"Giusi" wrote

> I love your stories! My experience has been a lot like yours. BUT I
> respect allergies, religious restrictions and intolerances. My kid has a
> terrible sensitivity to iodine which precludes all seafoods, so I
> obviously ask others if they have any of these problems. I also don't
> mind a bit if someone at table skips a dish I made.

Thats the hardest one for *me* to cook around. I can do it, but it isnt my
normal stuff. No Dashi for example. We had a dearly departed neighbor who
had problems with all seafoods (may have been iodine, I don't know). I
always had a few dishes he couldnt eat (and would warn him which they were
as it wasnt always obvious to the eye).