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Anonymous wrote:Ugh! I find it so unappealing when an adult male is a picky eater. i could never marry one. That kind of behavior would absolutely destroy any desire for them. It is so childish, petulant, and immature.

My husband was a picky eater when we met in college - I think his parents just decided both boys were picky as kids and stopped making an effort to have them try different things. He's not picky any more, and neither is is brother. Sometimes people just need to try things!

This. There are many families that let kids try something once. Predictably when the kid hates it the first time, they just go with "Johnny is picky and doesn't eat spinach" instead of continuing to offer it without making an issue. Just because a child said he didn't like meatloaf at age 4 doesn't mean he couldn't like it at age 16.

Anonymous wrote:I made a delicious cajun chicken pasta a couple weeks ago. It wasn't spicy as in hot, but it did have quite a few spices in it. Very flavorful. My DH, who is also a picky eater, took a few bites and said, "I just don't like spices." : (
It gets difficult being married to a picky eater, so just be glad you only have to deal with it with in laws!

I am what you would consider a picky eater. However, some of it is not mere preference. What is "barely spicy" to you will physically burn my tongue and take 2-3 days to go away. What is "warm" temperature-wise to you, will also burn my mouth, and my body perceives as very hot.

I really DO understand that it's frustrating for you. But please understand with hot or spicy foods it's literally physically painful for some of us out there.

Anonymous wrote:I made a delicious cajun chicken pasta a couple weeks ago. It wasn't spicy as in hot, but it did have quite a few spices in it. Very flavorful. My DH, who is also a picky eater, took a few bites and said, "I just don't like spices." : (
It gets difficult being married to a picky eater, so just be glad you only have to deal with it with in laws!

Forget your DH, give me that recipe.

Anonymous wrote:Ugh! I find it so unappealing when an adult male is a picky eater. i could never marry one. That kind of behavior would absolutely destroy any desire for them. It is so childish, petulant, and immature.

My husband was a picky eater when we met in college - I think his parents just decided both boys were picky as kids and stopped making an effort to have them try different things. He's not picky any more, and neither is is brother. Sometimes people just need to try things!

Ugh! I find it so unappealing when an adult male is a picky eater. i could never marry one. That kind of behavior would absolutely destroy any desire for them. It is so childish, petulant, and immature.

And this is why parents shouldn't over indulge kids who are picky eaters. They just become adults who are a burden on everyone else who actually does the cooking.

Anonymous wrote:Really....another post about your IL's. Thet are family. Find someone else to bitch about.

Oh gosh, you really put me in my place, didn't you? I'll go cry into my leftover mashed potatoes now.

Really....another post about your IL's. Thet are family. Find someone else to bitch about.

Anonymous wrote:I made a delicious cajun chicken pasta a couple weeks ago. It wasn't spicy as in hot, but it did have quite a few spices in it. Very flavorful. My DH, who is also a picky eater, took a few bites and said, "I just don't like spices." : (
It gets difficult being married to a picky eater, so just be glad you only have to deal with it with in laws!

Yes! I am grateful that my DH, while coming from that same family has thankfully broken out of the mold. When I met him the most foreign food he had was Chinese food I would have loved your Cajun dish

I made a delicious cajun chicken pasta a couple weeks ago. It wasn't spicy as in hot, but it did have quite a few spices in it. Very flavorful. My DH, who is also a picky eater, took a few bites and said, "I just don't like spices." : (
It gets difficult being married to a picky eater, so just be glad you only have to deal with it with in laws!

Anonymous wrote:My SIL is VERY picky as well...we had the amazing opportunity to travel to Italy as a family and being with her was SO annoying!

That would kill me! Reminds me of a picky friend from college--we all went out for Thai food and she exclaimed she wouldn't eat because she doesn't like Asian food. She got hungry so asked for a plain piece of chicken--they obliged and she picked at it saying it was dry and "see, I told you I don't like Asian food" She refused to even try our pad Thai and panang curry, etc.

Anonymous wrote:I feel ya, OP. My sister and BIL are staying with us now. BIL won't eat anything "white." That includes sour cream. And mashed potatoes. And milk. Don't even think the word "mayonnaise" or my evening will be ruined.

I've found it's easiest to just turn it around and make it a personal cooking challenge. So tonight we're having pasta with italian sausage and salad. On yellow plates.

Lol about the plates! White foods--why so arbitrary? Mased potatoes and milk are so vastly different in taste and texture. What is he, 5??

My SIL is VERY picky as well...we had the amazing opportunity to travel to Italy as a family and being with her was SO annoying!

I feel ya, OP. My sister and BIL are staying with us now. BIL won't eat anything "white." That includes sour cream. And mashed potatoes. And milk. Don't even think the word "mayonnaise" or my evening will be ruined.

I've found it's easiest to just turn it around and make it a personal cooking challenge. So tonight we're having pasta with italian sausage and salad. On yellow plates.

This is a vent about my ILs who stayed with me for the last week. I cooked the blandest, most simple meals because otherwise they wouldn't eat it. Any spice beyond salt and pepper is too foreign for them. Vegetables? oh the horror.

My BIL adores mashed potatoes and can eat a serving the size of his head, seriously. So I'm making them and I didn't have enough milk so I used sour cream to thin them out and my SIL saw me and nervously said "don't tell BIL, if he knows its in there he won't eat it." So I kept mum as he's scarfing down the potatoes and complimenting me on how tasty they are. Why would it have made a darn difference if he had know there was sour cream in them? It's not like I added anchovies or slugs, it's sour cream!

Sorry if I offend any picky eating adults here, it just really annoys me.
Yes, this is a petty vent, no this is not my biggest problem, yes I'm grateful to have nice family in our lives.

Thanks