"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
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> jmcquown wrote:
>
>> My oldest brother left here this morning. He and his girlfriend came
>> to pick up some furniture. The weather and other events conspired
>> against us so they wound up staying here for a week. My brother will
>> pretty much eat anything. His g/f is another story altogether. If
>> she even *thinks* something has seasoning on it, she'll shun it. OMG,
>> what's that green speck? If it has any hint of seasoning she
>> wouldn't touch it.
>
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>
>> We were trying to come up with dinner ideas the other night. We'd
>> already had chicken & noodles before the chicken and dumplings (she
>> freaked out when she saw specks of green in the noodles... I'd added
>> some of Penzey's Tuscan seasoning. OOOPS).
>
> Yet you say that Olive Garden is one of her very favorite
> places to eat, right? Or does she just go along and not eat
> anything. Because I'm pretty sure everything on their menu
> involves green specs or other seasonings.
To hear her tell it she loves chain restaurants. Surely they use herbs and
spices at Olive Garden? Or at the Golden Corral, which is a buffet place?
I don't get it.

Jill