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> Do you have bad food memories from childhood (or otherwise) that stick
> out in your mind?
>

not a childhood memory, but a bad meal at boyfriend's (and future in-law)
house, where the roast lamb/beef/whatever was cooked without any seasoning
whatsoever; just bunged in the oven with some sort of vegetable oil

roast spuds were done the same way, other vegies were cooked to mush, and
the "gravy" was made of just pan juices...again with no seasoning -
bleeccchhhh!!!

after coming from a household where one parent (dad) was a sous-chef, and
other was simply a great cook, this "in-law" food was just stomach
churning...the smell of meat cooking without any seasoning still makes me
gag...eg can't brown mince without adding something to it, like garlic, or
onion, or whatever