Just curious - Do any of you guys wish your family/friends were...

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tessie-in-cincy

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more into trying different things?

I guess my moping has more to do with the recent holiday posts. Don't know how many times I've gotten creative w/ appys in particular and they turn out great but everyone goes after the same old boring dishes.

My family/friends are great but I wish there were more foodies mixed in.

OK, I'm done whining. Happy New Year!

 
Oh yeah, as I've said in previous posts, my family is from the south...

I vividly remember one year after high school going back for a visit and trying to make enchiladas for them. You would have thought I was trying to make them eat worms - they couldn't believe people actually eat that stuff in Calif-OR-ny-ay.

My hubby and girls had to be coaxed into it. I couldn't count the number of times they stared at their plate and finally said "ok, what is it?" They all learned to at least try it, and often found they loved it. Both girls are very adventurous cooks now, and will try anything once (my youngest learned it is NOT a good idea to make chocolate chip cookies with olive oil, though). Now I've even gotten the hubby to eat at Indian and Pakistani restaurants without batting an eyelash!! Pretty good for a man raised on nothing but roasted chicken and rice.

 
In the same vein, I can't tell you how many times friends/family call me for menu advice and I

spend time digging up recipes for them, only to find out that in the end they made the same tired old casserole they always make.

 
Oh that's good news. Now I'll have to try them myself! I love this forum because people here

really are adventurous.

 
Well, mine aren't family, clients and crew, so I don't usually keep them for a long time;

but, cheez, I know what you mean, some of them will stare at something like they are afraid of it! Am I going to give them something I know is bad? Luckily, there is usually one or two who have had it before. Last crew I had a beautiful pan of Phad Thai. Except for two guys, no one would try it till those first two went back for seconds--then they ate it all.
I always have two or three entrees, but damn, when they hardly touch one.
Fortunately, these groups are not the norm!!! The wonderful people I have had the last two summers and hopefully will again when I get to work this year, walk up, dish up, and say "looks good,what is it". That makes my job fun!
This place is so cool, never know what you great people are going to post--need more flash drives.

 
My wife cernly fits into this category, Tessie...

I made a pheasant and mushroom pot pie for New Year's Eve. She took one bite and said, "What's in this?" When I told her pheasant and mentioned that she saw me cutting it up that morning, she replied, "Well, I thought it was chicken," and barely finished a small serving. For the record, the finished dish was superb, so could it have been the morels and chanterelles instead of button mushrooms, or perhaps the whole pearl onions instead of chopped yellow onions? I guess I better not mention the lard in the crust!!

 
I'll never forget, when i gave birth to my son,

The day I came home from the hospital, my (childhood) next door neighbor, Mrs Boyd, brought over a "welcome home" dinner for my husband and myself- We were young, and he was from Michigan and NOT a very adventurous eater, I on the other hand was used to trying anything-

Anyway, there stood Mrs. B at the door, with her multiple covered containers which, as I recall (and I don't recal everything she brought) contained roasted pheasant, a vegetable terrine, Asparagus w/ Hollandaise, Strawberries and Champagne-

I thought my exhusband would pass out- He was expecting Macaroni and cheese with a ham!!!!

In Michigan in the 1970's you could buy such gourmet treats as frozen "Oh Boy" pizza toppped with BBQ Beef! Tortillas were readily available- 100 miles away and frozen!! There was one Chinese restaurant in town, and the food they served would have made "Chun King" proud!! So I guess I can't really blame his lack of "foodiness"!!!

 
Mark, so sad your efforts were not appreciated...

and I always keep the lard a top secret. Just keep them guessing and wondering why on earth that pie crust was the best they've ever tasted!!!

I would have swooned in delight faced with pheasant pot pie with chanterelles, morels, and pearl onions wrapped in a real lard crust.

But seriously, I think you might be on the verge of being taken for granted. Most women I know would have a very different reaction if their husbands had whipped up a "from scratch" pot pie for dindin.

 
Well, Richard, she has had 25 years of getting spoiled..she cooked twice in

that time, and let's just say she spoiled me on what she cooked! So I quit ironing my own shirts and she quit cooking. After all these years it is difficult to go 'upscale" for her--my meatloaf, spaghetti, and fried chicken have no rivals in my repertoire.

 
HEY! Where was that lady when I had MY girls?!!! Of course, mac n cheese IS a favorite smileys/smile.gif

 
Spoiled???!! I'll say.... let me give you MY address! I've always wanted a man in the kitchen...

 
I've continued to think about your situation and can't understand how you

find the incentive over the long-term, to keep on being creative.

What a sad story. On the other hand, maybe she just really knows what she's doing.

We rented a cottage with 4 other couples for several years, as youths. On the first weekend, one fellow, whose turn it was to BBQ, burned all the meat. He was never again 'allowed' to cook. He just sat back and enjoyed his rum-and-cokes instead, disappointment all over his face.

 
It's not that bd, Marg! She willingly tries the "experiments" but if I ask her..

what she wants for dinner, simpler old standards are the more likely options. Chunky potato leek soup but not cold pureed vichyssoise, a nice tossed salad but not necessarily with dried cherries, goat cheese, and walnuts, Mexican rice rather than seafood risotto--there's a trend here! No duck, preferably no venison (unless ground as part of some chili or backstrap that has been chicken-fried!)pad Thai instead of green curry. I made a big pot of cassoulet with homemade duck confit, homemade Toulouse sausages, authentic Tarbais beans--she ate one bowlful and picked out the duck! I have learned to compensate by interspersing more exotic fare among the mundane. Santa brought me a Foodsaver this year so I can save more of the wilder ideas in the freezer.

 
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