discussion Is this just a Northern Europe thing?

[Butters]

I'm guessing food sharing as a culture didn't develop in some northern European countries due to scarcity, or maybe the type of cuisine they cook isn't optimized for sharing? It's so funny how this has blown up in the past day, some of the stories I've seen

 

 

[KillingYourCareer]

I see a correlation between general quality of food consumed in the countries and willingness to serve it to guests in the map in the OP

[Sugar-Rush]

I'm not European so maybe I'm missing some cultural thing, but I'm not seeing the problem with this? Here in the US whenever I would visit my friends' homes when I was younger they would sometimes offer food or drinks, but it wasn't something that was expected. It's someone's house, not a McDonald's.

[808s]

The Baltics are CANCELLED for this. The Balkans>>>>

[XXXO]

4 hours ago, #Beautiful said:

people leaving around dinner... are we still in 3rd grade or? what the hell is this

right? lmfao

 

It's actually impolite to be in somebody's house at dinner time or later unless you are invited for that purpose obviously. Like its a real nuisance to cook an extra meal for someone that wasnt expected

[ZIVERT]

i've never heard of this happening in Ukraine or the USA  I feel like if something like that happened, we would gossip about you  

[fountain]

I’m from the U.K. and this is not that wild to me. When I was younger I don’t think I ever from what I remember have experienced going over to a friends and eating with their family, that would be extremely weird unless our families were very close or something. I would feel so out of place and like an intruder. That said back then we would mainly play outside, so being in the house of a friend would be unusual in general. You would just go home when it was time for you to eat, or eat before playing out. 

[aotearoa]

that's a mess

[TaggedGalaxy]

What the actual **** that’s so rude

 

I come from a Hispanic family and we would never treat our guests that way, not only would they eat at our house, we would insist that they eat

[Butters]

3 hours ago, Sugar-Rush said:

I'm not European so maybe I'm missing some cultural thing, but I'm not seeing the problem with this? Here in the US whenever I would visit my friends' homes when I was younger they would sometimes offer food or drinks, but it wasn't something that was expected. It's someone's house, not a McDonald's.

If the friend's family anticipates that the guest is going to stay over into the evening it's typical of them to share their food with the outsider. It's called hospitality? Would you really as a child visit a friend's house and be expected to wait in a room on an empty stomach, while your friend had a meal with their family? Cause that concept is pretty foreign to me as an American and why many of the people making a fuss about this are Americans.

 

I'm reading about Nordic hosts who ended up charging their guests for the food ingredients and drinks that they consumed - that's McDonald's behavior. 

[perfect blue]

That is so ghetto 

[P.O.P]

I hate going other people's houses. And in my culture, we would almost put your name on our wills, we go that crazy over our guests.

[Alyssa Edwards]

If you come late in the afternoon or in the evening and they start eating dinner, i'll allow it.

 

But sleeping in and leaving you to eat BREAKFAST ??????? Unfathomable and unacceptable.

[GotMyBlueprint]

that's ****** up

 

Karma and God really gave them a nice 1-2 punch by giving the Mediterranean the more attractive men and functioning taste buds, it seems

[GotMyBlueprint]

3 minutes ago, Alyssa Edwards said:

But sleeping in and leaving you to eat BREAKFAST ??????? Unfathomable and unacceptable.

like, imagine all the poor little kids that were left in the bedroom with their stomachs' growling while they sat down and ate their toast sandwiches and picked fish jaws or w/e the **** those people eat.. how can a grown-ass adult be okay with ignoring a hungry kid in their own home

[crymelanie]

In my country (Turkey) we always share food with each other

If we are not hungry before the dinner it's a signal that we should go to home and leave the family alone but they always offer food

[Wicked]

In my Black American household this is unacceptable lol. You are offered a drink, snacks and a plate; whether you're a service repair person or child. 

 

Let alone spending the night.

[HausofNick]

lol this would never happen in my family

 

especially my dad's side, they are incredibly hospitable to all guests in their homes

[Teen Idle]

In the UK, it would be weird if you were popping in and they didn't offer you at least a hot drink and some biscuits. It's very rude to not offer tea and biscuits to anyone working in your home.

 

It's not the same with kids and meals though because of the logistics - if a kid is just visiting their friends then their parents are probably already cooking tea for them at home.

 

There are some weird parents here who seem to be way too rigid and hostile to others though. This TikTok summarises them pretty well

Edited June 2, 2022 by Teen Idle

[Kevin Parker]

I'm from Argentina; my family is German and they're the least hospitable people in the country I swear. I never had any friends coming over.

[Severus Snape]

On 5/31/2022 at 9:31 PM, Butters said:

I'm guessing food sharing as a culture didn't develop in some northern European countries due to scarcity, or maybe the type of cuisine they cook isn't optimized for sharing? It's so funny how this has blown up in the past day, some of the stories I've seen

 

 

this seems fake tbh, if you care so much about money you just wouldn't offer someone a coffee  also you would probably never ask for those 50 cents in case the other person asks you to pay 6€ for the gas

[getinthezone]

im from Bosnia and live in Austria, my parents always used to complain about them being stingy when you visit them

[Butters]

8 minutes ago, Severus Snape said:

this seems fake tbh, if you care so much about money you just wouldn't offer someone a coffee  also you would probably never ask for those 50 cents in case the other person asks you to pay 6€ for the gas

I side eye anything that I see from 4chan but I’m inclined to believe this because of all the similar stories I’ve been reading on different websites the past few days

 

like this one 

 

 

 

[Brishka]

Another reason to love Scandinavians  I'm from Eastern Europe, but it would feel super award to eat at someone else's house when staying over.   

 

Edited June 2, 2022 by Brishka

[Brishka]

It was especially entertaining to see little communists having a meltdown over Sweden and Norway because they still think those countries are socialist (but Bernie told us so!)

Edited June 2, 2022 by Brishka