What can i feed the fussiest eater in the world?

skintchick

furndire wrote:

Skintchick - is he really worth all this effort - remember you could have this for the next 50 years!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My brother-in-law was like that, wouldn't even try anything different - sister-in-law worshiped him - she's been a different person since he went.

Look, people, I was asking for some recipes, not to be told to dump the man I want to spend the rest of my life with. Good grief, he isn;t THAT fussy - I just wanted some help with new ideas.

Penny-Pincher!!

Maybe just stick with things like:

Chops, spuds and veg
Chilli & rice or baked spuds
Stews
Roasts
Curries?
Fry Up
Egg and Chips
Shepards Pie
Toad In hole
Fishpie
Quiche


HTH

PP
xx

Gabriel-Ernest

skintchick wrote:

AS yet, he has cooked me nothing! We've been together a couple of months, and spend most time at my house (wekends only) and when I have been at his we've so far gone out on birthdays and other dos, so he hasn;t had a 'chance' to cook for me yet.

He says melted cheese is an absolute no, and he even has toast dry rather than have butter, so I think I have to work round him rather than force him to eat stuff.

Some lovely ideas in here though, thanks. Gives me a few things to be going on with, and I think I will have to insist he cooks for me fairly soon.

HE did say if he doesn;t like something he will say so and leave it :eek: I said if he does that he will go hungry. :cool: I think that's really rude - I'd eat something someone gave me even if I didn;t like it, but then I hate upsetting people.

Yup I think it's time he cooks for you. There's a fine line between trying to accommodate someone else's real dislikes and having them dictate like a tyrant; hope you find the right balance. Don't put up with any bad manners, and if he's a Christian, remind him that Jesus ate what was put in front of Him without complaining If he doesn't like that, tell him his 40 days of fasting start right now.

Seakay

skintchick wrote:

AS yet, he has cooked me nothing! We've been together a couple of months, and spend most time at my house (wekends only) and when I have been at his we've so far gone out on birthdays and other dos, so he hasn;t had a 'chance' to cook for me yet.

He says melted cheese is an absolute no, and he even has toast dry rather than have butter, so I think I have to work round him rather than force him to eat stuff.

Some lovely ideas in here though, thanks. Gives me a few things to be going on with, and I think I will have to insist he cooks for me fairly soon.

HE did say if he doesn;t like something he will say so and leave it :eek: I said if he does that he will go hungry. :cool: I think that's really rude - I'd eat something someone gave me even if I didn;t like it, but then I hate upsetting people.

Well, on the positive side he is someone who believes in honesty and plain speaking, so why not tell him that you are bored with him hanging around your place all the time, and would prefer to spend the next two months at his, followed by alternate weekends, when he can cook and then you'll get an idea of the food he likes. Oh, and don't forget to let hime know your likes and dislikes in advance - it's only polite!

Jess_E

My BF is similar... will only eat "kids food" as my mum calls it.
Sausage and chips, chicken dippers and chips, turkey drummers and chips, the occasional serving of peas, beans, etc.
Wont eat anything in a sauce, is convinced he is allergic to onions so wont touch anything with onions in (which is i think why he wont eat sauces... incase the onions are hidden in it)
Likes pasta, but only plain (no sauce, again)
absolute nightmare, his mum cooks for him at the moment, but we are looking to move in together soon. Have told him he will be cooking!

patricia1066

My DH is one of those with a "narrow palate" - wont eat anything with garlic by choice, doesnt like sauces, or dressings. He doesnt eat salads, sweet potatoes, lasagnas, pasta or curry. Sometimes he will eat a pizza if we are eating ut.

He loves cornish cream, and slathers it on anything sweet. He uses butter as if its a main food group, and because his food has to be so "bare" he uses salt to liven it up.

He cooks probably more than I do because when I cook I want pasta, and curry and rice. His diet and mine is a disaster area.

When we went to stay at my mums he ate vegetables with rosemary seasoning, pork roasted with oranges, and other garlicky food. He never appeared not to enjoy it, but when we got home he sighed in relief to get back to normal.

I love him and dont want to force him to eat what he doesnt want to eat (that ended in childhood TG) but what do I do?

When we first went out together I gave him pesto sauce, and he really didnt like it.

Now three years on we eat grilled meat seven days a week, unless we make a roast. Boiled carrots green beans and potatoes every meal. :eek:

Sorry Skintchick - didnt mean to take over your thread - I think you can see where this will lead you unless he tries some new tastes.

eryn_kathleen

I sympathise with skintchick... my OH won't eat broccoli or cauliflower and doesn't like lentils/chickpeas, although he'll eat them in moderation if I make them.

On the other hand, I won't eat his mum's sloppy, gloopy corned beef hash. When we met, I'd never tried swede or leek or cabbage and hated coleslaw - I like them all now. I still can't face a tin of baked beans, though!

Still, it's a real pain to make two meals so we both have to compromise - I cook most of the time, so he has to compromise the most! I agree with the posters above that you can slowly work more sauce-based meals in by stealth. If you like that food, you won't want to go without forever.

For some non-saucy meal ideas:

Marinade tuna or salmon portions in teriyaki sauce and grill in a George Foreman grill or similar. The sauce will absorb and give flavour but won't be saucy. (I particularly like this with rice cooked in coconut milk and some nice veggies on the side)

You can make mince 'n tatties and have yours with gravy and his without.

Colcannon is just mashed potatoes and cooked cabbage - I put it in a casserole dish with spring onions and bacon bits and then break four eggs over the top and cook in the oven.

Steel_2

My husband had a very narrow repertoire of meals when I first met him. His mother always cooked for him when he was at home – usually very small pieces of meat with two veg - and when he got his own place he existed on pizzas, tortilla chips and sweets because he didn't know how to cook. He hated cheese and tomato unless it was on a pizza and didn't really like sauces or anything that ‘sounded funny’ thanks to his mother’s taste, which eliminated a great deal of my cookbook straight away.

I told him that I would try to respect some of his food choices, but that respect was a two way street. I would not stop eating what I enjoyed just to fit in with him and if he ever told me it didn’t taste like his mother’s recipe I would never cook another meal for him (last boyfriend was dumped for such stupid comments!)


I started hubbie off with:

Roast dinners (men always go bonkers over a properly done roast – just give your bloke boiled potatoes and keep the crispy roasties for yourself. Mmmmmmm)

Chinese crispy duck with pancakes (if he'll eat Chinese) – nice and dry with a wee bit of plum sauce for moistness.

Pasta shapes with tuna and a very small amount of tomato sauce, just to moisten the tuna. Add parmesan to yours only if he won’t eat cheese.

Fajitas - these have very little amounts of sauce involved. Get the guacamole and sour cream for yourself. He doesn’t have to add it to his.

Beef mince Cannelloni – not too wet on the filling and you can put a sparing amount of tomato or mushroom sauce over the top while it cooks. Or spread a tiny bit on after ‘just for taste’.

The occasional steak with lots of veggies. Do him some small tatties to go with it and chips or a quick microwave jacket spud for yourself.

Risottos – a good boullion cube, rather than stock cube, adds a huge amount of flavour and you can throw in just about any veggies and it comes out stunningly scoffable.

Scampi – moist little !!!!!!s on their own so don’t need sauce and can go with tons of veggies and small tatties to for him and chips or a quick microwave jacket spud for yourself.

Chicken breasts cooked with lemon wedges - flavour and moistness from the lemon juice.



Hubbie eats just about everything now, bar cheese straight from the fridge or melted on top of a main meal, or anything with a large amount of tomato chunks (naturally spicy Mexican salsa is ok though!). Did him a butternut squash Thai red curry the other night with wilted spinach and he stuffed it back like a starving man and asked for seconds.

shell2001

There were several things that DH did not eat before we got together but over the 13 years I have gradually broken him down, especially since we had the girls as he has to be seen to eat veg etc.

I think we all have foods we dont like but maybe its just the way his mum cooked it! I know in DH case this was the fact. Maybe do your usual meals but when it comes to dishing up drain off as much of the sauce as possible so the meat is just coated and serve extra sauce in a gravy boat.

princessfayebaley

I think that the majority of the male species are just sooooooooooo strange. My BF won't eat fresh tomatoes (but will have them in a suace!) but is quite happy to sit and chew the fat and bone off a pork chop!!!!!! It must be the carnivore element in them :-) x