"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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> Julie we have been to parties where the ONLY thing half way edible was
> the dish I brought with me. We are always polite and try to be
> cheerful in spite of it. I always bring something I know we both
> like, knowing it may be the only decent dish there!

Yeah, but... What I don't get is... My mom was providing the food. My mom
was the one complaining about diabetics eating what they should not. So why
in the heck was she serving it to them? As it turned out, nobody ate my
beans but Angela and me. I also brought olives that I forgot to mention.
Why did I bring them? Because I like olives and I don't like being told I
can have only 5 of them. Those that did try my olives complained about
them. A little of the cheese did get eaten. Nobody ate the salami but
Angela. They all said they didn't want it.

There were potato chips? Why? I don't know. Nobody in the family likes
them. There were Fritos. Angela and I ate a few of those. There was no
rice. Apparently SIL is no longer eating that. There were raw veggies.
Mostly went untouched. I didn't eat any because I wasn't very hungry and
figured I was getting enough fiber in the beans. I did eat a very small
amount of the mashed potatoes that were there. There was not only ham but
meatloaf. Also potato salad and coleslaw. Small amounts of those which was
good because I think only Angela ate those. And some dip and salsa that
nobody ate.

Three kinds of cake plus the ice cream cake. And a HUGE amount of
strawberries that just were not good. They were very sour.

I don't really see why we needed the meatloaf except that my nephew really
likes it and my mom made it for him to take home. He did eat ham and
apparently his girlfriend east it also.

Bottom line, waaaay too much food. But I survived it. The only thing I ate
that I shouldn't have was a lemon jelly bean. It was a small one.