In article >,
"cshenk" > wrote:

> "Omelet" wrote
>
> > I prefer to cook for guests, not for myself. I'm just trying to
> > understand those that don't.
> >
> > Maybe I'd make a good restaurant cook. ;-)
>
> Grin, might be a matter of interpretation. I don't have a neighbor gather
> and expect them to give me a menu, but I am not bashful on telling them I
> have a load of (insert food item) and am open to suggestions if they have a
> preference.
>
> Last weekend, it was the 2 Bangus. I donated them to another who hot-smoked
> them for us all. He had a recipe but we didnt have time or know how to do
> it with our gear so he did it the night before at his place in his smoker.
> Other times i'd mention I had a nice pork butt, and might be asked if I
> could do a southern pulled BBQ after listing 3-4 ideas I had for it.
> (Southern pulled BBQ, Hoisin pork, Loo'd Pork etc).
>
> I don't say to them 'hey, I wanna do a BBQ so what do you want me to fix'
> and I bet you don't either in quite that way!

Not quite, no. ;-) I generally make suggestions and let them pick!
Last time I served them spatcocked grilled cornish game hen. Hard to go
wrong with that!

Basically, they just prefer fish or poultry to red meat (and I'm ok with
that, poultry is cheap but sometimes I'll spring for fish) and fresh
veggies. Unprocessed food with ingredients that don't read like a
chemistry textbook.

Since I mostly eat that way myself (with the notable exception of some
commercially prepared condiments or dressings), their food preferences
are similar to my own.

But, I eat red meat. Frequently.
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It's about learning to dance in the rain.
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