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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here--to the lady who can't eat spices, I totally sympathize with you! I really do, I have seen friends literally cry and sweat from the same spices that do nothing to me.  But my BIL who would happily eat potatoes and enjoy them unless he knew there was sour cream in it? Totally irrational.  My fil who will never try a bite of something he hasn't had before?  Totally irrational. The pp who knows someone who won't eat white foods? Totally irrational.  I'm not knockin food aversions, or even choices like veganism.  But acting like 5 year old when your 35 or 65? Drives me crazy![/quote]

I'm the lady who can't eat spices. Thank you, and I agree with the irrational-ness of it. I would not eat sour cream plain, or like, on blitzes or something. But I've had it in pancakes and they were good.

To the other posters, the easiest thing to do is ask the person if they like a couple of things "I was thinking of making baked chicken, salmon, or manicotti - do you like those?" and see what their reaction is, then just make them mild. Don't decide THIS is the time you'll put spinach in the pasta dish, and wherever possible put things on the side. If you offer two or three fairly bland things that are pretty different from each other, chances are good you'll get a green light on one of them.

The point of inviting people over is to have a nice time with them. If the company is stressing that there's no food they like, and the hostess is stressing that the food they served is not being eaten, then people aren't having a good time. A quick phone call and a smidge extra prep can take care of all that for both parties involved.[/quote]

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