http://www.recfoodcooking.com
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

ChattyCathy said...

> http://www.recfoodcooking.com


Heh heh heh...

Can I have the tin foil motorcycle helmet? I dented the other one!

<VBG>

Andy

I'm on a roll, when I'm not on a rock.

Andy <q> wrote:

> ChattyCathy said...
>
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
>
> Heh heh heh...
>
> Can I have the tin foil motorcycle helmet? I dented the other one!
>
> <VBG>
>
> Andy
>
> I'm on a roll, when I'm not on a rock.

It's your's ;-)
--
Cheers
Chatty Cathy

ChattyCathy said...

> Andy <q> wrote:
>
>> ChattyCathy said...
>>
>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>>
>>
>> Heh heh heh...
>>
>> Can I have the tin foil motorcycle helmet? I dented the other one!
>>
>> <VBG>
>>
>> Andy
>>
>> I'm on a roll, when I'm not on a rock.
>
> It's your's ;-)


Where have all the contestants gone? Long time passying...

<smootch>

Thanks,

Andy

Andy said...

> ChattyCathy said...
>
>> Andy <q> wrote:
>>
>>> ChattyCathy said...
>>>
>>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>>>
>>>
>>> Heh heh heh...
>>>
>>> Can I have the tin foil motorcycle helmet? I dented the other one!
>>>
>>> <VBG>
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
>>> I'm on a roll, when I'm not on a rock.
>>
>> It's your's ;-)
>
>
> Where have all the contestants gone? Long time passying...
>
> <smootch>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andy


Long time passing! DOH!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg8Db7VNgL0

I had laid a plate of pork stirfry over noodles down at his place.
Boorish house guest strides up to it, and before even sitting down,
demands "What's THAT!!!!"' I was still at the stove, making up other
plates ( there was no room to serve this meal family style) and I
yelled back "Oh, Jack, just sit down and eat it". He knew I was
perturbed, but later asked for seconds, spilling the sauce all over my
table as he slung the plate at me for more. Who said Neanderthal was
extinct?

"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
...
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
> --
> Cheers
> Chatty Cathy

The immediate temptation would be to take their plate of food and give it to
the dog then tell them to get out. Then again if I agree I'll suggest we
all go out to dinner.

either way the dogs get fed well.

:-)

Dimitri

It sounds like you've met my sister-in-law.
I checked off 'get annoyed and don't show it'.
You didn't leave room for the 'never invite back' option.


--Lia

Julia Altshuler wrote:
> It sounds like you've met my sister-in-law.
> I checked off 'get annoyed and don't show it'.
> You didn't leave room for the 'never invite back' option.
>
>
> --Lia


Now *that* should have been an option! You simply don't go to someone's
house and declare the food is horrible. Unless it was catered. By a
horrible caterer

Jill

On Fri 26 Sep 2008 12:32:44p, ChattyCathy told us...

> http://www.recfoodcooking.com

My response in the survey was "I don't give a damn". However, I would
probably tell the complainer that there isn't another option, and they
might be happier dining elsewhere.

Luckily, I have never had guests so rude that they would make such a
comment.

In a similar vein, however, I had a cocktail party years ago and I had a
well stocked bar. One guest was visibly ****ed that I didn't have some
sort of liquor they wanted (can't remember what it was). I suggested that
they might prefer going to a bar that did have it. He left.

--
Wayne Boatwright

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6wks 3dys 9hrs 41mins
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jmcquown wrote:
>
> Now *that* should have been an option! You simply don't go to someone's
> house and declare the food is horrible. Unless it was catered. By a
> horrible caterer


I suppose we could also get into what constitutes a complaint.


There's making a slight face, then saying no thanks.


There's apologizing for being unable to handle the ginger.


There's happening to be in the kitchen for the rest of the visit doing
the cooking and making it as plain, mushy, and tasteless as one eats at
home.


And then there's the famous announcing that the food tastes like moose
turds-- but good.


--Lia

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:23:45 GMT, Wayne Boatwright
> wrote:

>My response in the survey was "I don't give a damn". However, I would
>probably tell the complainer that there isn't another option, and they
>might be happier dining elsewhere.

I told two guests....."I am positivie that you can find something on
the way home"...as we walked to the front door. An ounce of
pretension is worth a pound of manure to me.

Julia Altshuler wrote:
> It sounds like you've met my sister-in-law.
> I checked off 'get annoyed and don't show it'.
> You didn't leave room for the 'never invite back' option.

One of my nephews would be in that category. He is the one that came for
Christmas dinner where we had more than a dozen choices of desserts and
he pouted and whined "There's I like for dessert". I answered "Well then
I guess you are out of luck". He was over 30 at the time, old enough to
have developed some taste buds ... and manners.

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:59:46 -0700, "Dimitri" >
wrote:

>
>"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
...
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>> --
>> Cheers
>> Chatty Cathy
>
>The immediate temptation would be to take their plate of food and give it to
>the dog then tell them to get out. Then again if I agree I'll suggest we
>all go out to dinner.
>
>either way the dogs get fed well.
>
>:-)
>
>Dimitri

That remined me about the time one of my ex's complained about how I
made his eggs. The dog didn't, neither did he after that. ;-)

koko
There is no love more sincere than the love of food
George Bernard Shaw
www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
updated 9/26

In article >,
ChattyCathy > wrote:

> http://www.recfoodcooking.com

My choice was not giving a damn. And I wouldn't if the meal tasted as I
expected it ought to.
Once I served pickled cutthroat trout at a party that I hosted. I had
caught the trout and pickled it. It was just another way of trying to
like this particular species of trout that lives in alkaline water. All
other methods had failed for my taste.
The finished trout pickling and my Christmas party coincided, so I
decided to put the big old jar out along with the other servings. It was
exotic enough that I thought my more adventurous friends might give it a
try.
From across the room, with a beer in my hand, I eyed the jar until the
first person fished out a serving. She took a bite and her eyes darted
around the party until she saw me looking at her. She made a motion of
sticking her finger down her throat. Of course, she was right. I'd tried
it. Word spread fast.
I didn't feel insulted. I felt gratified that between the two of us, we
had consumed six ounces of a six pound trout. Um... I forget what I did
with the rest of it.

leo

Wayne Boatwright wrote:

>
> Luckily, I have never had guests so rude that they would make such a
> comment.


Nor have I. I HAVE had people eat something, then comment "I didn't
think I liked xyz, but this was delicious. May I have the recipe?"

The last time I heard this it was curried chicken salad with pineapple,
grapes, and toasted slivered almonds.

Complain? How dare they?

gloria p

On Fri 26 Sep 2008 05:49:02p, Gloria P told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>
>>
>> Luckily, I have never had guests so rude that they would make such a
>> comment.
>
>
> Nor have I. I HAVE had people eat something, then comment "I didn't
> think I liked xyz, but this was delicious. May I have the recipe?"
>
> The last time I heard this it was curried chicken salad with pineapple,
> grapes, and toasted slivered almonds.
>
> Complain? How dare they?
>
> gloria p
>

Oh, I love curried chicken salad! Sometimes I put shaved fresh coconut in
it as well. Sometimes I toast it and sprinkle on top.

--
Wayne Boatwright

*******************************************
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*******************************************
Countdown till Veteran's Day
6wks 3dys 5hrs 49mins
*******************************************
Useless Invention: Micro-miniature
personal vibrator.
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ChattyCathy wrote:
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com

I say, "Why, thank you for volunteering to make dinner for us all next
time," or something similar.

Serene

--
"I am an agnostic only to the extent that I am agnostic about fairies at
the bottom of the garden." -- Richard Dawkins

Serene Vannoy > wrote in news:6k5ni2F63qq6U7
@mid.individual.net:

> ChattyCathy wrote:
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> I say, "Why, thank you for volunteering to make dinner for us all next
> time," or something similar.
>


Like........ "There's the door. Don't let it hit ya where the good Lord
split ya."??


I've never been confronted with the 'ungrateful diner' situation..... it's
hard to get someone to talk when they're stuffing my food in their face :-)

The only complaint I get from quite a few people is "Ohhhhh, I've eaten
waaaaay too much..... but I couldn't stop!!"

And I have seen a rise in another 'diner experience'........ after a dinner
party, I continually get asked for 'care packages'(takeaways)!!

At least they appreciate my food :-)



--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia


If we are not meant to eat animals,
why are they made of meat?

Serene wrote:

> I say, "Why, thank you for volunteering to make dinner for us all next
> time," or something similar.

....unless you know that the person concerned is a crappy cook, right? Why
should EVERYBODY suffer?

Bob

"Andy" <q> wrote in message ...
> ChattyCathy said...
>
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
>
> Heh heh heh...
>
> Can I have the tin foil motorcycle helmet? I dented the other one!
>
> <VBG>
>
> Andy


That explains a lot.

-sw

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:39:46 -0700, koko > wrote:

>That remined me about the time one of my ex's complained about how I
>made his eggs. The dog didn't, neither did he after that. ;-)

*One* of your ex's? Oh, man. Don't mess with Koko!


--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:32:44 +0200, ChattyCathy
> wrote:

>http://www.recfoodcooking.com

What is the focus group for this survey? Did it assume the ungrateful
diners are adults and not immediate family? I can't imagine an
invited guest (including immediate family) not appreciating what I put
on the table. However *young* children (or grand children) can be
brutal critics, because they haven't learned all the social graces
yet.

IOW: If I put it on the table, they eat it and say "thank you". If I
mention making it another time, they'll find a nice way to say "no
thanks" if they didn't like it the first time. I'm not upset and they
don't have to eat something they didn't like. It's a win-win
situation.



--
I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.

Mae West

On Fri 26 Sep 2008 10:22:49p, told us...

> On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:39:46 -0700, koko > wrote:
>
>>That remined me about the time one of my ex's complained about how I
>>made his eggs. The dog didn't, neither did he after that. ;-)
>
> *One* of your ex's? Oh, man. Don't mess with Koko!

Unless you fancy eating out of the dog's dish. :-)

--
Wayne Boatwright

*******************************************
Date: Friday, 09(IX)/26(XXVI)/08(MMVIII)
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6wks 3dys 1hrs 12mins
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On Fri 26 Sep 2008 10:35:50p, told us...

> On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:32:44 +0200, ChattyCathy
> > wrote:
>
>>http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> What is the focus group for this survey? Did it assume the ungrateful
> diners are adults and not immediate family? I can't imagine an
> invited guest (including immediate family) not appreciating what I put
> on the table. However *young* children (or grand children) can be
> brutal critics, because they haven't learned all the social graces
> yet.
>
> IOW: If I put it on the table, they eat it and say "thank you". If I
> mention making it another time, they'll find a nice way to say "no
> thanks" if they didn't like it the first time. I'm not upset and they
> don't have to eat something they didn't like. It's a win-win
> situation.

I've not had these situations either, but rudenss does seem to be on the
rise, and few people who are rude are not bashful about expressing their
rudeness. Seems to go along with the ever increasing "entitlement".

--
Wayne Boatwright

*******************************************
Date: Friday, 09(IX)/26(XXVI)/08(MMVIII)
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Countdown till Veteran's Day
6wks 3dys 1hrs 9mins
*******************************************
The enemy is fear. We think it is
hate; but, it is fear..Gandhi
*******************************************

Wayne Boatwright wrote:
> On Fri 26 Sep 2008 10:22:49p, told us...
>
>> On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:39:46 -0700, koko > wrote:
>>
>>> That remined me about the time one of my ex's complained about how I
>>> made his eggs. The dog didn't, neither did he after that. ;-)
>> *One* of your ex's? Oh, man. Don't mess with Koko!
>
> Unless you fancy eating out of the dog's dish. :-)

When you're in the doghouse, do as the dogs do

On Fri 26 Sep 2008 11:33:45p, 2d-jack told us...

> Wayne Boatwright wrote:
>> On Fri 26 Sep 2008 10:22:49p, told us...
>>
>>> On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:39:46 -0700, koko > wrote:
>>>
>>>> That remined me about the time one of my ex's complained about how I
>>>> made his eggs. The dog didn't, neither did he after that. ;-)
>>> *One* of your ex's? Oh, man. Don't mess with Koko!
>>
>> Unless you fancy eating out of the dog's dish. :-)
>
> When you're in the doghouse, do as the dogs do
>

:-)

--
Wayne Boatwright

*******************************************
Date: Friday, 09(IX)/26(XXVI)/08(MMVIII)
*******************************************
Countdown till Veteran's Day
6wks 3dys 21mins
*******************************************
Sin that pays its way can travel
freely, and without a passport;
whereas virtue, if a pauper, is

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:22:49 -0700, sf wrote:

> On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:39:46 -0700, koko > wrote:
>
>>That remined me about the time one of my ex's complained about how I
>>made his eggs. The dog didn't, neither did he after that. ;-)
>
> *One* of your ex's? Oh, man. Don't mess with Koko!

at least she didn't say 'one of my late husbands.'

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:10:58 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:

> Julia Altshuler wrote:
>> It sounds like you've met my sister-in-law.
>> I checked off 'get annoyed and don't show it'.
>> You didn't leave room for the 'never invite back' option.
>
> One of my nephews would be in that category. He is the one that came for
> Christmas dinner where we had more than a dozen choices of desserts and
> he pouted and whined "There's I like for dessert". I answered "Well then
> I guess you are out of luck". He was over 30 at the time, old enough to
> have developed some taste buds ... and manners.

aren't you the one with the hoovering niece? maybe they make up some kind
of a team.

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:51:42 -0700, Leonard Blaisdell wrote:

> In article >,
> ChattyCathy > wrote:
>
>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>
> My choice was not giving a damn. And I wouldn't if the meal tasted as I
> expected it ought to.
> Once I served pickled cutthroat trout at a party that I hosted. I had
> caught the trout and pickled it. It was just another way of trying to
> like this particular species of trout that lives in alkaline water. All
> other methods had failed for my taste.
> The finished trout pickling and my Christmas party coincided, so I
> decided to put the big old jar out along with the other servings. It was
> exotic enough that I thought my more adventurous friends might give it a
> try.
> From across the room, with a beer in my hand, I eyed the jar until the
> first person fished out a serving. She took a bite and her eyes darted
> around the party until she saw me looking at her. She made a motion of
> sticking her finger down her throat. Of course, she was right. I'd tried
> it. Word spread fast.
> I didn't feel insulted. I felt gratified that between the two of us, we
> had consumed six ounces of a six pound trout. Um... I forget what I did
> with the rest of it.
>
> leo

might be a test of loyalty for a cat.

your pal,
blake

blake murphy wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:10:58 -0400, Dave Smith wrote:
>
>> Julia Altshuler wrote:
>>> It sounds like you've met my sister-in-law.
>>> I checked off 'get annoyed and don't show it'.
>>> You didn't leave room for the 'never invite back' option.
>> One of my nephews would be in that category. He is the one that came for
>> Christmas dinner where we had more than a dozen choices of desserts and
>> he pouted and whined "There's I like for dessert". I answered "Well then
>> I guess you are out of luck". He was over 30 at the time, old enough to
>> have developed some taste buds ... and manners.
>
> aren't you the one with the hoovering niece? maybe they make up some kind
> of a team.


He is from the other side of the family, but they would make an
interesting pair. He would take only a few things that weren't icky and
she would eat all the rest.

On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:53:16 GMT, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:22:49 -0700, sf wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:39:46 -0700, koko > wrote:
>>
>>>That remined me about the time one of my ex's complained about how I
>>>made his eggs. The dog didn't, neither did he after that. ;-)
>>
>> *One* of your ex's? Oh, man. Don't mess with Koko!
>
>at least she didn't say 'one of my late husbands.'
>
>your pal,
>blake

I'm trying not to tarnish my image here_too_much. ;-)

koko
There is no love more sincere than the love of food
George Bernard Shaw
www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
updated 9/26

"koko" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:59:46 -0700, "Dimitri" >
> wrote:
>
>>
>>"ChattyCathy" > wrote in message
...
>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>>> --
>>> Cheers
>>> Chatty Cathy
>>
>>The immediate temptation would be to take their plate of food and give it
>>to
>>the dog then tell them to get out. Then again if I agree I'll suggest we
>>all go out to dinner.
>>
>>either way the dogs get fed well.
>>
>>:-)
>>
>>Dimitri
>
> That remined me about the time one of my ex's complained about how I
> made his eggs. The dog didn't, neither did he after that. ;-)
>
> koko
> There is no love more sincere than the love of food
> George Bernard Shaw
> www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
> updated 9/26

LOL

Dimitri

Bob Terwilliger wrote:
> Serene wrote:
>
>> I say, "Why, thank you for volunteering to make dinner for us all next
>> time," or something similar.
>
> ...unless you know that the person concerned is a crappy cook, right? Why
> should EVERYBODY suffer?

Nah. No one's ever taken me up on it. It makes my point well, which is
"if you're not doing the cooking, don't complain."

Serene

--
"I am an agnostic only to the extent that I am agnostic about fairies at
the bottom of the garden." -- Richard Dawkins

Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> Serene Vannoy > news:6k5ni2F63qq6U7
> @mid.individual.net: in rec.food.cooking
>
>> ChattyCathy wrote:
>>> http://www.recfoodcooking.com
>> I say, "Why, thank you for volunteering to make dinner for us all next
>> time," or something similar.
>>
>> Serene
>
> Oh Serene. Are you sure you want to do that? Gawd knows what the other
> person will be cooking ;-0

I'm adventurous. I will eat anything served to me, and I've rarely been
sorry.

Serene

--
"I am an agnostic only to the extent that I am agnostic about fairies at
the bottom of the garden." -- Richard Dawkins

On Sep 27, 1:22*am, sf wrote:
> On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:39:46 -0700, koko > wrote:
> >That remined me about the time one of my ex's complained about how I
> >made his eggs. The dog didn't, neither did he after that. ;-)
>
> *One* of your ex's? *Oh, man. *Don't mess with Koko! *
>
> --
> I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.
>
> Mae West

She's not that bad. I once met "Andrée" who did not take kindly to
criticisim of her cooking She had killed her first husband who had
complained about her food. When I met her she was back in prison for
murdering her second husband who, also had complained about her
cooking.

I never asked but I assume that she was not working in the prision
kitchen.

John Kane Kingston ON Canada

On Sep 27, 1:39*pm, koko > wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:53:16 GMT, blake murphy
>
> > wrote:
> >On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 22:22:49 -0700, sf wrote:
>
> >> On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:39:46 -0700, koko > wrote:
>
> >>>That remined me about the time one of my ex's complained about how I
> >>>made his eggs. The dog didn't, neither did he after that. ;-)
>
> >> *One* of your ex's? *Oh, man. *Don't mess with Koko! *
>
> >at least she didn't say 'one of my late husbands.'
>
> >your pal,
> >blake
>
> I'm trying not to tarnish my image here_too_much. ;-)

You don't use the name Andrée do you ?

John Kane Kingston ON Canada

On Sat, 27 Sep 2008 11:46:42 -0700 (PDT), John Kane
> wrote:

>On Sep 27, 1:22*am, sf wrote:
>> On Fri, 26 Sep 2008 15:39:46 -0700, koko > wrote:
>> >That remined me about the time one of my ex's complained about how I
>> >made his eggs. The dog didn't, neither did he after that. ;-)
>>
>> *One* of your ex's? *Oh, man. *Don't mess with Koko! *
>>
>> --
>> I never worry about diets. The only carrots that interest me are the number of carats in a diamond.
>>
>> Mae West
>
>She's not that bad. I once met "Andrée" who did not take kindly to
>criticisim of her cooking She had killed her first husband who had
>complained about her food. When I met her she was back in prison for
>murdering her second husband who, also had complained about her
>cooking.
>
>I never asked but I assume that she was not working in the prision
>kitchen.
>
>John Kane Kingston ON Canada

Dang, I didn't realize you would be a tell all.

O.K. Here's what really happened.
My first husband died from eating poison mushrooms, as well as did my
second. My third husband died from a concussion. He wouldn't eat
mushrooms.

Now you know why I was not allowed to work in the prison kitchen.

koko formerly know as #9572550
There is no love more sincere than the love of food
George Bernard Shaw
www.kokoscorner.typepad.com
updated 9/26

On Sep 26, 3:32*pm, ChattyCathy > wrote:
> http://www.recfoodcooking.com

Anyone who's that big a boor doesn't get invited back. I've been
fortunate that most of my guests know to not say anything, just leave
the offending food item on their plate.

maxine in ri