On 2017-01-17 6:27 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote:
> On Monday, January 16, 2017 at 10:23:14 PM UTC-5, koko wrote:
>> Knowing certain people's likes and dislikes, and I'm not talking about
>> allergies, how forthcoming are you about the ingredients in some of
>> your recipes.
>> Case in point, if I told my husband I was serving him hummus, he'd not
>> eat it, but I tell him it's bean dip and he devoures it.
>> This is just one example of soooo many I could share.
>> Do you do this too?
>
> No. My husband will eat just about anything, and I simply don't
> cook with things I know he doesn't like: e.g., mushrooms, peas.
> He eats around cooked carrots.

I often chuckle thinking back to a father and son who I worked with many
years ago. The father was a finicky eater and had a number of things he
especially hated, like asparagus and mushrooms. One evening they showed
up for the night shift and old Mort was in a foul mood. He wouldn't say
what was bugging him and he got upset when his son explained what had
happened. His wife had made Beef Stroganoff for supper. It was only
when he went back for his fourth helping that he learned there were
mushrooms in it. He was furious that his wife had served him mushrooms
that she knows he hates.... four servings worth.


>
> I was a fussy eater when I was a kid. One night they made me eat
> peas and I puked them right back up on the table. I'm not about
> to serve people stuff I know they don't like and lie to them
> about it.
>

My brother still whines about the time he could not go out on Halloween
because he would not eat his peas. I had little sympathy because I
don't know what there is to dislike about peas. They are a very mild
tasting vegetable.