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A caviar moment at our $5 dinner club left me questioning the rules
Our group's whole point is sharing meals that cost little to make, but someone brought a potato salad topped with expensive caviar. I feel like breaking the budget theme just to show off can make the event less fun for people trying to save. Has anyone else had a fancy dish throw off a planned cheap meal night?
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wendy_lee3d ago
Maybe the caviar was just a topping and didn't cost much per person. A tiny bit on a big batch of potato salad could still fit the five dollar limit. The group might need to talk about what counts as breaking the budget.
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the_lisa3d ago
Used to believe if the math worked out it was fine, but seeing a fancy ingredient like that in a budget group just feels wrong. It shifts the whole vibe from clever and thrifty to showing off what you can buy. Changed my mind after a similar thing happened where someone's "cheap" dish relied on leftover truffle from their fancy job. The point is sharing the same challenge, not finding loopholes.
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