"S'mee" > wrote

>I was checking out Gloria's Sweet & Sour Cocktail Meatball recipe
> (which sounds excellent, btw; my sibling makes something very similar).
> Anyway, I figured I wouldn't bother to save the recipe because Miguel
> (DH) doesn't like meatballs of any kind. Or white sauce. Or coconut.
> Or most sandwiches. *Sigh*
>
> Now I'm sure at least 10 people are queuing up to tell me I should
> make him eat it anyway, because they certainly wouldn't put up with
> that. But I'm more interested in knowing what kind of fussiness
> the rest of you may have to deal with...

That's a hard question to answer. First of all, I wouldn't force
anyone to eat anything. That's just nasty. I was raised, you
ate what was on the table, no question of just having the vegetables,
whatever, you'd damn well sit there till your plate was clean.
Just stupid is what that is. Try pulling that routine on me today.

But if I couldn't serve all the foods you mention ... well ... why
can't you have that? Looking at your list of foods he won't eat,
well, that wouldn't fly with me. I love meatballs, if I make meatballs
for dinner, that's what's for dinner. He can eat something
else. There's the refrigerator/stove/pantry ... menus from the
chinese place/pizza ... know what I'm saying? Just because
one person has a very limited list of foods they will eat, why
does everyone else have to do without.

Different with kids, no, they don't get to just make what they
want. They can find something on the plate to eat, within
reason. They won't starve.

Sure wouldn't stop me from cutting out that recipe. Or having
rice or whatever it was. Two rules in my house, do not bring
liver into the house, just don't even think it. And, never. I mean
never. Microwave raw chicken.

nancy