On Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:41:01 -0700, Cindy Fuller wrote:

> In article >,
> "cshenk" > wrote:
>
>> "ChattyCathy" wrote
>>
>>> Maybe she's like my Dad, who often said to me, "What do you mean you
>>> don't like cabbage? You'll love it the way I make it, just wait and
>>> see!" <g>
>>> Seriously, perhaps she thought you just hadn't had fish "prepared the
>>> right way" and that after trying *her* fish dish, you'd be "converted"?
>>
>> A primary reason why our 'pot lucks' (even fancy) have more than one main
>> and a grunch of sides ;-)
>
> We're having our usual Friday night follies next door tonight. We have
> several issues to deal with in menu planning: one vegetarian couple;
> one woman who's allergic to onions and garlic; another one who may have
> a wheat allergy.

i had to deal with cooking for an onion-allergic girlfriend for a couple
years. pain in the butt (for me, anyway).

your pal,
blake