junk food, and just have the drink on its own. In some cases that's probably the thing both people want to do, but each thinks the other will think they're odd for saying it, so they carry on eating the junk food and they become fat. What a shame.

You're also not acknowledging the problem of the host not being willing to accept the guest declining to eat the food.

the14thwarrior

wise up. eat the food, don't eat the food.

it doesn't have to turn into a judgemental tea party either way

Ezeoul

You're also not acknowledging the problem of the host not being willing to accept the guest declining to eat the food.

Oh dear, did someone hold you down and force-feed you an apple tart?