Re: for EW in particular - fernickety eaters

[Guest guest]

I have a son in law who's mother didn't cook. He thinks that there are only two

vegetables: corn on the cob and french fries.

When he comes to hy house for dinner, I put a salad in front of him. It's taken

15 years, but now at least he tastes it.

ew

for EW in particular - fernickety eaters

I better explain as I just thought I may just be using another UK word here...

fernickety is picky, fussy.

Having read about EW's wife being particular about foods I thought I might

shock you... because here I am, a vegetarian of beyong 20 years. I loves my

vegetables and a plate isn't a good plate without greenery.

When I first met my husband, I cooked him a Great British classic of Sunday

Lunch with lots of lovely vegetables, Yorkshire Pudding, Vegetarian roast... he

ate it all up. Slowly over the months, it came to light that he didn't eat one

vegetable, or another vegetable... eventually I found out that the man I fell in

love with would only eat

Baked beans (English staple food of canned haricot beans in tomato sauce...

probably the nations favourite vegetable after the potato)

Sweetcorn

Mushy Peas (these are marrowfat peas, dried, soaked and cooked where they turn

to a green mush. Usually served with battered cod and potato fries, 'fish and

chips')

Iceberg lettuce

Tomatoes - cooked only as an ingredient in something else like pizza or chilli

And that is all.

I sneak vegetables into his stews so long as I can get them to disintegrate to

avoid detection.

Luckily, my two year old adores veggies and happily eats white meats and fish,

so it would only be me thats fernickety about meat and him with his veg.

Cooking meals is so much fun....!

Charlotte

[Guest guest]

What does your daughter do at their home for cooking?  I do love corn on the

cob.  I prefer the sweet potato fries in the oven to regular fries.  However,

if you add chili and cheese, then I can sure go for them.  My mother liked to

eat a lot more things than I did.  I didn't like cooked spinach but it wasn't

in soups but was sort of a light green and sort of mushy and yuchy.  She liked

okra but they put it in a pot and boiled it and it was slimey and like snot. 

Pardon the expression, but that is what it looked like.  I found tht I like

spinach raw and in soups.  I like fried okra but don't think i'd like the

boiled okra even now.  I doubt if I'd have liked squash and zucchini as a kid

but I like it now when it is cooked and a bit of herbs added.  I couldn't stand

liver and onions until I went to work one day and said, " I'd like that. " at what

was in the case in the cafeteria and I thought I was getting beef.  I was but

it tasted different

but was really good.  I went back to ask what kind of meat it was and almost

fainted right there when I found out it was liver and I liked it.  our tastes

change about every 7 years I found out.  I still like liver and even chicken

livers too.  Not too healthy unless one needs iron.  My husband likes cow

tongue but I just can't quite get there.  His family ate a lot of things like

that.  I would never have eaten it as a kid, even if Dad spanked me or make me

take castor oil, which he did at times.  That was punsihment.  I threw it up,

of course.  I wish I had her goulash recipe.  I might be able to make

something similar.  I didn't like kale either but learned to like it out of a

can later on while still a teenager.   So many things we just don't find

attractive or the way it is cooked.  And don't know how to eat some things. 

My hubby won't eat peppers or cabbage rolls.  he likes cold slaw though or cole

slaw if you use that

terminology.  I'd hate to have to cook for someone who only saw corn on the

cob and french fries. 

 

 

Carolyn Wilkerson

 

To: sproutpeople

Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:00 AM

Subject: Re: for EW in particular - fernickety eaters

 

I have a son in law who's mother didn't cook. He thinks that there are only two

vegetables: corn on the cob and french fries.

When he comes to hy house for dinner, I put a salad in front of him. It's taken

15 years, but now at least he tastes it.

ew

for EW in particular - fernickety eaters

I better explain as I just thought I may just be using another UK word here...

fernickety is picky, fussy.

Having read about EW's wife being particular about foods I thought I might shock

you... because here I am, a vegetarian of beyong 20 years. I loves my vegetables

and a plate isn't a good plate without greenery.

When I first met my husband, I cooked him a Great British classic of Sunday

Lunch with lots of lovely vegetables, Yorkshire Pudding, Vegetarian roast... he

ate it all up. Slowly over the months, it came to light that he didn't eat one

vegetable, or another vegetable... eventually I found out that the man I fell in

love with would only eat

Baked beans (English staple food of canned haricot beans in tomato sauce...

probably the nations favourite vegetable after the potato)

Sweetcorn

Mushy Peas (these are marrowfat peas, dried, soaked and cooked where they turn

to a green mush. Usually served with battered cod and potato fries, 'fish and

chips')

Iceberg lettuce

Tomatoes - cooked only as an ingredient in something else like pizza or chilli

And that is all.

I sneak vegetables into his stews so long as I can get them to disintegrate to

avoid detection.

Luckily, my two year old adores veggies and happily eats white meats and fish,

so it would only be me thats fernickety about meat and him with his veg.

Cooking meals is so much fun....!

Charlotte

[Guest guest]

My daughter cooks for her and the kids and meat for him.

I grow an Okra that is not slimy. The name is Grandfather Kurtz Cowhorn. Its an

heirloom from Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company.

if you cook other varieties of Okra in soups and stews, you won't notice the

sliminess. The trick is to cook it al dente if you're serving it as a side dish

Saving seeds is easy.

ew

Re: for EW in particular - fernickety eaters

What does your daughter do at their home for cooking? I do love corn on the

cob. I prefer the sweet potato fries in the oven to regular fries. However, if

you add chili and cheese, then I can sure go for them. My mother liked to eat a

lot more things than I did. I didn't like cooked spinach but it wasn't in soups

but was sort of a light green and sort of mushy and yuchy. She liked okra but

they put it in a pot and boiled it and it was slimey and like snot. Pardon the

expression, but that is what it looked like. I found tht I like spinach raw and

in soups. I like fried okra but don't think i'd like the boiled okra even now. I

doubt if I'd have liked squash and zucchini as a kid but I like it now when it

is cooked and a bit of herbs added. I couldn't stand liver and onions until I

went to work one day and said, " I'd like that. " at what was in the case in the

cafeteria and I thought I was getting beef. I was but it tasted different

but was really good. I went back to ask what kind of meat it was and almost

fainted right there when I found out it was liver and I liked it. our tastes

change about every 7 years I found out. I still like liver and even chicken

livers too. Not too healthy unless one needs iron. My husband likes cow tongue

but I just can't quite get there. His family ate a lot of things like that. I

would never have eaten it as a kid, even if Dad spanked me or make me take

castor oil, which he did at times. That was punsihment. I threw it up, of

course. I wish I had her goulash recipe. I might be able to make something

similar. I didn't like kale either but learned to like it out of a can later on

while still a teenager. So many things we just don't find attractive or the way

it is cooked. And don't know how to eat some things. My hubby won't eat peppers

or cabbage rolls. he likes cold slaw though or cole slaw if you use that

terminology. I'd hate to have to cook for someone who only saw corn on the cob

and french fries.

Carolyn Wilkerson

[Guest guest]

There are some seed exchanges.

Carolyn Wilkerson

 

To: sproutpeople

Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 1:27 AM

Subject: Re: for EW in particular - fernickety eaters

 

My daughter cooks for her and the kids and meat for him.

I grow an Okra that is not slimy. The name is Grandfather Kurtz Cowhorn. Its an

heirloom from Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company.

if you cook other varieties of Okra in soups and stews, you won't notice the

sliminess. The trick is to cook it al dente if you're serving it as a side dish

Saving seeds is easy.

ew

Re: for EW in particular - fernickety eaters

What does your daughter do at their home for cooking? I do love corn on the cob.

I prefer the sweet potato fries in the oven to regular fries. However, if you

add chili and cheese, then I can sure go for them. My mother liked to eat a lot

more things than I did. I didn't like cooked spinach but it wasn't in soups but

was sort of a light green and sort of mushy and yuchy. She liked okra but they

put it in a pot and boiled it and it was slimey and like snot. Pardon the

expression, but that is what it looked like. I found tht I like spinach raw and

in soups. I like fried okra but don't think i'd like the boiled okra even now. I

doubt if I'd have liked squash and zucchini as a kid but I like it now when it

is cooked and a bit of herbs added. I couldn't stand liver and onions until I

went to work one day and said, " I'd like that. " at what was in the case in the

cafeteria and I thought I was getting beef. I was but it tasted different

but was really good. I went back to ask what kind of meat it was and almost

fainted right there when I found out it was liver and I liked it. our tastes

change about every 7 years I found out. I still like liver and even chicken

livers too. Not too healthy unless one needs iron. My husband likes cow tongue

but I just can't quite get there. His family ate a lot of things like that. I

would never have eaten it as a kid, even if Dad spanked me or make me take

castor oil, which he did at times. That was punsihment. I threw it up, of

course. I wish I had her goulash recipe. I might be able to make something

similar. I didn't like kale either but learned to like it out of a can later on

while still a teenager. So many things we just don't find attractive or the way

it is cooked. And don't know how to eat some things. My hubby won't eat peppers

or cabbage rolls. he likes cold slaw though or cole slaw if you use that

terminology. I'd hate to have to cook for someone who only saw corn on the cob

and french fries.

Carolyn Wilkerson

[Guest guest]

There's a little hope for my other half then.

I got him eating lentil dahl with onion and tons of garlic added and it's now

one of his favourites. However, the nearest he will come to my salads are

putting the washed-up plates away!

He says that as he's lived 34 years without vegetables, not eating them hasn't

done him any harm. I really despair at this remark.

My mother-in-law is an excellent cook, they grow all their own vegetables and

keep chickens... I have no idea what went wrong!

Charlotte

>

> I have a son in law who's mother didn't cook. He thinks that there are only

two vegetables: corn on the cob and french fries.

> When he comes to hy house for dinner, I put a salad in front of him. It's

taken 15 years, but now at least he tastes it.

> ew