What dish have you had to force down with a smile?
my mother-in-law makes lasagna with cottage cheese instead of ricotta. ich ich ichy.
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What dish have you had to force down with a smile?
My mother-in-law's Salisbury Steak. Made with nothing but hamburger and horseradish. No salt or anything else, it was disgusting. It was the only time in my life I've ever had to choke anything down.
What dish have you had to force down with a smile?
My mother likes her kale steamed. I can't stand it-- it's like having a mouthful of soggy, salty toilet paper. Eeugh.
What dish have you had to force down with a smile?
The most memorable time this happened to me was when I was a kid. When I was about 9 years old our neighbor had an attached apartment with an Iraqi man who rented it. His mother came over from Iraq to visit, and they invited the neighbors and I to a traditional Iraqi dinner. I thought I was going to die eating that food, but I tried to smile and eat as much as I could (yay good manners!) Later my neighbor's mother told me that she could tell I hated it, but at least I smiled politely the whole time. Now, as an adult, I wish there was anywhere in my town where I could eat traditional Middle Easter cuisine!
What dish have you had to force down with a smile?
My mother makes Beef Stroganoff, and she uses beef tips that are frozen.
The meat is tough and I'm also not a big fan of mushrooms, so yeah. It's not my favorite meal, but I eat it just to make my mother happy.
What dish have you had to force down with a smile?
Grandma's peanut butter lasagne. Ick. We needed about 10 pints of water to help us gag that down. She's a wonderful cook and also a nutritionist by trade, but sometimes her vegetarian meals are a little off the mark!
What dish have you had to force down with a smile?
Definitely Miracle Whip on sandwiches. I agree with sawyer. Nothing but Hellman's for me!
What dish have you had to force down with a smile?
my mil was the worst "southern cook" ever to grace the planet. the only thing she ever served that didnt make me sick was her canned green beans that is untill she served a bowl full that had soured.
What dish have you had to force down with a smile?
i'm an adult, i don't have to eat anything i don't like.
What dish have you had to force down with a smile?
Like "hundredthings," it was Korean--my encounter was a soup that included a lot of loose blood sausage, or maybe just clots of cooked blood. Some people like it, obviously, but to me it tastes like, well, a bad nosebleed. I ate some of it, just to ingrain it into my memory in case I might ever think to order it again (I did the same thing when I tried durian). But mostly I ate around the stuff, and the rest of the soup was pretty good. I certainly didn't put me off Korean food in general.
What dish have you had to force down with a smile?
One year for Passover, my stepmom made "lasagna" with matzoh boards in place of the noodles. She thought it was really creative, and that since we all like regular lasagna, we would like this too. I knew she worked hard to make it, so I choked down as much as I could. It was wrong in so many ways and for so many reasons.
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