"Paul M. Cook" > wrote in message
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> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>> Do you have problems like this? A few things come to mind immediately.
>> Polenta, black beans, black eyed peas, hominy. Yes, I can eat some of
>> these things by myself but it does get annoying to always make different
>> meals. And sometimes I just want what I want! I will sometimes eat
>> things that I'm not so fond of but that they like, just so I don't have
>> to make another meal.
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>> But tonight? I made a meal for them. Found a recipe for lemony basmati
>> brown rice that sounded divine! And it was, IMO. Will post if anyone
>> wants it. I did try it before I put the butter in as I can not eat
>> butter. Yummmmmmy! Daughter took a bite and refused to eat it. Said it
>> was too lemony. That's exactly what I loved about it! Husband said he
>> didn't like it because it was too buttery. Although he did eat every
>> speck of it. So... *sigh* One day I will make this just for me and use
>> olive oil or margarine instead of the butter. But I don't know when
>> because I rarely eat rice as a side dish. Usually only when made as a
>> main dish.
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> We've been down this road before. They do it to keep you on a leash and
> subservient to them. It is a mind game and you are losing. Very much
> like passive aggressive but by proxy. The proxy being food. Your
> family's food issues are a genuine psychosis.

That could be part of it. But there are also picky eaters in my family.