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[quote=Anonymous]My ILs are like this too, and they are coming to visit for a week at Thanksgiving!  FIL likes red meat, MIL won't touch it.  FIL likes spicy food, while MIL thinks ketchup is spicy!  Neither of them eats tomato sauce so that limits the pasta options somewhat.  "Chinese food" is PF Chang's or the #3 special from their local Chinese place in the Dallas suburbs - any other Asian food is too exotic.  Dim sum - forget it!  MY FIL once had a fit when we took them to dim sum.  "What do you mean they don't bring all the food at one time?"  Mexican food to them is Taco Bell.  FIL has type 2 diabetes so we have to be mindful of that as well.  And they have a bunch of other food quirks.  A couple of weeks before they visit I will have them e-mail me a list of their food issues and preferences, and then I'll plan the menu accordingly.  We are likely going out for Thanksgiving dinner so that will take some of the pressure off. Otherwise I will stick to your basic meat and potatoes dishes and some "build your own" things, like chef's salad, pizzas, etc.  That way they can customize the way they like. I have introduced them to things like steel-cut oatmeal, from-scratch buttermilk pancakes (a departure from their usual Bisquick), and some other things which they loved.  I'll never turn them into foodies, but I can try to broaden their horizons a bit without scaring them too much. [/quote]

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