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Do yankees have inferior taste buds or is it just my inlaws?
Posted on 8/15/08 at 5:01 pm
Posted on 8/15/08 at 5:01 pm
Just spent a week with my in-laws at their beach house in New Jersey. My MIL attempted to cook dinner 2 of the nights we were there and it was pathetic. Why....just why not throw some S & P in there?
1st night she attempted to make london broil. She never seasoned the meat just put it in the oven and let it bake until it was well over done. If that wasn't bad enough she made powdered mashed potatoes with no addition of butter then she boiled some frozen green beans in water (no seasoning) strained them and put them in a serving dish.
2nd night she attempted to make crab imperial. She put butter and flour in the pan and immediately added the milk. SHE NEVER BROWNED THE F-ING ROUX!!!! The whole thing tasted like kindergarten paste. Even my husband who grew up with this woman's cooking thought it was awful. (I've trained his palate well for the last 4 years) Same tasteless vegetables again too.
And the real kicker is that last Thanksgiving after she took her unseasoned turkey out of the oven she proceeded to REMOVE THE SKIN AND THROW IT AWAY!!! As if the lack of S & P wasn't enough now she'd removed what little flavor it actually had left.
1/2 of all my Thanksgiving & Christmas dinners are now ruined and there's no way around it since she refuses to allow anyone to help her in the kitchen.
UUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Help me!!!!!! What else can I do?
1st night she attempted to make london broil. She never seasoned the meat just put it in the oven and let it bake until it was well over done. If that wasn't bad enough she made powdered mashed potatoes with no addition of butter then she boiled some frozen green beans in water (no seasoning) strained them and put them in a serving dish.
2nd night she attempted to make crab imperial. She put butter and flour in the pan and immediately added the milk. SHE NEVER BROWNED THE F-ING ROUX!!!! The whole thing tasted like kindergarten paste. Even my husband who grew up with this woman's cooking thought it was awful. (I've trained his palate well for the last 4 years) Same tasteless vegetables again too.
And the real kicker is that last Thanksgiving after she took her unseasoned turkey out of the oven she proceeded to REMOVE THE SKIN AND THROW IT AWAY!!! As if the lack of S & P wasn't enough now she'd removed what little flavor it actually had left.
1/2 of all my Thanksgiving & Christmas dinners are now ruined and there's no way around it since she refuses to allow anyone to help her in the kitchen.
UUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!
Help me!!!!!! What else can I do?
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Posted on 8/15/08 at 5:02 pm to TigerInKaty
File for Divorce 
Posted on 8/15/08 at 5:18 pm to TigerInKaty
Tell your husband to let his mom know the food needs to be seasoned better. Or bring some Tony's with you.
Posted on 8/15/08 at 5:25 pm to saderade
Was invited to my neighbors a few years ago for Thanksgiving. They are from Michigan and the entire meal looked like it belonged at a white party. The Turkey wasn't brown but beige, the corn was canned creamed corn and the gravy was light beige and translucent. It was horrid.
I brought over shrimp cornbread dressing and only me, my other neighbor (who loves good food) and one of their family friend would eat it.
I don't know what is wrong with those people.
I brought over shrimp cornbread dressing and only me, my other neighbor (who loves good food) and one of their family friend would eat it.
I don't know what is wrong with those people.
Posted on 8/15/08 at 5:34 pm to Helo
I just can't believe they actually think their bland food tastes good? It's almost like they're indifferent about what they're eating. I've even noticed at restaurants with them that they're never excited about the food or what they're ordering.
Posted on 8/15/08 at 5:58 pm to TigerInKaty
i think it's not really a north or south kind of thing, but maybe your ancestory. I lived near a ton of italians and puerto ricans in New Jersey and they had VERY flavorful food. It seems like the folks with more British or Irish sounding names up there just had really bland and shitty cooking skills/food. But, i find that to be the case nationwide, not just up north. Hell, also in England.
Posted on 8/15/08 at 6:03 pm to el tigre
I thnk you just decribed my in-laws!
Mine are from upsate NY and everything she/he cooks is tasteless and over done. I had bought some sweet heat bbq potato chips and they complained they were tooooo hot!
But hubby has been her 17 years and his taste buds are trained well now.
Mine are from upsate NY and everything she/he cooks is tasteless and over done. I had bought some sweet heat bbq potato chips and they complained they were tooooo hot!
But hubby has been her 17 years and his taste buds are trained well now.
Posted on 8/15/08 at 6:29 pm to osunshine
I was born and raised in New England, I like our cuisine, I wouldn't consider our taste buds inferior, I would say our taste buds are very refined and delicate
Posted on 8/15/08 at 7:05 pm to drewb808
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I would say our taste buds are very refined and delicate
That's a crock. Refined and delicate would have some sense of how to use herbs and spices to enhance flavor and make food interesting, your taste buds are lazy and uneducated. A lot of Yankees think Cajun & Creole means hot and spicy, that is a misconception. But let's skip our local cuisine and just discuss food in general.
There are a lot of simple well seasoned dishes available, spaghetti sauce made with fresh tomatoes and basil, or pesto, a meatloaf can be incredible, but someone has to take the time to learn how to cook. The vast majority of northerners don't have a clue, and the midwest is just as bad.
I spent a lot of time in New England, my son lives in Vermont, and I agree with him, creative home cooking in that region is extremely rare. We made clam chowder for a party there and the locals said it was the best they ever had.
BTW My favorite restaurant in the Burlington area is the New England Culinary Institute.
Posted on 8/15/08 at 7:16 pm to TigerInKaty
quote:
Do yankees have inferior taste buds or is it just my inlaws?
just about inferior everything....call me when he no longer can satisfy you.
Posted on 8/15/08 at 9:25 pm to TigerInKaty
its just your in laws. my family is italian and everything is seasoned well and we're from jersey.
Posted on 8/16/08 at 12:20 am to rutiger
I really don't think it's just my in-laws. I've gone to several restaurants up there including two supposed "fine dinning" ones and it was still bland.
I do however agree that the more ethnic backgrounds like Italian & Puerto Rican do have well seasoned food. I've noticed that true in restaurants as well.
The more "New England" or "Seafood" themed restaurants serve much more bland food than the Italian, Greek, etc restaurants.
I do however agree that the more ethnic backgrounds like Italian & Puerto Rican do have well seasoned food. I've noticed that true in restaurants as well.
The more "New England" or "Seafood" themed restaurants serve much more bland food than the Italian, Greek, etc restaurants.
Posted on 8/16/08 at 1:14 am to el tigre
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It seems like the folks with more British or Irish sounding names up there just had really bland and shitty cooking skills/food. But, i find that to be the case nationwide, not just up north. Hell, also in England.
I have an Anglish/ Irish surname and I take issue with your over generalized and stereotypical thesis......bitch!....Oh....my maternal name is Rougeaux!
Posted on 8/16/08 at 8:29 am to osunshine
I think there is a yankee problem. My mother-in-law could cook her arse off until she married a guy from the North who can't have an onion in anything, "doesn't care for seafood", and bellows like a steer if there is a flake of pepper in anything. Tony's sends him into freaking hysterics. Now she has dumbed her cooking down SO much, it's hard to eat over there.
Posted on 8/16/08 at 11:06 am to andouille
I lived in New Hampshire for 4 years. The horrible food was my only main complaint about living there. The restaurants for the most part were aweful. I ended up only going to Mexican places because it is really had to mess up Mexican food.
Once I ordered a grilled chicken sandwhich and they served me a whole chicken breast on white bread that had been cooked on a stainless steel grill - not a barbeque grill. It had no salt & pepper on it at all. It was unbelievable.
I ordered fried shrimp once at restaurant the breading used was crumbled saltines. YUCK!
I'm in Oregon now and the food here can be really good.
Once I ordered a grilled chicken sandwhich and they served me a whole chicken breast on white bread that had been cooked on a stainless steel grill - not a barbeque grill. It had no salt & pepper on it at all. It was unbelievable.
I ordered fried shrimp once at restaurant the breading used was crumbled saltines. YUCK!
I'm in Oregon now and the food here can be really good.
Posted on 8/16/08 at 9:18 pm to DuckTownTiger
All I read was the heading of the first post so if this is out of the ballpark either excuse me or tell me to frick off.
I had the lovely experience of growing up with a father from South Philadelphia and most of the other family members from North New York City just across the Tapanzee Bridge and a mother from central Louisiana and grown up on a farm. They both met at LSU just after WWII. I grew up with Northern foods including lamb, scones, soups, etc...as well as southern country foods like fried chicken, mashed potatos, squirrel, etc...then they met in Baton Rouge and both learned Cajun/Creole red beans, gumbo, jambalaya etc...
Taste buds are personal and I can tell you my yankee father at his old age has extremely well developed taste buds.
He will tell you he could live on rice and gravy.
I had the lovely experience of growing up with a father from South Philadelphia and most of the other family members from North New York City just across the Tapanzee Bridge and a mother from central Louisiana and grown up on a farm. They both met at LSU just after WWII. I grew up with Northern foods including lamb, scones, soups, etc...as well as southern country foods like fried chicken, mashed potatos, squirrel, etc...then they met in Baton Rouge and both learned Cajun/Creole red beans, gumbo, jambalaya etc...
Taste buds are personal and I can tell you my yankee father at his old age has extremely well developed taste buds.
He will tell you he could live on rice and gravy.
Posted on 8/16/08 at 9:36 pm to Martini
I think your experience might have been different if your mom (usually the cook) had been from South Philly and your Dad for LA.
I know for sure that even though my children's father is from Philadelphia and grew up with his mom's tasteless crap for food that they will be able to tell the difference between good food and bad because I will be the one cooking for them.
I just hate that they'll never be able to look forward to EVERY holiday meal like I did. I was fortunate to grow up with 2 exceptional cooks for grandmother's and no matter which side of the family we celebrated a holiday with it was always delicious!!!
I know for sure that even though my children's father is from Philadelphia and grew up with his mom's tasteless crap for food that they will be able to tell the difference between good food and bad because I will be the one cooking for them.
I just hate that they'll never be able to look forward to EVERY holiday meal like I did. I was fortunate to grow up with 2 exceptional cooks for grandmother's and no matter which side of the family we celebrated a holiday with it was always delicious!!!
Posted on 8/17/08 at 8:25 am to TigerInKaty
Our food in south Louisiana is better then most of the country because it is part of our culture, it is an important part of the daily discourse and we give it high priority in our lives. I know many Yankees and Midwesterners who have that "food is only fuel" attitude, they have cholesterol counts in the 160's and weight less than a small crawfish pot. I would not want to be them.
In S. La. you are just as likely to hear men swapping recipes as women. Just drive through the LSU campus on a Saturday in the fall, you'll see how important food is.
We revere the F's: food, football, and I forgot the other one.
In S. La. you are just as likely to hear men swapping recipes as women. Just drive through the LSU campus on a Saturday in the fall, you'll see how important food is.
We revere the F's: food, football, and I forgot the other one.
Posted on 8/17/08 at 9:22 am to TigerInKaty
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What else can I do?
Go somewhere else for holidays.
My MIL is a great cook but she is too lazy to cook most meals. So I end up cooking most things.
Posted on 8/17/08 at 10:04 am to TigerInKaty
Tasting food from up north makes me appreciate south Louisiana so much. Those people don't believe in seasoning at all! Everything seems to taste like styrofoam.
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