How do you politely decline your most hated food that's a main dish at a very small dinner party?

Question

this is after you raved about the salads and appetizers!!

Answer 1

Say "No, thank you", and hold your arm out in such a position as to block anything from being added to your plate.

They committed the -faux pas- by offering you food you didn't like without asking you first.

Answer 2

~~~Just politely pass on the dish. If someone asks, I'd just be honest and say I don't eat ~~~, but boy has the other stuff been great! Then go on from there. It sure would not insult me if a guest said that! ~~~

Answer 3

you can take a small piece and push it around and then apologize for not eating it , you filled up on salad and appetizers.  If the hostess/or host leave the room, dispose of it somehow.  Ask a friend to eat it for you...

Answer 4

Hello,

You don't and it is amazing what people have forced themselves to eat whilst travelling abroad so as not to offend their hosts. The only excuse I could think of is a medical reason like diabetes or a provable food allergy.

Cheers,

Michael Kelly

Answer 5

That is a difficult spot to be in!  You're not talking about a family meal, you're talking about a nice dinner party where someone has gone to a great deal of trouble to prepare nice dishes- and they're bound to be very proud of their choices and effort!

Take a small amount, along with the other sides that are offered during the meal.  Say nothing about it, allowing any other topic of conversation to take the focus instead.  Your host or hostess may be so eager to please and proud of their effort that they ask you what you think about the dish, or worse, why you've only picked at it.  If push comes to shove and you think you can get away with it (like they don't know you well enough to know any better) you could say you're allergic to the item in question but you didn't want to be ungrateful by saying anything about it.

Lying is always bad though, and if you later became good friends with them your lie might be found out in the future.

There have been times, when dining with friends, that I have been forced to admit that I dislike a food someone has prepared.  This is RARE because I like so very many things!  My friends know this about me, and that is why I admitted to them the truth: that although I have tried to like whatever-food-it-was my whole life, I just never have been able.  I apologized sincerely, saying it was a shame that everyone else would get to enjoy it but me.  I really mean it too- I love food and feel really left out if I don't like something.

Answer 6

Say your sorry but you're allergic or it makes you sick/nauseous. I know what you mean tho. For me that food is peanut butter ( ur probably thinkin "who doesnt like pb?" lol) but yeah its the one food I absolutely hate and can't stand. even the smell makes me wan't to throw up.

Answer 7

just say ur allergic or somethin i went to this small dinner party all they had was meat!!!! im vegertarian!!! i just told them i cant eat it....sorrrryyy lol THEY KANT MAKE U!!!

Answer 8

I told my daughter to say she's allergic to it if she just can't eat it.  I don't care what anyone thinks so I just say i don't like it.

Answer 9

Say that you are full from all the other stuff but you'll probably have to skip out on dessert too.

Answer 10

just don't eat it tell them the truth you don't like it

Answer 11

say you're saving room for dessert.

Answer 12

Just pass it! if they ask why say it don't agree with me i'm sorry do you have anything else i can try?

or do you mind if i can get more salads and appetizers they were out of this world anyway!!!

if there is none then say sorry and if there is anything you can do!