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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My FIL is beyond crazy about food. He grew up as one of a group of brothers so I think he basically has the mentality that there is never enough food and he needs to eat what is available immediately. Like if we are at a party and there is a small table of appetizers with napkins, small plates etc available to take a serving he will literally pull up a chair and start eating off the platters.

The worst morning of the year is always the Friday after Thanksgiving. We have my in-laws at our house and my mother-in-law is amazing. Everyone helps clean the kitchen, she always puts the leftovers in containers that are perfectly organized, etc. My father-in-law then treats those containers like his personal buffet. Last year I came down at seven in the morning and he was sitting on the couch eating onion-y stuffing with a fork out of a Tupperware container meant for serving later on.. He will also sit alone at the table with condiments and bread distributed around him and make a turkey sandwich while everyone else is sitting there 5 feet away. It’s beyond gross and weird.[/quote]

HAHAHAHAHA...this reminded me of a friend (then pregnant) I have who went on a beach vacation with her IL's.  They served seafood, which she loves.  They asked how she liked it prepared, and she stated (clearly, but nicely - since they purposefully asked) "anything but this particular way" (something that involves keeping a few pieces separate and not smothering it with an ingredient she finds offensive, actually I do, too). So, the IL's proceeded to douse the seafood with the ingredient my friend hates (it makes her sick, literally, and she stated as much).  The friend had no dinner, because this happened late. The next IL vacation, friend ate all of the small serving (enough for one person) of that particular food - which didn't have that ingredient ("crap" as she calls it) on it.  So now, the IL's keep the hors d'oeuvres away from my friend, but the friend knows it, and sends me pics of the too small plate for 20 people.  This happens about once per year, but still funny, because we know what to expect. [/quote]

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