Woman Says Sister-in-Law Is Upset After She Didn’t Eat Her Thanksgiving Dish — That Might Have Been Made Last Year

A woman's sister-in-law is upset after she didn't try her side dish — that she suspects might've been from last year.

In a post on Reddit, a woman claims that her sister-in-law brought a frozen sweet potato casserole from last year to Thanksgiving, and the sister-in-law was upset when the original poster didn't try it.

The poster writes that she and her husband celebrated Thanksgiving with 20 family members this year and everyone was tasked with bringing a dish. Her sister-in-law said that she would bring her late mother's "famous" sweet potato casserole.

"I thought it was very nice of her since her mom passed away this year and she was honoring her memory by making her recipe," the Redditor shares.

However, the original poster suspected that her sister-in-law actually brought leftovers from last year once everyone arrived for the meal. "Instead of 1 big pan, she brought several small and medium containers of sweet potato casserole," she says. "Although it did not smell weird it was very dry and just didn’t look like a regular one."

The woman says she didn't try the dish and discreetly told her husband of her hunch, so he didn't eat it, either.

After Thanksgiving was over, the woman's mother called her, saying that her sister-in-law was upset because she saw she didn't try the sweet potato dish. "I told my mother about my fears and she said that I’m just to picky with food and there’s no way a frozen casserole could last a year without having mold."

The woman adds that she thinks her sister-in-law might've brought the dish in several containers to "cut the 'good parts.' " The woman and her mother agreed to disagree, however, and the conversation ended.

"I feel bad for my SIL but I truly could not bring myself to eat something I am not 100% sure is safe," the original poster concludes before asking the Reddit community if she is in the wrong for not eating the side dish.

The online community seemed divided. Some argued that the original poster not eating the sweet po -

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tato casserole was reasonable, whether it was from last year or made fresh. "The whole point of a big meal with multiple dishes is that you don't have to eat from every dish if you don't want to," one person wrote.

One person said that even if the dish had been made on this Thanksgiving, the woman is still "justified in not eating it." "Either way, the person who made the dish should not be closely monitoring who took some," they wrote. "That’s very strange. Eat what you want to eat at these types of gatherings."

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"The fact that they were watching so closely alone suggests that something was suspicious about it," another added.

"It’s fine to be excited about sharing a particular dish, but you should be willing to accept people might not like what you make," a third pointed out. "I’m thrilled to feed people, but I built 'my feelings aren’t hurt' into my vocabulary for this kind of situation."

However, some people said that the original poster might have been in the wrong for assuming the dish was a year-old leftover. "I do think you went a little ahead with assuming it was from last year," one person said. "I think it’s far fetched to assume so, it could have been made days in advance, or maybe it just came out too dry."

Another called the assumption that the food was made a year ago "insulting." "That's a huge leap and says a lot about what kind of person you think your SIL is. If I were her, I'd be insulted and pissed off too."

"Maybe she is not a great cook or doesn’t have a big pan to make its sweet potato?" a third wrote in regards to the several small containers.

"Storing leftovers for a year is absolutely no big deal," another said. "The quality may be a bit worse, but in no way unsafe."

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