Miss Manners: Well-Meaning Gifts Turn Into Food Poisoning

Miss Manners: Do we tell our kind friends that the meal they prepared for us made us sick?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I are good friends with a couple who were kind enough to cook us some delicious food. They brought back ingredients from their country of origin the last time they visited family there, and made us a dish using a recipe from their grandma. They even went to the trouble of freezing the dish so they could give us a few containers of it the last time we all hung out.

Miss Manners: Friend’s cooking is delicious, until it leads to food poisoning

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I are good friends with a couple who were kind enough to cook us some delicious food. They brought back ingredients from their country of origin the last time they visited family there, and made us a dish using a recipe from their grandma. They even went to the trouble of freezing the dish so they could give us a few containers of it the last time we all hung out.

Miss Manners: Should we tell friends the special meal they created for us made us sick?

They don't want to hurt anyone's feelings. Should they keep the info about food poisoning to themselves?

Miss Manners: Well-meaning gifts turn into food poisoning

If we knew these friends were going to be eating some of what they made for us, it would feel like a public service to say something.

Miss Manners: Friends gave us food that made us sick. Should we tell them?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I are good friends with a couple who were kind enough to cook us some delicious food. They brought back ingredients from their country of origin the last time they visited family there, and made us a dish using a recipe from their grandma. They even went to the trouble of freezing the dish so they could give us a few containers of it the last time we all hung out.

Miss Manners: I got food poisoning from my friend’s cooking, should I say something?

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My husband and I are good friends with a couple who were kind enough to cook us some delicious food. They brought back ingredients from their country of origin the last time they visited family there, and made us a dish using a recipe from their grandma. They even went to the trouble of freezing the dish so they could give us a few containers of it the last time we all hung out.