Barb wrote:

> Here is what Kimberly said:
>
> "I was about to write, "I consider myself a picky eater"...but really,
> it's everyone around me that considers me a picky eater. I've tried
> pointing out to them that I am actually not picky, I just like what I
> like and don't like what I don't. They didn't buy it. I admit that I do
> have a touch of OCD when it comes to certain foods. Corn, for example.
> Whether on the cob or off, nothing but butter, salt & pepper should
> ever touch my corn. No creamed corn, no corn is soups or stews, and for
> the love of all things Holy, do *not* mix the corn in with the taters
> and gravy!
<snip>
> I am inclined to call Kimberly a fussy eater while I describe my
> son-in-law as a picky eater. Kimberly's peculiarities make me roll my
> eyes and say, "Ohfer. . . ! Whatever" and my son-in-law's leave me
> grumbling about how I am to prepare a dish to satisfy his peculiarities,
> a big one of which is about textures. He wants Prego out of a jar with
> ground beef browned and added but heaven forfend if the amendment to the
> jarred stuff should included chopped onion or celery. I want to say,
> "Ohfercrissake, just eat it, will you?"
>
> Would my well known disdain for that which is beety put me into one of
> the two categories?


Kimberly's main issue seems to be how the food is arranged on the plate.
Your son-in-law's issues are with the food itself.

Your hatred of beets makes you a teutlophobe, but your other qualities
presumably make you acceptable in polite company. :-)

Bob