"Storrmmee" > wrote in message
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> man when my mom cooked we ate it or did without, we all had different
> allergies, and with four of us she really worked at making food we could
> all eat as a family, once and only once did i snarl my nose at something ,
> my dad made me eat what seemed like a ton of black eyed peas, he said, "if
> your mother cooked it... the least you can do is pass it without comment,
> you are not allowed to disrespect her efforts for any reason..." after
> that if i had to hold my breath to get something passed me i did... he was
> not in the habit of making us take food we didn't want to eat,

Gotta love your dad for that one. :-)

Cheri