Doggie bags are this common?
Well personally I dont like the idea and have never seen it happen either (and yeah I'm punjabi :p so much for the punjabi thing yeah). Doggie bags are reserved for restaurant visits - and last I checked me inviting you for a dawat is not a restaurant visit unless you plan to pay some cool cash :D
she is serious this is not limited to the
uk in the usa we have to give food to the guests that didn't come. say the teenager son that didn't want to tag along to the boring get together his parents come home with ready pack dinner for him. or one time how we had a brunch and some uncles were going to work later on that day and aunties packed their lunch from the buffet the hostess was mortified and already worried if short supply
Re: Doggie Bags ..
I hate this term "doggie" bag.
Re: Doggie Bags ..
I don't know,,, I would actually feel happy to give away food even if there was none leftover for us to eat.
Agree. When I first came across this term I thought it’s the bag to collect after one’s dog 
Re: Doggie Bags ..
I think its rude for someone to expect the host to give away food after they have slaved over it all day long. Unless the guest are single folks or somehow poor, i dont see why someone needs to eat dinner at my place and then take the leftovers home. I have never asked someone for a takeaway box unless it was someone close like my mom or my phopo etc. Never otherwise.
In our area, the only time we take food home is when it was a potluck then all the ladies make small portions for everyone to enjoy it the next day but usually the food is so limited, its only enough to taste and not fill your tummy at lunch time.
Re: Doggie Bags ..
Whenever we have a dawat at our place , and if someone praises certain dish. My wife will give some of that to that guest when they leave. I do not see any harm in that, it strengthens the bond of friendship .
she is serious this is not limited to the uk in the usa we have to give food to the guests that didn't come. say the teenager son that didn't want to tag along to the boring get together his parents come home with ready pack dinner for him.
Yup this is what happens in our social circle...but honestly giving doggie bags to these people get tiring also....especially the kids that don't come purposefully and their parents expect you to pack a whole feast for them, you usually end up pouring enough food for two-three people to make sure you don't look skanky...now imagine doing this for three-four families and thats a lot more food you have to cook just to be packed for lazy bums
we do this between our families , my mum is always packing us food when we go over on the weekend , sometimes we ask for it too . but only if there is enough. if there isnt enough we can just say it to each other. similarly we do this for my mum too when she comes around our house . we do for our phuppo too and she does the same for us
i dont think i wll be too happy to do it for some random aunty especially if she asks for it , there is no harm but i find it a bit rude . why should i pack a dinner for your son and husband who didnt bother attending the dawat .
aww that’s funny! I don’t like the term either…so racist towards all other animals 
I personally dont like the idea of doggie bags. If your at a dawat eat as much as you want. I find it rude if someone asks to pack their food away. Ok if some uncle/aunty that you invited was unable to attend the dawat yeah then you pack and send some food for them by their spouse. I have a cousin who always asks for leftover so she doesn't have to cook.
My mother spends the whole day in the kitchen preparing for the dawat and at the end of the day shes unable to eat her own delicious food. My phopho only makes just enough to feed the guest sometimes she even makes less (Thats not too good either if you've invited some guests then you should feed them properly as well).