BBQs
Do you hosts know you have special requirements? When accepting the
invitation, mention that you have some diet restrictions and will bring
something with you that will fit your needs. They may ask you what you need.
That is your opportunity to ask them what they will be serving. Then you can
mention that you would appreciate it if they withhold your portion before
adding sugar, etc. to it. That is acceptable here. I did it lots. I know a
Russian (Ukrainian) lady who was always amazed at our carry-in dinners. They
don’t do that there - never thought of it. But when she’d go back she never
told them about it to start a new tradition. The people just don’t eat
together because it’s too expensive to feed a lot of people.
w.O.w.