OS marital ethical dilemma

Churchmouse

meerkatgirl wrote: »

My BF is somewhat of a fussy eater. I offered to make some lentil pate for us both and he said "I don't like pate". I replied "what if i call it chunky lentil spread?" and he said he'd be happy to eat it. Very odd.

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But at least he's willing to try if you change the name!!!:D

competitionscafe

Good point about how things are cooked - if you try something that has been cooked badly it's no surprise if you decide you don't like it. I am sure many people were put off cabbage for life by school dinner cabbage overcooked to unpalatable mush. One of my previous flatmates used to cook brocolli by boiling it for up to an hour (!) so it went from bright green to a sort of grey colour which disintegrated as soon as you touched it with your fork, she threw the cooking water (and any remaining vitamins no doubt!) down the sink...

Some vegetables are also dull at best if boiled but other cooking methods can make a big difference (Eg fennel, courgettes). Braise some fennel in a little butter and olive oil with some parmesan added at the end and it's delicious, stir-fry courgette slices briefly in hot olive oil with some garlic and then add torn basil leaves and lemon juice just before serving; grill sliced courgette halves rubbed with olive oil and finely chopped rosemary, or roast them in the oven with some crumbled feta - all yummy! But boil them and they are as Nigel Slater puts it "about as interesting as boiled cucumber"

Bach_Off

I have a very firm memory of a school dinner dragonlady forcing me to eat rice pudding. I clearly remember looking at it and thinking if I eat it, I will be sick. I told the dinner lady this and did she believe me....? So, like a good obediant child, I eat the pud and yep, minutes later was spectacularly sick across the dinner tables. (It bounced everywhere.)

History repeats itself (pardon the pun) when I 'encourge' my DD to eat up her pud. She was non too keen either, but I hurried it down her and yep, she threw up bouncy sick all over the table and me.....

Lu_T

I don't have the problems many of you seem to as my hubby does most of the cooking! If anything I'm the fussier one, but not half as bad as I used to be.

I love tomatoes, but didn't used to like lumps of the canned ones in bolognaise or stew - picked them all out.

I went for years not liking bananas - now I'm quite fond of them.

And the crowning glory - I only eat eggs when they're beaten together. Boiled, poached and fried are out. :T I'll only eat scrambled if me or my Dad make it (I'm a 27 yr old married mum of 1!) and I've only started eating omlettes in the last couple of years. Although apparently my favourite meal as a tot was boiled egg and soldiers!! It's a texture thing for me, don't like the floury yellow or rubbery white at all.

My Hubby is allergic to lamb - it's the only thing he doesn't really eat. I know he's allergic because I once gave him shop-bought shepherd's pie. That's what my mum always called it, although she used beef mince. I quickly found out that this is strictly cottage pie and I'd given him lamb mince. He spent a whole day in the bathroom with a dodgy belly and we haven't made that mistake since. Plus, I've learnt to cook it myself with beef so we can both enjoy it!!

I'm all for hiding it - you'll dine out for years on that story! Just don't EVER tell them, keep the satisfaction to yourself (just in case he does get ill!)
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tr3mor

Lu_T wrote: »

It's a texture thing for me, don't like the floury yellow or rubbery white at all.

Don't overcook them then

Churchmouse

Off topic, but Lu T who is that gorgeous babe in your avatar?

Spendless

My kids don't like mushrooms. They liken them to eating eyeballs :rolleyes: . But chopped up finely into mince and they don't even notice, so it's nothing to do with taste, just texture.

and yes we can all have somethings we dislike. I can't abide sprouts:D and despite trying them at various different times over the years they still remain vile . But disliking something you've tried is one thing, announcing you don't like something you've never tried is annoying, refusing to eat it cos X didn't like it, is not just annoying it's childish IMO and as such I would certainly resort to using childish tactics with the culprit.

maryb

I have a halfway house approach. I tell my children they are simply not allowed to be fussy about everyday foods but if they try something unusual and don't like it that's OK because it doesn't make my life difficult trying to meal plan around it. They accept this as reasonable although DD1 wishes i didn't think avocado is an everyday food. However she is almost liking it now

Lu_T

Churchmouse wrote: »

Off topic, but Lu T who is that gorgeous babe in your avatar?

It's our daughter, Imogen. She's now 11 weeks and not sleeping through - grrr! Very gorgeous though!

Just updated it with a new pic - what proud parents we are!!

schoolfundraiser

Having a good laugh at his thread but feel guilty now because I have a number of food intolerances - raspberries,(an itchy rash if I eat more than 5 or have more than one glass of apple grape and raspberry juice - you can tell I really like them because I know EXACTLY how much I can get away with eating) anything in the melon, marrow, courgette cucumber family, soya beans and rape seed oil and worst of all scallops which make me throw up violently about half an hour after I've eaten them. I must be a nightmare to feed and restaurants are like russian roulette. Many is the time we have spent a fair amount of money on a nice meal out which I really enjoyed at the time only to spend a very nasty fifteen or twenty minutes in the loo about an hour later.

Soya beans and rape seed oil are the most invasive but luckily have relatively minor effects and I just need to stay near a loo when I've had fries at Burger King or treated myself to a fish supper. They are also putting soya flour in bread now which is a real pain. I didn't realise it was the soya until Birds Eye brought out the green soya beans and we bought and ate some. Both hubby and I were ill and the penny dropped about shop bread - we'd been blaming the yeast!

Needless to say I usually cook from scratch as ready meals are just too risky.

By the way aubergines are borderline - I eat them because I love them roasted with lots of olive oil and salt as part of a roast veg dish with lamb fillet cut in chunks and "burnt" in the top of the oven. I do pay later but not too much.

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