On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 13:51:27 -0600, "jmcquown"
> wrote:

> My parents moved away 20 years ago. I was chatting with Mom the other day
> and she asked what I made for dinner. I told her about the pork steaks
> which were accompanied by a good serving of those Fordhook limas. She said,
> "Oh, I don't like those." But, but, Mom! You bought them all the time, and
> you ate them! She replied, "I know, but I didn't like them at all." Huh.
> What was it, a State Secret? Took all these years for me to learn that
> about her.
>
> I can't figure out why she didn't just make a small helping of something she
> *does* like for herself. We were teens; we would have understood some
> things you just don't care for. And no, it wasn't because she couldn't
> afford to buy an extra veggie to serve to herself. She and Dad love beets
> and knowing we didn't care for them she'd steam some broccoli (for example)
> when they wanted beets, just so we'd have a veggie we liked. But she didn't
> do that for herself; go figure.
>
I'm wondering why she bought them in the first place? Did
she make them for your father? I can't imagine teenagers
coming home and demanding lima beans for dinner, especially
if they've never tasted them.

Personally, I don't like big limas - but the small ones are
okay and I really do like succotash.

> Have you uncovered things about your parents eating habits you simply never
> knew about?

No.

sf