On 6/21/2017 6:24 PM, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2017-06-21 5:11 PM, jmcquown wrote:
>
>>> No offense to Mom but that comment right there explains why he
>>> didn't care to eat her food. No herbs or spices? Bland crappy food,
>>> imo.
>>>
>> No offense taken. She grew up eating pretty bland food. So did
>> Dad, for that matter. (He literally married the girl next door.) She
>> hated to cook. Doesn't negate the fact he really couldn't taste much
>> when he got older.
>
> My parents were born born in the 1920s and raised on bland Anglo food.
> We were usually careful not to spice things up when they came for
> dinner. One night when they came for dinner I cooked Tandoori chicken.
> My father had never been much of a meat eater, and it was the first time
> I ever saw him help himself to seconds. The next time was when I grilled
> pork chops that had been rubbed with salt, pepper, garlic powder,
> oregano and mint. He loved them.
>
>
My parents were born in the 1920's, too. My mother thought lemon with
fish was exotic! Then again, she thought fish (any kind) was exotic.

She actually had a number of good recipes she'd trot out from time to
time. But she really didn't care much about cooking. Mostly just meat
& potatoes + some kind of vegetable. Maybe a salad. Her cupboard was
very limited in terms of herbs and spices.

Jill