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Wayne Boatwright
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On Tue 26 Jul 2005 10:03:50a, Ranee Mueller wrote in rec.food.cooking:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Wayne Boatwright <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Thank you, Ranee, for your thoughtful comments. I totally agree with
>> your premise and the way you provide for your husband and kids. If I
>> had kids I would certainly be inclined to do the same. As it is, there
>> are only the two of us and my partner came into this relationship with
>> many food prejudices well-established. While I like practically
>> everything, his "acceptable" food list is quite short. In the last 13
>> years I've tried many times to break down some of the barriers, but
>> it's not worth fighting over.
I've won a few battles and actually
>> managed to introduce him to foods he never dreamed he would eat.
>> However, most of the time we share the same meat and one or more of the
>> vegetables, but other times I won't deny myself what I want and will
>> prepare more than one entree so that we both can enjoy our meal. There
>> is another issue, too, as my partner had quadruple bypass surgery a
>> year and a half ago, and I do my best to follow a heart healty diet for
>> both of us. I'm not getting any younger myself.
>
> We have a don't ask don't tell agreement about what is in the food.
> I promise not to make anything that anyone is allergic to (or in your
> case, is bad for the health) and he looks away and eats it, and enjoys
> it usually. It's only when he knows that there is something in there
> that he doesn't like that he has a problem with it. He says he doesn't
> like sweet and sour or teriyaki, any sweet with meat, but when I do it,
> he enjoys it. It helps that I don't make that flourescent goop or
> overdo the sweet/meat stuff, as I like it a bit more balanced than many
> recipes are.
>
> Rich was slicing strawberries for shortcake a week or so ago, while I
> was making a marinade for pork tenderloin and I told him to avert his
> gaze or he wouldn't be able to enjoy the meal. He did. It had brown
> sugar, orange juice and ginger in it along with the garlic, sunflower
> oil, scallions and pepper. He ate it with gusto, but if he had allowed
> himself to be fully conscious of the sugar, orange and ginger, he
> wouldn't have.
I manage to "sneak" some things into our meals, but omit the obvious that
would be a complete thumbs down. Luckily, he never watches me preparing
food!
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________
Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974
> In article <[email protected]>,
> Wayne Boatwright <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Thank you, Ranee, for your thoughtful comments. I totally agree with
>> your premise and the way you provide for your husband and kids. If I
>> had kids I would certainly be inclined to do the same. As it is, there
>> are only the two of us and my partner came into this relationship with
>> many food prejudices well-established. While I like practically
>> everything, his "acceptable" food list is quite short. In the last 13
>> years I've tried many times to break down some of the barriers, but
>> it's not worth fighting over.
I've won a few battles and actually>> managed to introduce him to foods he never dreamed he would eat.
>> However, most of the time we share the same meat and one or more of the
>> vegetables, but other times I won't deny myself what I want and will
>> prepare more than one entree so that we both can enjoy our meal. There
>> is another issue, too, as my partner had quadruple bypass surgery a
>> year and a half ago, and I do my best to follow a heart healty diet for
>> both of us. I'm not getting any younger myself.
>
> We have a don't ask don't tell agreement about what is in the food.
> I promise not to make anything that anyone is allergic to (or in your
> case, is bad for the health) and he looks away and eats it, and enjoys
> it usually. It's only when he knows that there is something in there
> that he doesn't like that he has a problem with it. He says he doesn't
> like sweet and sour or teriyaki, any sweet with meat, but when I do it,
> he enjoys it. It helps that I don't make that flourescent goop or
> overdo the sweet/meat stuff, as I like it a bit more balanced than many
> recipes are.
>
> Rich was slicing strawberries for shortcake a week or so ago, while I
> was making a marinade for pork tenderloin and I told him to avert his
> gaze or he wouldn't be able to enjoy the meal. He did. It had brown
> sugar, orange juice and ginger in it along with the garlic, sunflower
> oil, scallions and pepper. He ate it with gusto, but if he had allowed
> himself to be fully conscious of the sugar, orange and ginger, he
> wouldn't have.
I manage to "sneak" some things into our meals, but omit the obvious that
would be a complete thumbs down. Luckily, he never watches me preparing
food!
--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
____________________________________________
Give me a smart idiot over a stupid genius any day.
Sam Goldwyn, 1882-1974