re: How do you feel when people season food that you have prepared?

I don't care too much as long as it's on their plate. Some people like a little more salt or spice and that's no biggie.

TBH, the thought has never crossed my mind.

I usually put hot sauce on just about every meal regardless of who cooked it, including myself.

I don’t care if people season the food they are eating, but seasoning it before tasting bugs the shite out of me. It’s rude if you just mindlessly dump salt and pepper or Tony’s on food someone cooked you. I’m not gonna get bent out of shape out it, but I will judge you as trash

I’ve never had anyone do that other than add a splash of Tabasco that I put on the table.

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Leah Chase chewed out Obama for putting hot sauce in her gumbo before even tasting it.

It literally doesn't effect me at all.

I cooked a butt overnight because some friends were coming in town to spend the weekend with us. I got all the stuff out for a BBQ feast when my friend asked for some mahonnaise and white bread. Instead of reaching for the BBQ sauce, slaw and other things, he starts slicing one of the tomatoes he had brought from his garden and making a sandwich with a slice of the butt. Yeah, I was a tittle miffed for a split second, then I remembered that he knew a thing or two about meat, and tried one for myself. With a lot of pepper, it was great and I do it every time I cook a butt now.

My likely unpopular opinion is the SYM, Tony's etc, are crap. I have a tube in the cabinet that likely caked up years ago. I don't mind if someone adds salt to a dish, my wife is on a low salt diet, so I frequently add salt myself.

Your job as a host it to make your dinner guests feel comfortable. We're not supposed to judge our guests habits or change their nature.

Nobody's perfect. My dad was at a lunch at a hotel in New Orleans where they served Vichyssoise. He asked the waiter if his could be heated. The waiter scooped up his bowl and my dad slipped him a generous tip.. and the waiter returned with a heated soup. The waiter came back and asked him if he enjoyed it. My dad said it was delicious and the waiter said, Thank you.