my parents were fairly easy going and liberal on most things, we had very
few rules, but those we had were not allowed to be breaeched, he said to me
later, that if my mother went to the effort to fix food, that the least i
could do is respect the effort and not influence the younger two's
opinion... and of course he was right... just about five years ago, i
brought up the fact he made me eat black eyed peas, mom had a pot on the
stove... the man looked at me and said" why on earth would i make you eat
something that tasted like wood and smelled worse... i almost fell out of my
chair in shock... the dh laughed so hard he almost threw up... so i told him
what he had said about respecting mom... he said, ok it was probably worth
it... then she set the peas down on the table, and he said, well... wheres
the pepper, and ate it, lol, Lee... who had corn bread and greens only
without even gagging out loud
"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "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,
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> Gotta love your dad for that one. :-)
>
> Cheri