Help me feed my in laws

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My mom was the most traditional “American” cook ever.

Pot roast
Corn on cob
Mac and cheese
Roast Turkey
Roasted chicken with dill green beans
Sloppy joes

I’d also serve tacos more than once because you can put all the ingredients out and everyone can adjust food choices and spiciness for themselves.

The pot roast is a great suggestion. Also consider meatloaf.

[Anonymous]

Ham and Cheese Sliders on soft Hawaiian rolls
Meatball subs
Pasta salad
Raw veggies and dip
Steak and cheese sandwiches
Fruit salad

[Anonymous]

Tacos

Lasagna - pre made you can get good ones at many grocery stores

Chili, or chili on a bun (Sloppy Joe)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ILs are coming for 4 days and meals are always really stressful. I can’t ask them what they want because they will say “oh whatever you make will be fine” and DH just waits until everyone is hungry to start throwing out restaurant ideas. They don’t like the same food that my kids like and MIL doesn’t like eating out at all.
I’ve decided I need to have 7 meals planned for at home. I’ll make the kids separate meals since ILs don’t eat spice and like really plain food and my kids do not.

They will eat only American food (including Italian American food, but not authentic Italian food). They won’t eat rice or things like couscous.

So far I have:

- hot dogs
- hamburgers
- chicken Alfredo
- cold cuts for sandwiches
- possibly grilled chicken breast but not sure about sides. Once I tried serving them asparagus but they had never eaten it and it didn’t go over well.

And that is all I could come up with. What else is a meal I can make? DH is no help. I’m not American and am not that familiar with old fashioned American dishes (new American cuisine is great, but not ILs style).

Don't do that.

Why?

[Anonymous]

Everyone likes it when l get pit beef from our local BBQ place and everyone assembles their own sliders - the bbq place provides sliced onion, horse radish and bbq sauce. I get Hawaiian rolls from the grocery store, and cole slaw.

[Anonymous]

Corned beef and cabbage

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Baked salmon. So easy. Side of simple vegetable or salad, baguette, fruit.

They only eat fried fish from Long John Silvers. No, I am not joking.

Your distain for them is really obnoxious, especially given that you’re creating the same issue in your own kids.

My kids eat all kinds of food, but they are not used to having fast food style food or bland food for every meal. They think it’s boring. They’ll do it for a day or maybe two and then they’ll go on strike and make their own food. I would rather they be picky about hot dogs and burgers but eat Thai, Indian, Korean, Italian, Hungarian etc without issues.

And yes, I think it’s funny that my in laws will eat one specific seafood item from exactly one specific place.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone likes it when l get pit beef from our local BBQ place and everyone assembles their own sliders - the bbq place provides sliced onion, horse radish and bbq sauce. I get Hawaiian rolls from the grocery store, and cole slaw.

Great idea!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mom was the most traditional “American” cook ever.

Pot roast
Corn on cob
Mac and cheese
Roast Turkey
Roasted chicken with dill green beans
Sloppy joes

I’d also serve tacos more than once because you can put all the ingredients out and everyone can adjust food choices and spiciness for themselves.

The pot roast is a great suggestion. Also consider meatloaf.

I know they like meatloaf. I’ve never made it. Is it something that is foolproof?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Everyone likes it when l get pit beef from our local BBQ place and everyone assembles their own sliders - the bbq place provides sliced onion, horse radish and bbq sauce. I get Hawaiian rolls from the grocery store, and cole slaw.

Are you in the Baltimore metro area? I haven’t found good pit beef anywhere else

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My mom was the most traditional “American” cook ever.

Pot roast
Corn on cob
Mac and cheese
Roast Turkey
Roasted chicken with dill green beans
Sloppy joes

I’d also serve tacos more than once because you can put all the ingredients out and everyone can adjust food choices and spiciness for themselves.

The pot roast is a great suggestion. Also consider meatloaf.

I know they like meatloaf. I’ve never made it. Is it something that is foolproof?

I am a different poster, the problem with meatloaf is there are so many variations that picky eaters could easily find something to dislike. Tread carefully.

[Anonymous]

Why again and again are we subjected to so much sanctimony on the FOOD forum? If you’re not interested in food or cooking, why come here? To defend bland and pedestrian palates?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Baked salmon. So easy. Side of simple vegetable or salad, baguette, fruit.

They only eat fried fish from Long John Silvers. No, I am not joking.

Your distain for them is really obnoxious, especially given that you’re creating the same issue in your own kids.

My kids eat all kinds of food, but they are not used to having fast food style food or bland food for every meal. They think it’s boring. They’ll do it for a day or maybe two and then they’ll go on strike and make their own food. I would rather they be picky about hot dogs and burgers but eat Thai, Indian, Korean, Italian, Hungarian etc without issues.

And yes, I think it’s funny that my in laws will eat one specific seafood item from exactly one specific place.

DP. And that's why I have developed such a low opinion of you and I don't even know who you are. Yikes, you are a piece of work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Why again and again are we subjected to so much sanctimony on the FOOD forum? If you’re not interested in food or cooking, why come here? To defend bland and pedestrian palates?

Flan qualifies as bland. Do you not like it? How about grilled asparagus? Bland, too. And what about silky mashed potatoes like they serve at the finest Michelin 4-star restaurants in France (at which, I am sure you have never dined)? They would qualify as bland (and mashed potatoes are as pedestrian as they get) as well yet they are delicious nonetheless. They also are a de rigueur class at Le Cordon Bleu Paris, another place to which I am sure you have never been, would be accepted by or studied at.

The OP's in-laws seem to prefer foods that are not spicy and that might be considered quintessential American. I've met plenty of people in my world travels who prefer their own country's cuisine and who eschew foods from other countries. Is that wrong of them? No, absolutely not.

Your mockery of the OP's in-laws and their food preferences is misguided and rude. You might want to think about why you are so intolerant and limited in your world view that you have to put down that which you don't understand.

[Anonymous]

I don't know if the same troll keeps making fun of American food and claiming to be "not American..."

But if this is real, the easy answer is just to go to Costco and load up on stuff from the premade section. Some of the better items that would fit your requirements are: the ravioli lasagna thing, the rotisserie chickens, the macaroni and cheese, the ribs, the alfredo pasta with chicken, and the street tacos (if they eat tacos).