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re: Guest who don't eat onions
Posted on 5/14/12 at 6:44 pm to glassman
Posted on 5/14/12 at 6:44 pm to glassman
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Gris I see where you are coming from. But, do these people ever eat soup? How many aren't started with a mirepoix or a trinity? The answer is none.
Doesn't matter. If I invite them over to eat, I'm not going to intentionally cook something a guest doesn't like. There are lots of reasons why people don't eat certain things.
I don't like organ meats, but I like pate. I will not eat sweetbreads and I've had them cooked properly. I don't like them no matter how you cook them. Don't like liver except mixed into certain dishes and not much of it. Ain't eating kidneys or tongue. I don't like them. It's wonderful if you are a lover of everything that's edible, but it's not a rule.
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Posted on 5/14/12 at 6:49 pm to Gris Gris
My question is for these people is very simple. Have you ever ordered a soup at a restaurant? If so, they have eaten onions. My only point in the thread. People like or dislike certain foods and shouldn't be chastised for it.
Posted on 5/14/12 at 6:51 pm to bigberg2000
raw onions > cooked onions
Posted on 5/14/12 at 6:53 pm to glassman
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My question is for these people is very simple. Have you ever ordered a soup at a restaurant? If so, they have eaten onions. My only point in the thread. People like or dislike certain foods and shouldn't be chastised for it.
I understand your point, but I wouldn't grill my guests trying to convince them nor would I ask them questions about it or try to prove that they eat them without knowing it. Could be a texture issue. And, no they shouldn't be chastised for it. It's silly.
I have a nephew who was a carnivore from birth. As soona as he could chew, he ate steak all the time. He got deathly ill after a steak meal...so sick he was hospitalized. It will likely be a cold day in hell before he will ever eat steak again. Might happen, but it's not even close at this point. I understand that. He can eat something else. When we have steak, we fix something else for him. We love him even though he won't eat steak.
This post was edited on 5/14/12 at 6:55 pm
Posted on 5/14/12 at 6:56 pm to Gris Gris
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but I wouldn't grill my guests trying to convince them nor would I ask them questions about it or try to prove that they eat them without knowing it.
I wouldn't either. Just asking a harmless question.
Posted on 5/14/12 at 7:01 pm to Fight4LSU
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Why is there always one in every bunch? Now I have to politely keep my mouth shut while watching them slowly picking out every small visible piece of onion, or spend more time trying to fix up another batch without onions.
If someone started picking anything out of something I cooked they wouldn't be invited back
Posted on 5/14/12 at 7:02 pm to glassman
Preaching to the choir, glass. I just keep it to myself.
Posted on 5/14/12 at 7:24 pm to Gris Gris
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I just keep it to myself.
Yep.
Posted on 5/14/12 at 7:43 pm to Rohan2Reed
I can't say I've ever had that question come up. I normally have something they will eat if they don't like one dish in particular.
I have two friends who can't eat shellfish. We just do a meat for that dinner party.
I have two friends who can't eat shellfish. We just do a meat for that dinner party.
Posted on 5/14/12 at 8:12 pm to Martini
Remember the part in " Indiana Jones Temple of Doom" when they were i'n the Indian village and the locals offered them food, but the girl was grossed out and didn't want to eat?
Indiana Jones said " You are insulting them and embarrassing me ".
That's the way I feel about it . If it's not going to kill you, eat it and shut your mouth. Be appreciative someone can stand your company and is willing to cook for you.
Indiana Jones said " You are insulting them and embarrassing me ".
That's the way I feel about it . If it's not going to kill you, eat it and shut your mouth. Be appreciative someone can stand your company and is willing to cook for you.
This post was edited on 5/14/12 at 8:14 pm
Posted on 5/14/12 at 8:23 pm to Gris Gris
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When I invite a guest over who I know doesn't like something, I don't prepare what that person doesn't like. It's not like the person is eating with me everyday. The person is my guest.
This is true for the most part. I always make a concerted effort to cater to my guests' tastes, and have been complimented many times for doing so. If the person is a family member, however, and you eat with them a dozen or more times a year, then over the course of ten or twenty years one runs out of onion-free foods. This is what happened to me. After a while I got sick of having to prepare meals around this one person's issue. Never trying a new menu or meal for the rest of the family or being able to cater to THEIR tastes. And if he will be just as happy with a ketchup covered hot dog or noodles and alfredo sauce, well, I provide that and the rest of us are able to eat what we all want.
Posted on 5/14/12 at 8:36 pm to Fight4LSU
Onions 
Posted on 5/14/12 at 8:42 pm to LakeViewLSU
I once ate a whole plate of Italian sausage that was served to me by a girlfriends very Italian uncle. The thing is, the flavor of anise nauseates me. I knew he would be insulted if I didn't eat it, so I cut it into small pieces and swallowed it whole.
I was able to gracefully decline seconds.
I was able to gracefully decline seconds.
Posted on 5/14/12 at 9:04 pm to ruzil
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I once ate a whole plate of Italian sausage that was served to me by a girlfriends very Italian uncle. The thing is, the flavor of anise nauseates me. I knew he would be insulted if I didn't eat it, so I cut it into small pieces and swallowed it whole. I was able to gracefully decline seconds.
There you go!
You are a trooper, and the rest of your family appreciates it.
Posted on 5/14/12 at 9:11 pm to Lester Earl
Posted on 5/14/12 at 9:18 pm to eleventy
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And if he will be just as happy with a ketchup covered hot dog or noodles and alfredo sauce, well, I provide that and the rest of us are able to eat what we all want.
We have a lot of different eaters in a large family. We rarely have just one entree. It's a habit, now, and has been for many years, to prepare choices. We have quite a few who don't eat seafood at all. We just grill chicken and they're perfectly happy and so are we. Easy to do ahead of time and stick it in the warming drawer. Same with the ones who don't eat many vegetables or none at all. We have potatoes or pasta and a few vegetables. It doesn't take a lot of extra work and as long as we're together and everyone has a good time, it's well worth the effort. I've never minded it at all.
Posted on 5/14/12 at 9:19 pm to Fight4LSU
Onions blow
Posted on 5/14/12 at 9:20 pm to eleventy
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This is true for the most part. I always make a concerted effort to cater to my guests' tastes, and have been complimented many times for doing so. If the person is a family member, however, and you eat with them a dozen or more times a year, then over the course of ten or twenty years one runs out of onion-free foods. This is what happened to me. After a while I got sick of having to prepare meals around this one person's issue. Never trying a new menu or meal for the rest of the family or being able to cater to THEIR tastes. And if he will be just as happy with a ketchup covered hot dog or noodles and alfredo sauce, well, I provide that and the rest of us are able to eat what we all want.
From my experience (and I have been what's considered a 'picky' eater for years) it is often the texture of onions and not the taste which is the turnoff. It may be that you can puree the onion or just use onion powder to get it past the guest. I love the flavor of onions but they have to be cooked down nice and soft. I would never, however, sit there and pick them out.
Posted on 5/14/12 at 9:28 pm to OldTigahFot
Our guy is onto the onion powder dodge -- says it's the flavor not the texture -- and hates all spice (he says). He will even ask the kitchen at a restaurant to fry his chicken fingers in plain flour -- no black pepper or seasoning of any kind other than salt. And will send it back if he detects a fleck of color in the batter.
This is why I don't spend a lot of time worrying about his needs. When ten people (including kids) will eat a meal, I am not consistently going to cook a completely different meal for one person.
I guess I just completely suck at hospitality.
This is why I don't spend a lot of time worrying about his needs. When ten people (including kids) will eat a meal, I am not consistently going to cook a completely different meal for one person.
I guess I just completely suck at hospitality.
Posted on 5/14/12 at 9:31 pm to Fight4LSU
i usually say something like " hey guys, welcome, come on in,,,, here's what we're having for dinner,,, hope you like it"....
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