Guest guest Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 LOL! Too funny. I remember the first time I cooked for my MIL, she pronounced my cooking " Um...Interesting. " LOL. I can't even remember what I made. Knowing me, it was probably curry. Hee hee. The last time we were down there, I made a huge dinner with pork tenderloin, roasted asparagus, mashed sweet potatoes....etc.etc. I even had rolls for them since I've learned that it isn't dinner for them unless they have rolls. Later, I overheard my MIL lamenting to my husband's Aunt on the phone that, " She didn't have any gravy for the pork! " LOL. I do love torturing them. Betsy Hall, functional cook So i said OK i'll bring some Cold Duck (wine popular at the time) the phone went dead silence .Then this voice of the Mother in Law saying in a tone like shes an idiot. " WHY would you want to bring Cold Duck when we are having hot turkey " ah its a wine ... she hung up on me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 My extended family does not particularly care for my cooking. Now, they love my cole slaw as well as my wife's potato salad, green bean casserole, and baking goods, but when it comes to other things *I* prepare.... See, for my family, there are 2 primary ingredients --> salt and fat. Everything they eat is loaded with one or t'other and, of course, very little of what I cook has either. When my Dad has his heart attacks, he had to quit smoking and drop the sodium. The idiot dietitian he had told him to keep it under 4,000mg a day (more than 1 1/2 times the RDA -- for a heart patient!). They adjusted by stopping the addition of salt(s) to cooking. Man oh man did he ever complain! Nonstop at that. He was still getting far, far more sodium than I typically get too. His position? He'd rather die than not have flavor in his food. As anyone who reads my posts here, especially the ones where I talk about something I've made (not just the recipes I forward as many of those are not from my own staple of fixins), my typical meal is low sodium, medium fat, and unsweetened. Guess life just ain't worth livin' when you eat healthy. I just remember that the difference between my extended family and myself is simple -- they have no taste. While that may seem humoresque at first, it's actually rather literally true! Since they've been inundated with salt laced products for years, they cannot appreciate the finer subtleties of flavors in the foods I prepare. Take my soups for example. Sure, there's a salty flavor in there but it's just one flavor among many. My pasta sauce has no added sugar whatsoever -- yet it carries a very sweet flavor along with a blend of herbs and spices that kick my taste buds into overdrive. When my folks or sibs eat these things, they just say, " Blech! " . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 Shows you the power of the processed food industry. They've got so many people addicted to the bad stuff it isn't funny. It has become the " new normal " for so many. Then they price it below " good " food to make sure you keep buying it. I keep hearing " it's too expensive " to be on a diet plan like South Beach. No... it's too expensive NOT to be on the plan. Chuck Noctaire wrote: >My extended family does not particularly care for my cooking. Now, they >love my cole slaw as well as my wife's potato salad, green bean casserole, >and baking goods, but when it comes to other things *I* prepare.... > > >See, for my family, there are 2 primary ingredients --> salt and fat. >Everything they eat is loaded with one or t'other and, of course, very >little of what I cook has either. When my Dad has his heart attacks, he had >to quit smoking and drop the sodium. The idiot dietitian he had told him to >keep it under 4,000mg a day (more than 1 1/2 times the RDA -- for a heart >patient!). > >They adjusted by stopping the addition of salt(s) to cooking. Man oh man >did he ever complain! Nonstop at that. He was still getting far, far more >sodium than I typically get too. His position? He'd rather die than not >have flavor in his food. > >As anyone who reads my posts here, especially the ones where I talk about >something I've made (not just the recipes I forward as many of those are not >from my own staple of fixins), my typical meal is low sodium, medium fat, >and unsweetened. Guess life just ain't worth livin' when you eat healthy. > > >I just remember that the difference between my extended family and myself is >simple -- they have no taste. While that may seem humoresque at first, >it's actually rather literally true! Since they've been inundated with salt >laced products for years, they cannot appreciate the finer subtleties of >flavors in the foods I prepare. Take my soups for example. Sure, there's a >salty flavor in there but it's just one flavor among many. My pasta sauce >has no added sugar whatsoever -- yet it carries a very sweet flavor along >with a blend of herbs and spices that kick my taste buds into overdrive. >When my folks or sibs eat these things, they just say, " Blech! " . > > > > > > >Please send your recipes for inclusion in the Files to the Moderator at: >South-Beach-Diet-Getting-It-Right-owner > >Reminder: The South Beach Diet is not low-carb. Nor is it low-fat. The South Beach Diet teaches you to rely on the right carbs and the right fats-the good ones - and enables you to live quite happily without the bad carbs and bad fats. > >For more on this Way Of Eating please read " The South Beach Diet " by Arthur Agatston, MD. ISBN 1-57954-814-8 > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 Oh, my, . You poor, dear, unappreciated soul! Why-- why --- why, you can come and cook for US anytime and we would appreciate it VERY much! (You'd have to do something about the toddlers tho. . . .we're past that stage.) Heh. Out of the 40s and back to the millenium: Seriously, though, it IS a bummer when people don't understand or appreciate. (Not that my palate has as much ability to discern quality as yours -- how could it if I would consider artificially flavored syrup, right? -but at least you share something with your wife that's important to the two of you. Sounds like your fare is a bit more complex than her potato salad and green bean casserole, to say the least, but she must at least appreciate some of the subtleties of the flavors turned out in that kitchen! -- In South-Beach-Diet-Getting-It-Right , " Noctaire " wrote: > > My extended family does not particularly care for my cooking. Now, they > love my cole slaw as well as my wife's potato salad, green bean casserole, > and baking goods, but when it comes to other things *I* prepare.... > > > See, for my family, there are 2 primary ingredients --> salt and fat. > Everything they eat is loaded with one or t'other and, of course, very > little of what I cook has either. When my Dad has his heart attacks, he had > to quit smoking and drop the sodium. The idiot dietitian he had told him to > keep it under 4,000mg a day (more than 1 1/2 times the RDA -- for a heart > patient!). > > They adjusted by stopping the addition of salt(s) to cooking. Man oh man > did he ever complain! Nonstop at that. He was still getting far, far more > sodium than I typically get too. His position? He'd rather die than not > have flavor in his food. > > As anyone who reads my posts here, especially the ones where I talk about > something I've made (not just the recipes I forward as many of those are not > from my own staple of fixins), my typical meal is low sodium, medium fat, > and unsweetened. Guess life just ain't worth livin' when you eat healthy. > > > I just remember that the difference between my extended family and myself is > simple -- they have no taste. While that may seem humoresque at first, > it's actually rather literally true! Since they've been inundated with salt > laced products for years, they cannot appreciate the finer subtleties of > flavors in the foods I prepare. Take my soups for example. Sure, there's a > salty flavor in there but it's just one flavor among many. My pasta sauce > has no added sugar whatsoever -- yet it carries a very sweet flavor along > with a blend of herbs and spices that kick my taste buds into overdrive. > When my folks or sibs eat these things, they just say, " Blech! " . > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 No pork gravy? Damn! What a terrible wife her poor son must have to be so thoughtless and remiss. It's too bad he didn't marry someone more like her who could take care of him properly. > > LOL! Too funny. I remember the first time I cooked for my MIL, she pronounced my cooking " Um...Interesting. " LOL. I can't even remember what I made. Knowing me, it was probably curry. Hee hee. > > The last time we were down there, I made a huge dinner with pork tenderloin, roasted asparagus, mashed sweet potatoes....etc.etc. I even had rolls for them since I've learned that it isn't dinner for them unless they have rolls. Later, I overheard my MIL lamenting to my husband's Aunt on the phone that, " She didn't have any gravy for the pork! " LOL. I do love torturing them. > > Betsy Hall, > > functional cook > > > So i said OK i'll bring some Cold Duck (wine popular at the time) the > phone went dead silence .Then this voice of the Mother in Law saying in > a tone like shes an idiot. > > " WHY would you want to bring Cold Duck when we are having hot turkey " > > ah its a wine ... she hung up on me > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 > Oh, my, . > You poor, dear, unappreciated soul! Yes, yes, I am so utterly unappreciated by those around me. Every once in a while I make my wife one of her favorites though. She appreciates that...I think. :-P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 ;-) -- > > > Oh, my, . > > You poor, dear, unappreciated soul! > > Yes, yes, I am so utterly unappreciated by those around me. > > Every once in a while I make my wife one of her favorites though. She > appreciates that...I think. > > :-P > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2006 Report Share Posted January 7, 2006 > Shows you the power of the processed food industry. They've > got so many people addicted to the bad stuff it isn't funny. > It has become the " new normal " for so many. Then they price > it below " good " food to make sure you keep buying it. I keep > hearing " it's too expensive " to be on a diet plan like South > Beach. No... it's too expensive NOT to be on the plan. Yeah, they don't listen. At least they tend to eat less out of boxes than most but their house is packed to the gills with the " best " the food industry has to offer. But hey -- they sweeten their ice tea with sweet 'n low! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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