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@PerkyMac - Thanks! It's also fantastic with crab. Do a small single serving and saute up some vedge to go on the side for a full meal.

Dinner for someone else...but not for me, cuz I just don't like the stuff.

Lobster pot pie

Corn Cream:
3 ears of corn, kernels scraped off
2 cups chicken stock
3 cups cream, room temp
3 cloves garlic, minced
2 shallots, minced
Blond roux

In medium pot over medium heat cook garlic and shallot in oil until translucent. Add 2 Tbsp roux. Add corn, corn cobs, and whisk in chicken stock. Simmer for 10-15 minutes. Remove cobs. Whisk in heavy cream, cook and reduce until sauce coats the back of a spoon. Puree sauce in a blender until smooth, strain through a chinois. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Dice parsnip, chop asparagus, dice carrot. Bring pot of water to a boil and blanch asparagus. Same pot, add parsnip and carrot with a drizzle of honey and blanch.

Saute whole pearl onions in oil and butter until nearly cooked through.

Slice shitake mushrooms.

Throw everything (including chopped lobster meat) into individual ramekins, or one large casserole dish. Top with puff pastry.

Bake at 350 for 15-20 minutes.

I'd make a little Lobster Pig.

Recipe: Hot drawn butter, squeeze of lemon, ME. :-)

lobster bisque?

Thank you SSMom! That's very nice to hear! :)

Verdict is still out, but apparently word is also out because the guest list keeps growing!

I canNOT stand a picky eater. His attitude will have a negative effect on your love of food and cooking, and might (ohGod) produce picky offspring as well. Life is to be enjoyed in full - to me, especially if you love cooking and eating and have an adventurous outlook on it. Damn right you need someone to fight with over the last piece of cheesecake. Keep looking - somewhere out there is your soulmate who will give you joy in your life.

Sorbet is a good dairy-free dessert option.
How nice of you to go to such lengths to make him feel welcome, true hospitality!

i would just pile it high into a buttered and grilled roll, no mayo , no lettuce , just naked.

Just some melted butter and wedges of lemon. you might make a little bit of lettuce and scallion salad to go with.....

just eat it! - don't mess with things that destroy the sheer luxury of the treat. A little garlic bread on the side might be okay.

it sounds as if the problem is as much how his pickiness presents itself Vs the actual fact of the pickiness.
you need to negotiate how he goes about tasting and reacting. instead of filling his plate hiding the uneaten, he should take a bite only, then only take more of what he will actually eat. He also must accept that if he rejects what's for dinner, he makes his own substitute.

You, OTOH, have to deal with adjusting your daily cooking to reflect some of his opinions. Cooking can be fun, but the day in day out feeding of your partner & family isn't so much about the fun for you as about the fact that people need to eat. Plus, if he rejects your food in favor or cornflakes or PBJ for days on end, you can't be hurt.

if you someday are having kids, he needs to have learned to reject in a low-key fashion so as not to 'teach' his pickiness to them. I won't go so far as to expect him to sometimes noticeable eat something he is known to dislike, to model polite behaviour. But it would be handy.

PS I was in a relationship in which we had very different food cultures. our inability to appreciate each others standards was but one of many problems. But 3 times a day one or both of of us being annoyed or mad or disappointed sure didn't help. If you cant fine some way to enjoy meals together, some compromises, then hang it up now.

omg @KarynMC! Thanks for posting that site! I bet he'd like the rice krispie treat sushi because it's colorful and the taste would be familiar. And the peanut butter fudge looks great too!

I'd go with pasta with lobster sauce. I'm partial to marinara, so I'd do a lobster marinara, but of course an oil or cream sauce would work too (and is probably more conventional anyway).

Or a lobster pizza! That sounds good too.