In news:rec.food.cooking, Dave Smith > posted
on Wed, 19 Nov 2014 17:44:41 -0500 the following:

> He is my brother's kid. Apparently we have some sort of obligation to
> include him on certain occasions. I realize that it is not appropriate
> to let him no that he is the charity case invitation, but dammit... it
> irks me to go out of my way to offer twice as many options at a meal and
> to have him be so vocal about how there is nothing he likes. I will got
> to a hell of a lot more expense and effort to make something good for
> people who will appreciate the effort than I will for someone who is not
> only unlikely to appreciate it, but who will be very rude in their
> expression of disgust over the effort.

You could try sassy comments.

My cousin once complained to my dad who'd smoked a turkey: "This
turkey's dry."

My dad said, "Pour water on it."

Damaeus