"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> I adore those great big Fordhook lima beans. Mom made them (when she
> finally discovered frozen veggies heheh) for us as teens. I'm mad for
them
> and have been from the first time I tried one.
>
> 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.
>
> Have you uncovered things about your parents eating habits you simply
never
> knew about?
>
> Jill
>

Hey Jill, how's things?
I don't know if this is the same thing, but it's similar enough...
When I was a kid, my dad would occasionally (say, once a week) bring my mom
home this candy that was a mint marshmallow interior covered in chocolate. I
always thought she liked them. Apparently so did Dad. Well, we were in a
store some months ago, and I saw the candy there. "Look Mom, your favorite
candy is here!" Laughing, she told me she "always hated those little
things"! I asked why Dad was always bringing them home for her, and she said
she didn't know how he got the idea that she liked them, but once he did, he
bought them for the next ten years. She always gave them to one of us kids
or to my Dad to eat! lol

kimberly