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AITA for serving my daughters friend liver?
About a month ago my daughter (young teenager), had a friend over after school and she decided to stay over for dinner without planning. I called her mother of course and made sure everything was ok and that I would feed and take her home at a certain time. She does this kind of often and I always enjoy inviting other peoples kids into our home and cooking for them. I had been planning to make a Venetian liver dish that day, and thinking nothing of it I made it and served it.
During the dinner my family all enjoyed the meal as they are used to eating liver but unfortunately the daughters friend was a bit caught off guard and really didn't enjoy it, she didn't make a scene or anything and actually was very polite but she took one bite and wouldn't take another. I gave her some fruit and some snacks to tide her over until she could eat at home and everyones night continued as normal until I eventually drove her home.
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A group of people sit around eating food
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The child in this story was as polite as they could have been. They followed all the social norms and executed them with grace. The family in question realized that she didn't enjoy the meal, and so fed her some additional food so she wouldn't have to go to sleep hungry. But what followed, the mom in this story couldn't quite expect. After all, things had gone perfectly fine at dinner. But once the child's mother got involved, things became different.
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I've always been a liver lover. I grew up in in Northern Italy and Liver was just something we ate. My parents cooked liver pretty frequently and it was a very common and popular dish in restaurants, especially in my region Veneto. In Veneto liver is not even particularly cheap, its just something people eat because they enjoy it its a delicacy and local pride.
Obviously, I understand that some people don't like it, it can be a food you have to get used to first like coffee or licorice but it was honestly something I always took for granted and never thought twice about serving to anyone.
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It wasn't her fault for cooking a normal meal for her and her family. You don't have to adapt your culture to someone else's preferences, and it's valuable for children to learn about cuisines outside of their immediate culture. Nobody was in the wrong. But the child's mother didn't have that attitude. She had a small-minded perspective that only caused trouble. We should all be open to each other's cultures, and we shouldn't be afraid to let those experiences in. But this mother sure was. Keep reading to see how this story ended and let us know what you thought about it in the comments.
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A family sits around a table eating dinner
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Anyway, The day after I got an irate call from the friends mother about how her kid had come home from my house completely starving after i had said I would feed her and only offered her a "disgusting" liver dish and that she would think twice about letting my kid stay over again.
This came as a shock to me as I honestly hadn't thought it was a big deal, and it really made me think if I was being crazy or a irresponsible parent/neighbor by subjecting her kid to eating liver.
-u/Snoo_9782
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