I consider myself to be a picky eater since I don't like raw vegetables and
much prefer hot food. If I'm going to have a ham and cheese sandwich (for
example) I want it served hot with melted cheese on toasted warm bread...
the type of bread doesn't really matter. Just make it a hot sandwich,
please

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. She won't
eat fish or sea food, only dark meat chicken and well done beef or pork.

I bent over backwards trying to accomodate her. I didn't dare sprinkle
oregano or basil on the pizza I made (but she will eat pepperoni, and was
snacking on braunschweiger on crackers, go figure). My brother told me not
to tell her I'd put any cheese other than mozzarella on the pizza. And for
gods sake don't buy that fresh mozz! If the cheese doesn't come shredded in
a bag there will be hell to pay!

I made breakfast one morning last week. I like to make omelets but
apparently that's too exotic. Okay, scrambled eggs then. I said I could
put some cheese in the scrambled eggs; Mom made them that way for us when we
were kids. OH NO! Okay, I can make plain scrambled eggs. Or boiled eggs.
She got in a snit because I mentioned cheese and eggs in the same sentence.
Then she said she wanted hash browns. Hello, does this look like a
restaurant? I didn't have any potatoes, I don't know how she expected me to
make hash browns. I had tater tots in the freezer, those sufficed. She
still refused to eat any eggs, she just had tater tots. My brother and I
had eggs, bacon *and* tater tots. <G>

I did manage to make a pot of chicken & dumplings with chicken leg quarters.
She ate a couple of bowls of it without any complaints. I didn't tell her
I'd added poultry seasoning to it. God forbid she knew it had sage, thyme
and marjoram added to it. Not to mention I put some bay leaves in when I
was boiling the chicken to make the broth.

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).

Since we'd already eaten chicken a couple of times and I'm not really a fan
of chicken I said how about some beef? She said, "I want those instant
[mashed] potatoes." Okay, for that we'd need some gravy. How about swiss
steak? My brother said "YUM!" She said, "I don't like swiss steak." Okay,
meatloaf? No, she doesn't like meatloaf. Huh. Okay, how about pot roast
with potatoes? She didn't want pot roast. She wanted instant potatoes!
Lady, I'm getting really tired of your demands. You want instant potatoes,
buy some and knock yourself out. You have free run of the kitchen, make a
buttload of instant potatoes. We wound up broiling steaks - hers had to be
well done - and I boiled new potatoes. But I didn't dare put anything like
parsley or dill weed on them.

Thank Bast they're on their way now to TX now. They'll be dropping off
furniture in TN at my other brothers house on the way. Now I can cook
whatever I want to without a fear of someone freaking out about green specks
on their food You'd think she was 3 rather than 63.

Jill

On Sun 05 Apr 2009 01:53:00p, jmcquown told us...

> I consider myself to be a picky eater since I don't like raw vegetables
> and much prefer hot food. If I'm going to have a ham and cheese
> sandwich (for example) I want it served hot with melted cheese on
> toasted warm bread... the type of bread doesn't really matter. Just
> make it a hot sandwich, please
>
> 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. She won't eat fish or sea food, only dark meat chicken and well
> done beef or pork.
>
> I bent over backwards trying to accomodate her. I didn't dare sprinkle
> oregano or basil on the pizza I made (but she will eat pepperoni, and
> was snacking on braunschweiger on crackers, go figure). My brother told
> me not to tell her I'd put any cheese other than mozzarella on the
> pizza. And for gods sake don't buy that fresh mozz! If the cheese
> doesn't come shredded in a bag there will be hell to pay!
>
> I made breakfast one morning last week. I like to make omelets but
> apparently that's too exotic. Okay, scrambled eggs then. I said I
> could put some cheese in the scrambled eggs; Mom made them that way for
> us when we were kids. OH NO! Okay, I can make plain scrambled eggs.
> Or boiled eggs. She got in a snit because I mentioned cheese and eggs in
> the same sentence. Then she said she wanted hash browns. Hello, does
> this look like a restaurant? I didn't have any potatoes, I don't know
> how she expected me to make hash browns. I had tater tots in the
> freezer, those sufficed. She still refused to eat any eggs, she just
> had tater tots. My brother and I had eggs, bacon *and* tater tots. <G>
>
> I did manage to make a pot of chicken & dumplings with chicken leg
> quarters. She ate a couple of bowls of it without any complaints. I
> didn't tell her I'd added poultry seasoning to it. God forbid she knew
> it had sage, thyme and marjoram added to it. Not to mention I put some
> bay leaves in when I was boiling the chicken to make the broth.
>
> 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).
>
> Since we'd already eaten chicken a couple of times and I'm not really a
> fan of chicken I said how about some beef? She said, "I want those
> instant [mashed] potatoes." Okay, for that we'd need some gravy. How
> about swiss steak? My brother said "YUM!" She said, "I don't like
> swiss steak." Okay, meatloaf? No, she doesn't like meatloaf. Huh.
> Okay, how about pot roast with potatoes? She didn't want pot roast.
> She wanted instant potatoes! Lady, I'm getting really tired of your
> demands. You want instant potatoes, buy some and knock yourself out.
> You have free run of the kitchen, make a buttload of instant potatoes.
> We wound up broiling steaks - hers had to be well done - and I boiled
> new potatoes. But I didn't dare put anything like parsley or dill weed
> on them.
>
> Thank Bast they're on their way now to TX now. They'll be dropping off
> furniture in TN at my other brothers house on the way. Now I can cook
> whatever I want to without a fear of someone freaking out about green
> specks on their food You'd think she was 3 rather than 63.
>
> Jill
>
>

Amazing she lived that long without someone killing her!

--
Wayne Boatwright

"One man's meat is another man's poison"
- Oswald Dykes, English writer, 1709.

jmcquown wrote:

> I consider myself to be a picky eater since I don't like raw vegetables
and
> much prefer hot food. If I'm going to have a ham and cheese sandwich (for
> example) I want it served hot with melted cheese on toasted warm bread...
> the type of bread doesn't really matter. Just make it a hot sandwich,
> please
>
> 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. She won't
> eat fish or sea food, only dark meat chicken and well done beef or pork.
>
> I bent over backwards trying to accomodate her. I didn't dare sprinkle
> oregano or basil on the pizza I made (but she will eat pepperoni, and was
> snacking on braunschweiger on crackers, go figure). My brother told me
not
> to tell her I'd put any cheese other than mozzarella on the pizza. And
for
> gods sake don't buy that fresh mozz! If the cheese doesn't come shredded
in
> a bag there will be hell to pay!
>
> I made breakfast one morning last week. I like to make omelets but
> apparently that's too exotic. Okay, scrambled eggs then. I said I could
> put some cheese in the scrambled eggs; Mom made them that way for us when
we
> were kids. OH NO! Okay, I can make plain scrambled eggs. Or boiled
eggs.
> She got in a snit because I mentioned cheese and eggs in the same
sentence.
> Then she said she wanted hash browns. Hello, does this look like a
> restaurant? I didn't have any potatoes, I don't know how she expected me
to
> make hash browns. I had tater tots in the freezer, those sufficed. She
> still refused to eat any eggs, she just had tater tots. My brother and I
> had eggs, bacon *and* tater tots. <G>
>
> I did manage to make a pot of chicken & dumplings with chicken leg
quarters.
> She ate a couple of bowls of it without any complaints. I didn't tell her
> I'd added poultry seasoning to it. God forbid she knew it had sage, thyme
> and marjoram added to it. Not to mention I put some bay leaves in when I
> was boiling the chicken to make the broth.
>
> 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).
>
> Since we'd already eaten chicken a couple of times and I'm not really a
fan
> of chicken I said how about some beef? She said, "I want those instant
> [mashed] potatoes." Okay, for that we'd need some gravy. How about swiss
> steak? My brother said "YUM!" She said, "I don't like swiss steak."
Okay,
> meatloaf? No, she doesn't like meatloaf. Huh. Okay, how about pot roast
> with potatoes? She didn't want pot roast. She wanted instant potatoes!
> Lady, I'm getting really tired of your demands. You want instant
potatoes,
> buy some and knock yourself out. You have free run of the kitchen, make a
> buttload of instant potatoes. We wound up broiling steaks - hers had to
be
> well done - and I boiled new potatoes. But I didn't dare put anything
like
> parsley or dill weed on them.
>
> Thank Bast they're on their way now to TX now. They'll be dropping off
> furniture in TN at my other brothers house on the way. Now I can cook
> whatever I want to without a fear of someone freaking out about green
specks
> on their food You'd think she was 3 rather than 63.


Sounds like you two bitches were made for each other...


--
Best
Greg

"The trouble with socialism is that you eventually run out of other
people's money."~~~~Margaret Thatcher

On Sun, 5 Apr 2009 16:53:00 -0400, "jmcquown" >
wrote:

>You'd think she was 3 rather than 63.

SIXTY THREE? Was that right? My first question would be....where
are you going to make reservations tonight?

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. She won't eat fish or sea food, only dark meat chicken and well
> done beef or pork.
>
> I bent over backwards trying to accomodate her. I didn't dare sprinkle
> oregano or basil on the pizza I made (but she will eat pepperoni, and
> was snacking on braunschweiger on crackers, go figure). My brother told
> me not to tell her I'd put any cheese other than mozzarella on the
> pizza. And for gods sake don't buy that fresh mozz! If the cheese
> doesn't come shredded in a bag there will be hell to pay!
>
(other painful examples snipped)
>
> Thank Bast they're on their way now to TX now. They'll be dropping off
> furniture in TN at my other brothers house on the way. Now I can cook
> whatever I want to without a fear of someone freaking out about green
> specks on their food You'd think she was 3 rather than 63.
>


I'm amazed that a grown man would put up with her.

gloria p

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.

>snip<

> 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.

> How about swiss steak? My brother said "YUM!" She said, "I don't
> like swiss steak." Okay, meatloaf? No, she doesn't like meatloaf.
> Huh. Okay, how about pot roast with potatoes? She didn't want pot
> roast. She wanted instant potatoes! Lady, I'm getting really tired
> of your demands. You want instant potatoes, buy some and knock
> yourself out. You have free run of the kitchen, make a buttload of
> instant potatoes. We wound up broiling steaks - hers had to be well
> done - and I boiled new potatoes. But I didn't dare put anything
> like parsley or dill weed on them.

What is her problem. If you're going to be so picky, why get
involved with what's for dinner discussions anyway? Just have
your instant potatoes and let the grownups have their swiss
steak if they want it.

nancy

Puester wrote:
> 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. She won't eat fish or sea food, only dark meat chicken and
>> well done beef or pork.
>>
>> I bent over backwards trying to accomodate her. I didn't dare
>> sprinkle oregano or basil on the pizza I made (but she will eat
>> pepperoni, and was snacking on braunschweiger on crackers, go
>> figure). My brother told me not to tell her I'd put any cheese other
>> than mozzarella on the pizza. And for gods sake don't buy that fresh
>> mozz! If the cheese doesn't come shredded in a bag there will be hell
>> to pay!
>>
> (other painful examples snipped)
>>
>> Thank Bast they're on their way now to TX now. They'll be dropping
>> off furniture in TN at my other brothers house on the way. Now I can
>> cook whatever I want to without a fear of someone freaking out about
>> green specks on their food You'd think she was 3 rather than 63.
>>
>
>
> I'm amazed that a grown man would put up with her.
>
> gloria p

Maybe she has hidden attributes other than just being bitchy. My
youngest child decided at age eight that he was going to be a picky
eater. "I don't like that, I can't eat that, That's nasty." Just some of
his comments. After being told he could eat what was on the table or go
hungry he changed his mind. He's 45 yo now and will eat about anything,
including snake, rabbit, whatever. You just gotta get them young, at age
63 the woman obviously is set in a rut she will never climb out of.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
>I consider myself to be a picky eater since I don't like raw vegetables and
>much prefer hot food. If I'm going to have a ham and cheese sandwich (for
>example) I want it served hot with melted cheese on toasted warm bread...
>the type of bread doesn't really matter. Just make it a hot sandwich,
>please
>
> 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. snip
> Jill

Isn't it grand that you have this place to vent! I'd already be planning
her Christmas present -- A case of instant mashed potatoes 'o}
Janet

"Mr. Bill" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 5 Apr 2009 16:53:00 -0400, "jmcquown" >
> wrote:
>
>>You'd think she was 3 rather than 63.
>
> SIXTY THREE? Was that right? My first question would be....where
> are you going to make reservations tonight?


Yeah, she's 63. Her idea of a good restaurant is the Golden Corral buffet
or Olive Garden. I'm surprised she eats that pseudo-Italian food. It
probably has herbs in it

Jill

"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
m...
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I consider myself to be a picky eater since I don't like raw vegetables
>>and much prefer hot food. If I'm going to have a ham and cheese sandwich
>>(for example) I want it served hot with melted cheese on toasted warm
>>bread... the type of bread doesn't really matter. Just make it a hot
>>sandwich, please
>>
>> 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. snip
>> Jill
>
> Isn't it grand that you have this place to vent! I'd already be planning
> her Christmas present -- A case of instant mashed potatoes 'o}
> Janet
>

LOLOL But it dare not be the instant garlic mashed potatoes!

Jill

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

>> I did manage to make a pot of chicken & dumplings with chicken leg
>
>>
>> Thank Bast they're on their way now to TX now. They'll be dropping off
>> furniture in TN at my other brothers house on the way. Now I can cook
>> whatever I want to without a fear of someone freaking out about green
>> specks on their food You'd think she was 3 rather than 63.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
>
> Amazing she lived that long without someone killing her!
>

LOL Too true. For me it is my brother's son who won't eat anything red
and a lot of other things. I am still ****ed about the time he came for
Christmas and we had about a dozen different things for dessert and he
whined that there was nothing he liked. Too bad, so sad. My wife wants
to invite them for Easter because we have lamb and my his wife both like
it. I vetoed that because they will expect us to invite their 36 year
old child and I refuse to cater to him.

Puester wrote:
>
>>
>> Thank Bast they're on their way now to TX now. They'll be dropping
>> off furniture in TN at my other brothers house on the way. Now I can
>> cook whatever I want to without a fear of someone freaking out about
>> green specks on their food You'd think she was 3 rather than 63.
>>
>
>
> I'm amazed that a grown man would put up with her.


You can probably expect that she would not have a sexual appetite to
compensate for her picky eating.

"Puester" > wrote in message
...
> 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. She won't
>> eat fish or sea food, only dark meat chicken and well done beef or pork.
>>
>> I bent over backwards trying to accomodate her. I didn't dare sprinkle
>> oregano or basil on the pizza I made (but she will eat pepperoni, and was
>> snacking on braunschweiger on crackers, go figure). My brother told me
>> not to tell her I'd put any cheese other than mozzarella on the pizza.
>> And for gods sake don't buy that fresh mozz! If the cheese doesn't come
>> shredded in a bag there will be hell to pay!
>>
> (other painful examples snipped)
>>
>> Thank Bast they're on their way now to TX now. They'll be dropping off
>> furniture in TN at my other brothers house on the way. Now I can cook
>> whatever I want to without a fear of someone freaking out about green
>> specks on their food You'd think she was 3 rather than 63.
>>
>
>
> I'm amazed that a grown man would put up with her.
>
> gloria p



He's no picnic either But really, I don't go to someone's house (much
less spend a week in it) and bitch about the food. She had the opportunity
to go to the grocery store with us and pick out whatever she wanted to eat.
She opted not to. She had free run of the kitchen; help yourself to what's
in the the pantry, the freezer. I sure didn't see her break her neck trying
to cook anything. LOL

Jill

George Shirley wrote:

> Maybe she has hidden attributes other than just being bitchy. My
> youngest child decided at age eight that he was going to be a picky
> eater. "I don't like that, I can't eat that, That's nasty." Just some of
> his comments. After being told he could eat what was on the table or go
> hungry he changed his mind. He's 45 yo now and will eat about anything,
> including snake, rabbit, whatever. You just gotta get them young, at age
> 63 the woman obviously is set in a rut she will never climb out of.

We must have been lucky. Our son was always pretty good about eating
just about anything. When he was about 5 he loved fish and if he dis
balk at some things I just told him it was fish and he would eat it. His
favourite vegetable used to be broccoli. He wasn't crazy about lamb, but
he would eat it.

"jmcquown" wrote

> I bent over backwards trying to accomodate her. I didn't dare sprinkle

> She got in a snit because I mentioned cheese and eggs in the same
> sentence. Then she said she wanted hash browns. Hello, does this look
> like a restaurant? I didn't have any potatoes, I don't know how she
> expected me to

> of chicken I said how about some beef? She said, "I want those instant
> [mashed] potatoes." Okay, for that we'd need some gravy. How about swiss
> steak? My brother said "YUM!" She said, "I don't like swiss steak."
> Okay,

> on their food You'd think she was 3 rather than 63.

Jill, you have just run into a person who wants to be 'special' and 'catered
to'. Such people at the extreme are often trying to control the enviroment
and make everyone pander to them. Yes, it's how a 3 year old acts when they
are first establishing independence. Some, never grow out of it. There is
no evidence she even offered to cook.

Any isolated one of the above and i'd not react. Collectively, I'd show her
ass to the door and give directions to the nearest hotel. 'Here's my number
when ready to pickup the furniture'.

"Nancy Young" > wrote in message
...
> 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.
>
>>snip<
>
>> 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

Dave Smith wrote:
> Wayne Boatwright wrote:

>>
>> Amazing she lived that long without someone killing her!
>>
>
> LOL Too true. For me it is my brother's son who won't eat anything red
> and a lot of other things. I am still ****ed about the time he came for
> Christmas and we had about a dozen different things for dessert and he
> whined that there was nothing he liked. Too bad, so sad. My wife wants
> to invite them for Easter because we have lamb and my his wife both like
> it. I vetoed that because they will expect us to invite their 36 year
> old child and I refuse to cater to him.

Invite Big Niece and she can eat his share, like Jack Sprat
and his wife.

gloria p

jmcquown wrote:
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message

>> 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.

She probably saves the picky routine for when she can get
the most attention out of it. Like when she's at someone's
house.

nancy

jmcquown > wrote:

>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.

Usually this means a person thinks of food items as their own
entity rather than being composed of ingredients. So something
like focaccia seems acceptable, whereas adding oregano to something
does not. Chicken pot pie is acceptable, paprika is not. Etc.

It must be a common attitude, otherwise how could all these
big-box chains even survive? Their food is so predictable.

Steve

In article >,
George Shirley > wrote:


> Maybe she has hidden attributes other than just being bitchy. My
> youngest child decided at age eight that he was going to be a picky
> eater. "I don't like that, I can't eat that, That's nasty." Just some of
> his comments. After being told he could eat what was on the table or go
> hungry he changed his mind. He's 45 yo now and will eat about anything,
> including snake, rabbit, whatever. You just gotta get them young, at age
> 63 the woman obviously is set in a rut she will never climb out of.

We just didn't deal with picky eaters. If they wanted to starve, fine.
Let them starve. Trust me, when the time came, they never starved.
There was always peanut butter and jelly.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

On Apr 5, 4:53*pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> I consider myself to be a picky eater since I don't like raw vegetables and
> much prefer hot food. *If I'm going to have a ham and cheese sandwich (for
> example) I want it served hot with melted cheese on toasted warm bread...
> the type of bread doesn't really matter. *Just make it a hot sandwich,
> please
>
> My oldest brother left here this morning. *He and his girlfriend came to
> pick up some furniture. *

I would've taken that brother aside and said, "Look - I am not
catering to her any more. I cook the meal, then she either eats or
goes elsewhere or goes hungry." I have had picky houseguests too so I
know how you feel. I would also have set her straight too.

I think she was just seeing how far she could push you - 63 is old
enough to know how to behave.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
>I consider myself to be a picky eater since I don't like raw vegetables and
>much prefer hot food. If I'm going to have a ham and cheese sandwich (for
>example) I want it served hot with melted cheese on toasted warm bread...
>the type of bread doesn't really matter. Just make it a hot sandwich,
>please
>
> 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. She won't
> eat fish or sea food, only dark meat chicken and well done beef or pork.
>
>
<Horror story snipped>

according to George Carlin (RIP) Picky eater is an acronym for a "pain in
the ass"

I suspect your brothers girlfriend qualifies.

Dimitri

Puester wrote:
> Dave Smith wrote:
>> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>>>
>>> Amazing she lived that long without someone killing her!
>>>
>>
>> LOL Too true. For me it is my brother's son who won't eat anything red
>> and a lot of other things. I am still ****ed about the time he came
>> for Christmas and we had about a dozen different things for dessert
>> and he whined that there was nothing he liked. Too bad, so sad. My
>> wife wants to invite them for Easter because we have lamb and my his
>> wife both like it. I vetoed that because they will expect us to invite
>> their 36 year old child and I refuse to cater to him.
>
> Invite Big Niece and she can eat his share, like Jack Sprat and his wife.


He is just a skinny little thing. She might inhale him.

On Apr 5, 4:53*pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> I consider myself to be a picky eater since I don't like raw vegetables and
> much prefer hot food. *If I'm going to have a ham and cheese sandwich (for
> example) I want it served hot with melted cheese on toasted warm bread...
> the type of bread doesn't really matter. *Just make it a hot sandwich,
> please
>
> 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. *She won't
> eat fish or sea food, only dark meat chicken and well done beef or pork.
>
> I bent over backwards trying to accomodate her. *I didn't dare sprinkle
> oregano or basil on the pizza I made (but she will eat pepperoni, and was
> snacking on braunschweiger on crackers, go figure). *My brother told me not
> to tell her I'd put any cheese other than mozzarella on the pizza. *And for
> gods sake don't buy that fresh mozz! *If the cheese doesn't come shredded in
> a bag there will be hell to pay!
>
> I made breakfast one morning last week. *I like to make omelets but
> apparently that's too exotic. *Okay, scrambled eggs then. *I said I could
> put some cheese in the scrambled eggs; Mom made them that way for us when we
> were kids. *OH NO! *Okay, I can make plain scrambled eggs. *Or boiled eggs.
> She got in a snit because I mentioned cheese and eggs in the same sentence.
> Then she said she wanted hash browns. *Hello, does this look like a
> restaurant? *I didn't have any potatoes, I don't know how she expected me to
> make hash browns. *I had tater tots in the freezer, those sufficed. *She
> still refused to eat any eggs, she just had tater tots. *My brother and I
> had eggs, bacon *and* tater tots. <G>
>
> I did manage to make a pot of chicken & dumplings with chicken leg quarters.
> She ate a couple of bowls of it without any complaints. *I didn't tell her
> I'd added poultry seasoning to it. *God forbid she knew it had sage, thyme
> and marjoram added to it. *Not to mention I put some bay leaves in when I
> was boiling the chicken to make the broth.
>
> 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).
>
> Since we'd already eaten chicken a couple of times and I'm not really a fan
> of chicken I said how about some beef? *She said, "I want those instant
> [mashed] potatoes." *Okay, for that we'd need some gravy. *How about swiss
> steak? *My brother said "YUM!" *She said, "I don't like swiss steak." *Okay,
> meatloaf? *No, she doesn't like meatloaf. *Huh. *Okay, how about pot roast
> with potatoes? *She didn't want pot roast. *She wanted instant potatoes!
> Lady, I'm getting really tired of your demands. *You want instant potatoes,
> buy some and knock yourself out. *You have free run of the kitchen, make a
> buttload of instant potatoes. *We wound up broiling steaks - hers had to be
> well done - and I boiled new potatoes. *But I didn't dare put anything like
> parsley or dill weed on them.
>
> Thank Bast they're on their way now to TX now. *They'll be dropping off
> furniture in TN at my other brothers house on the way. *Now I can cook
> whatever I want to without a fear of someone freaking out about green specks
> on their food *You'd think she was 3 rather than 63.
>
> Jill

Hehehe. We had some friends once who only at white food. White
bread. Potatoes. Chicken breast. stuff like that. I didn't realize
just how bad they were until they came to stay one weekend. They got
in at 11 (bus was late) and I offered them a snack before bed. There
was very little in the house they would eat. I cooked up some white
rice for them (didn't tell them it was jasmine) and despaired of
feeding them for the rest of the weekend. We drifted apart after
that....

maxine in ri

In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:

> 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.

She was gauging how many hoops you would jump through for your brother
and what it was worth for him and her. But then, I'm a cynic. Two cents
worth and no offense intended. Otherwise, her demeanor makes no sense.

leo

On Sun, 5 Apr 2009 16:53:00 -0400, "jmcquown" >
fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:

<snip>

>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. She won't
>eat fish or sea food, only dark meat chicken and well done beef or pork.
>
>I bent over backwards trying to accomodate her.

<more snip>

Jill, if someone is a guest in your home and you make a reasonable
attempt to accomodate food preferences/allergies, etc., at what point
does "reasonable" become "insanely unreasonable"? It is the hostess'
responsibility to provide a bed, a bath and sustenance. It is the
guest's responsibility to graciously overlook any perceived
shortcomings in the hostess' offerings and not to behave like a
spoiled brat. I would have been sorely tempted, after having offered
multiple alternatives to the twit's dietary demands, as follows:

Me: ...and I can segregate your portion of the beef bourguignon to be
just the beef with no seasonings. Okay?

PITA: No, just seeing the beef bourguignon on the table will make me
ill.

Me: Here are my car keys, $20 and a map of the town with various
restaurants noted.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

On Sun, 5 Apr 2009 17:59:44 -0400 in rec.food.cooking, "jmcquown"
> wrote,
>Yeah, she's 63. Her idea of a good restaurant is the Golden Corral buffet
>or Olive Garden. I'm surprised she eats that pseudo-Italian food. It
>probably has herbs in it

Just looking at the patterns you describe, it looks like she thinks you
may be trying to poison her.

"jmcquown" > wrote in
:

> Now I can cook
> whatever I want to without a fear of someone freaking out about green
> specks on their food

Sounds a lot like my sister. She is able to find something wrong with any
dish she eats that she didn't cook herself.

Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote:

>Jill, if someone is a guest in your home and you make a reasonable
>attempt to accomodate food preferences/allergies, etc., at what point
>does "reasonable" become "insanely unreasonable"? It is the hostess'
>responsibility to provide a bed, a bath and sustenance. It is the
>guest's responsibility to graciously overlook any perceived
>shortcomings in the hostess' offerings and not to behave like a
>spoiled brat. I would have been sorely tempted, after having offered
>multiple alternatives to the twit's dietary demands, as follows:

>Me: ...and I can segregate your portion of the beef bourguignon to be
>just the beef with no seasonings. Okay?
>
>PITA: No, just seeing the beef bourguignon on the table will make me
>ill.

>Me: Here are my car keys, $20 and a map of the town with various
>restaurants noted.

I would find out what the person eats that requires no preparation
(say, Odwalla protein shakes, or whatever) and supply them with
a sufficient quantity of such for the duration of the stay. I
would not try to compose and serve a meal under restraints that
are too severe.

Meanwhile, I'd make everyone else habanero lamburgers or whatever.

Steve

"David Harmon" > wrote in message
m...
> On Sun, 5 Apr 2009 17:59:44 -0400 in rec.food.cooking, "jmcquown"
> > wrote,
>>Yeah, she's 63. Her idea of a good restaurant is the Golden Corral buffet
>>or Olive Garden. I'm surprised she eats that pseudo-Italian food. It
>>probably has herbs in it
>
> Just looking at the patterns you describe, it looks like she thinks you
> may be trying to poison her.
>
>
If it would have gotten her out of my house faster I probably would have

"Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
...
> On Sun, 5 Apr 2009 16:53:00 -0400, "jmcquown" >
> fired up random neurons and synapses to opine:
>
> <snip>
>
>>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. She won't
>>eat fish or sea food, only dark meat chicken and well done beef or pork.
>>
>>I bent over backwards trying to accomodate her.
>
> <more snip>
>
> Jill, if someone is a guest in your home and you make a reasonable
> attempt to accomodate food preferences/allergies, etc., at what point
> does "reasonable" become "insanely unreasonable"? It is the hostess'
> responsibility to provide a bed, a bath and sustenance. It is the
> guest's responsibility to graciously overlook any perceived
> shortcomings in the hostess' offerings and not to behave like a
> spoiled brat. I would have been sorely tempted, after having offered
> multiple alternatives to the twit's dietary demands, as follows:
>
> Me: ...and I can segregate your portion of the beef bourguignon to be
> just the beef with no seasonings. Okay?
>
> PITA: No, just seeing the beef bourguignon on the table will make me
> ill.
>
> Me: Here are my car keys, $20 and a map of the town with various
> restaurants noted.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>

She had no food allergies, thank goodness! She was just nit picky. She got
free room & board. Clean sheets, soft pillows, free food, a nice clean
bathroom with fresh towels daily and use of the laundry room. (You'd think
it was a B&B.) They didn't pay for the trip here or the trip back, the
estate did. My brother got to get his furniture (a nice mahogany bedroom
set) and other inherited items. That included a full 12-piece place setting
of Noritake china. She benefits by extension. Yet she bitched about
parsley and cheese. Go figure.

Jill

"Nexis" > wrote in message
...
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I consider myself to be a picky eater since I don't like raw vegetables
>>and much prefer hot food. If I'm going to have a ham and cheese sandwich
>>(for example) I want it served hot with melted cheese on toasted warm
>>bread... the type of bread doesn't really matter. Just make it a hot
>>sandwich, please
>>
>> 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.
(snipped self)

> You must have the patience of a saint...because that girl would've been
> fending for herself right from the first day in my house.

I definitely don't have the patience of a saint I'm just trying to keep
the peace.

> I was about to write, "I consider myself a picky eater"...but really, it's
> everyone around me that considers me a picky eater. I've tried pointing
> out to them that I am actually not picky, I just like what I like and
> don't like
(snippage)

And there's absolutely nothing wrong with that As I stated, I consider
myself a picky eater. But I didn't see her in the kitchen preparing her own
food. I gave her free run of the kitchen. Help yourself to whatever is in
the pantry and the freezer. She had the opportunity to go to the grocery
store with me and my brother to pick up whatever she wanted. She didn't
want to come along. (And it's not like she was paying for it.) There
wasn't a thing I could have done to make this woman happy.

Jill

"Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
5.247...
> On Sun 05 Apr 2009 01:53:00p, jmcquown told us...
>
>> I consider myself to be a picky eater since I don't like raw vegetables
>> and much prefer hot food. If I'm going to have a ham and cheese
>> sandwich (for example) I want it served hot with melted cheese on
>> toasted warm bread... the type of bread doesn't really matter. Just
>> make it a hot sandwich, please
>>
>> 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. She won't eat fish or sea food, only dark meat chicken and well
>> done beef or pork.
>>
>> I bent over backwards trying to accomodate her. I didn't dare sprinkle
>> oregano or basil on the pizza I made (but she will eat pepperoni, and
>> was snacking on braunschweiger on crackers, go figure). My brother told
>> me not to tell her I'd put any cheese other than mozzarella on the
>> pizza. And for gods sake don't buy that fresh mozz! If the cheese
>> doesn't come shredded in a bag there will be hell to pay!
>>
>> I made breakfast one morning last week. I like to make omelets but
>> apparently that's too exotic. Okay, scrambled eggs then. I said I
>> could put some cheese in the scrambled eggs; Mom made them that way for
>> us when we were kids. OH NO! Okay, I can make plain scrambled eggs.
>> Or boiled eggs. She got in a snit because I mentioned cheese and eggs in
>> the same sentence. Then she said she wanted hash browns. Hello, does
>> this look like a restaurant? I didn't have any potatoes, I don't know
>> how she expected me to make hash browns. I had tater tots in the
>> freezer, those sufficed. She still refused to eat any eggs, she just
>> had tater tots. My brother and I had eggs, bacon *and* tater tots. <G>
>>
>> I did manage to make a pot of chicken & dumplings with chicken leg
>> quarters. She ate a couple of bowls of it without any complaints. I
>> didn't tell her I'd added poultry seasoning to it. God forbid she knew
>> it had sage, thyme and marjoram added to it. Not to mention I put some
>> bay leaves in when I was boiling the chicken to make the broth.
>>
>> 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).
>>
>> Since we'd already eaten chicken a couple of times and I'm not really a
>> fan of chicken I said how about some beef? She said, "I want those
>> instant [mashed] potatoes." Okay, for that we'd need some gravy. How
>> about swiss steak? My brother said "YUM!" She said, "I don't like
>> swiss steak." Okay, meatloaf? No, she doesn't like meatloaf. Huh.
>> Okay, how about pot roast with potatoes? She didn't want pot roast.
>> She wanted instant potatoes! Lady, I'm getting really tired of your
>> demands. You want instant potatoes, buy some and knock yourself out.
>> You have free run of the kitchen, make a buttload of instant potatoes.
>> We wound up broiling steaks - hers had to be well done - and I boiled
>> new potatoes. But I didn't dare put anything like parsley or dill weed
>> on them.
>>
>> Thank Bast they're on their way now to TX now. They'll be dropping off
>> furniture in TN at my other brothers house on the way. Now I can cook
>> whatever I want to without a fear of someone freaking out about green
>> specks on their food You'd think she was 3 rather than 63.
>>
>> Jill
>>
>>
>
> Amazing she lived that long without someone killing her!


Right up to the last sentence, I was thinking that she had to be smokin' hot
for a man to put up with that shit.

The bitch would starve here.

TFM®

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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.
>>
>>>snip<
>>
>>> 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.


Speaking from experience, Golden Corral's main seasoning is salt. Sometimes
they even put food in it.

I'm coming up for a week. You may cook whatever you like, however you like.
I'll eat it. I'll even help with the prep.

TFM®

"Nexis" > wrote in message
...
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>>I consider myself to be a picky eater since I don't like raw vegetables
>>and much prefer hot food. If I'm going to have a ham and cheese sandwich
>>(for example) I want it served hot with melted cheese on toasted warm
>>bread... the type of bread doesn't really matter. Just make it a hot
>>sandwich, please
>>
>> 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. She won't
>> eat fish or sea food, only dark meat chicken and well done beef or pork.
>>
>> I bent over backwards trying to accomodate her. I didn't dare sprinkle
>> oregano or basil on the pizza I made (but she will eat pepperoni, and was
>> snacking on braunschweiger on crackers, go figure). My brother told me
>> not to tell her I'd put any cheese other than mozzarella on the pizza.
>> And for gods sake don't buy that fresh mozz! If the cheese doesn't come
>> shredded in a bag there will be hell to pay!
>>
>> I made breakfast one morning last week. I like to make omelets but
>> apparently that's too exotic. Okay, scrambled eggs then. I said I could
>> put some cheese in the scrambled eggs; Mom made them that way for us when
>> we were kids. OH NO! Okay, I can make plain scrambled eggs. Or boiled
>> eggs. She got in a snit because I mentioned cheese and eggs in the same
>> sentence. Then she said she wanted hash browns. Hello, does this look
>> like a restaurant? I didn't have any potatoes, I don't know how she
>> expected me to make hash browns. I had tater tots in the freezer, those
>> sufficed. She still refused to eat any eggs, she just had tater tots.
>> My brother and I had eggs, bacon *and* tater tots. <G>
>>
>> I did manage to make a pot of chicken & dumplings with chicken leg
>> quarters. She ate a couple of bowls of it without any complaints. I
>> didn't tell her I'd added poultry seasoning to it. God forbid she knew
>> it had sage, thyme and marjoram added to it. Not to mention I put some
>> bay leaves in when I was boiling the chicken to make the broth.
>>
>> 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).
>>
>> Since we'd already eaten chicken a couple of times and I'm not really a
>> fan of chicken I said how about some beef? She said, "I want those
>> instant [mashed] potatoes." Okay, for that we'd need some gravy. How
>> about swiss steak? My brother said "YUM!" She said, "I don't like swiss
>> steak." Okay, meatloaf? No, she doesn't like meatloaf. Huh. Okay, how
>> about pot roast with potatoes? She didn't want pot roast. She wanted
>> instant potatoes! Lady, I'm getting really tired of your demands. You
>> want instant potatoes, buy some and knock yourself out. You have free
>> run of the kitchen, make a buttload of instant potatoes. We wound up
>> broiling steaks - hers had to be well done - and I boiled new potatoes.
>> But I didn't dare put anything like parsley or dill weed on them.
>>
>> Thank Bast they're on their way now to TX now. They'll be dropping off
>> furniture in TN at my other brothers house on the way. Now I can cook
>> whatever I want to without a fear of someone freaking out about green
>> specks on their food You'd think she was 3 rather than 63.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Jill,
>
> You must have the patience of a saint...because that girl would've been
> fending for herself right from the first day in my house. I'm all for
> accommodating reasonable requests...but she is over the top, me thinks.
>
> I was about to write, "I consider myself a picky eater"...but really, it's
> everyone around me that considers me a picky eater. I've tried pointing
> out to them that I am actually not picky, I just like what I like and
> don't like what I don't. They didn't buy it. I admit that I do have a
> touch of OCD when it comes to certain foods. Corn, for example. Whether on
> the cob or off, nothing but butter, salt & pepper should ever touch my
> corn. No creamed corn, no corn is soups or stews, and for the love of all
> things Holy, do *not* mix the corn in with the taters and gravy!
> Abomination. I try, whenever possible, to make sure none of my foods
> touch, unless of course they were meant to be touchy feely with each
> other. For example, green beans (or any vegetable really) should never
> touch the gravy, but potatoes can touch meat and gravy and dressing. All
> those things get eaten as one. On the other hand, if I have a baked
> potato, it doesn't get to touch anything, since it's on a separate plate.
> And no sweet stuff on my savory stuff, please. No apples with the pork,
> and definitely not in my dressing. No pineapple on my ham, and not on my
> pizza either. The sole exception to this would be bbq sauce, because I
> like the tomato-brown sugar type. Ok, so maybe I am picky.
>

The military will cure most people of picky eating.

TFM®

"TFM®" > wrote in message
om...
>
>
> "jmcquown" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "Nancy Young" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> 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.
>>>
>>>>snip<
>>>
>>>> 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.
>
>
> Speaking from experience, Golden Corral's main seasoning is salt.
> Sometimes they even put food in it.
>
> I'm coming up for a week. You may cook whatever you like, however you
> like. I'll eat it. I'll even help with the prep.
>
> TFM®

You're coming to SC? Or TN?

Jill <--confused

"TFM®" > wrote in message
om...
>
>
> "Wayne Boatwright" > wrote in message
> 5.247...
>> On Sun 05 Apr 2009 01:53:00p, jmcquown told us...
>>
>>> I consider myself to be a picky eater since I don't like raw vegetables
>>> and much prefer hot food. If I'm going to have a ham and cheese
>>> sandwich (for example) I want it served hot with melted cheese on
>>> toasted warm bread... the type of bread doesn't really matter. Just
>>> make it a hot sandwich, please
>>>
>>> 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. She won't eat fish or sea food, only dark meat chicken and well
>>> done beef or pork.
>>>
>>> I bent over backwards trying to accomodate her. I didn't dare sprinkle
>>> oregano or basil on the pizza I made (but she will eat pepperoni, and
>>> was snacking on braunschweiger on crackers, go figure). My brother told
>>> me not to tell her I'd put any cheese other than mozzarella on the
>>> pizza. And for gods sake don't buy that fresh mozz! If the cheese
>>> doesn't come shredded in a bag there will be hell to pay!
>>>
>>> I made breakfast one morning last week. I like to make omelets but
>>> apparently that's too exotic. Okay, scrambled eggs then. I said I
>>> could put some cheese in the scrambled eggs; Mom made them that way for
>>> us when we were kids. OH NO! Okay, I can make plain scrambled eggs.
>>> Or boiled eggs. She got in a snit because I mentioned cheese and eggs in
>>> the same sentence. Then she said she wanted hash browns. Hello, does
>>> this look like a restaurant? I didn't have any potatoes, I don't know
>>> how she expected me to make hash browns. I had tater tots in the
>>> freezer, those sufficed. She still refused to eat any eggs, she just
>>> had tater tots. My brother and I had eggs, bacon *and* tater tots. <G>
>>>
>>> I did manage to make a pot of chicken & dumplings with chicken leg
>>> quarters. She ate a couple of bowls of it without any complaints. I
>>> didn't tell her I'd added poultry seasoning to it. God forbid she knew
>>> it had sage, thyme and marjoram added to it. Not to mention I put some
>>> bay leaves in when I was boiling the chicken to make the broth.
>>>
>>> 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).
>>>
>>> Since we'd already eaten chicken a couple of times and I'm not really a
>>> fan of chicken I said how about some beef? She said, "I want those
>>> instant [mashed] potatoes." Okay, for that we'd need some gravy. How
>>> about swiss steak? My brother said "YUM!" She said, "I don't like
>>> swiss steak." Okay, meatloaf? No, she doesn't like meatloaf. Huh.
>>> Okay, how about pot roast with potatoes? She didn't want pot roast.
>>> She wanted instant potatoes! Lady, I'm getting really tired of your
>>> demands. You want instant potatoes, buy some and knock yourself out.
>>> You have free run of the kitchen, make a buttload of instant potatoes.
>>> We wound up broiling steaks - hers had to be well done - and I boiled
>>> new potatoes. But I didn't dare put anything like parsley or dill weed
>>> on them.
>>>
>>> Thank Bast they're on their way now to TX now. They'll be dropping off
>>> furniture in TN at my other brothers house on the way. Now I can cook
>>> whatever I want to without a fear of someone freaking out about green
>>> specks on their food You'd think she was 3 rather than 63.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Amazing she lived that long without someone killing her!
>
>
> Right up to the last sentence, I was thinking that she had to be smokin'
> hot for a man to put up with that shit.
>
> The bitch would starve here.
>
> TFM®

LOL she was smokin' hot if you like grandmotherly material

In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:

> Thank Bast they're on their way now to TX now. They'll be dropping off
> furniture in TN at my other brothers house on the way. Now I can cook
> whatever I want to without a fear of someone freaking out about green specks
> on their food You'd think she was 3 rather than 63.
>
> Jill

<laughs> Sounds stressful! I'd have asked HER to do all the cooking!
Yeesh!
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

In article > ,
"Gregory Morrow" > wrote:

> > Thank Bast they're on their way now to TX now. They'll be dropping off
> > furniture in TN at my other brothers house on the way. Now I can cook
> > whatever I want to without a fear of someone freaking out about green
> specks
> > on their food You'd think she was 3 rather than 63.
>
>
> Sounds like you two bitches were made for each other...
>
>
> --
> Best
> Greg

Greg,

Why are you such an ass hole?

I pity you. Truly.
--
Peace! Om

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass.
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
-- Anon.

"George Shirley" > wrote in message
.. .
> Puester wrote:
>> 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. She won't eat fish or sea food, only dark meat chicken and well
>>> done beef or pork.
>>>
>>> I bent over backwards trying to accomodate her. I didn't dare sprinkle
>>> oregano or basil on the pizza I made (but she will eat pepperoni, and
>>> was snacking on braunschweiger on crackers, go figure). My brother told
>>> me not to tell her I'd put any cheese other than mozzarella on the
>>> pizza. And for gods sake don't buy that fresh mozz! If the cheese
>>> doesn't come shredded in a bag there will be hell to pay!
>>>
>> (other painful examples snipped)
>>>
>>> Thank Bast they're on their way now to TX now. They'll be dropping off
>>> furniture in TN at my other brothers house on the way. Now I can cook
>>> whatever I want to without a fear of someone freaking out about green
>>> specks on their food You'd think she was 3 rather than 63.
>>>
>>
>>
>> I'm amazed that a grown man would put up with her.
>>
>> gloria p
>
> Maybe she has hidden attributes other than just being bitchy.
>
I tried very hard to find those hidden attributes. She had full run of the
kitchen, the pantry, the freezer. She declined to go to the grocery store
with us so we could buy whatever she wanted to eat. You snooze, you lose.
We could have cooked whatever she wanted but she wouldn't go shopping with
us.

> at age > 63 the woman obviously is set in a rut she will never climb out
> of.

Yup. She's in a rut she'll never climb out of.

She got a bunch of free furniture out of the deal. And a 12 piece set of
Noritake china, including serving platters and serving bowls. And blue and
white Ming plates my father bought when we lived in Bangkok.

She tried to take my couch. What?! No, you cannot take my couch! "But I
like it!" Tough luck, chick. You don't get to pick and choose. You're not
mentioned in the will.

Jill