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Regular readers of my blog will remember that I mentioned my in-laws are in town visiting. No, that's not a bad thing; in fact, it's a wonderful thing. I adore my husband's parents, and I am thrilled when we get to spend time with them. It's been a bit of a disappointment this time around, though, because the first week and a half of their three week visit saw first my MIL getting ill and then my FIL taking ill with stomach flu. Just as they were stating to feel better, it seems as if time as flown by; they return home to OH tomorrow.
The real challenge has been in finding restaurants for us to take them to visit that suit their tastes. My FIL insists the food be very hot (temperature wise) or he's just not happy. My MIL insists on bland food; the only spice she likes is salt.
We struck out with lunch the first day at Pei Wei; nothing on the menu looked good to them, so they settled for two tiny spring rolls...to share.
Take out dinner the next night at a local Mexican place was not satisfactory because the food didn't arrive steaming hot.
Dinner at our favorite local seafood place was hot and not spicy; Mom really liked her seafood pasta salad, and Dad's fish was very hot and not heavily seasoned. But...it wasn't quite like the place they were used to going that uses processed fish; they like that (whereas the place we love and to which took them uses fresh catch of the day flown in daily from California).
Easter dinner was spent at a regional chain Mexican place that we like. We thought it would be a nice change from the mass produced crap that they eat at Taco Hell...er Bell. Mom liked her enchilada and her taco; it wasn't hot and spicy, and she was pleased. Dad ordered a beef burrito which is served dry with shredded beef inside and with lettuce, pico de gallo, and refried beans on the side. He didn't like it; he deemed it "dry" because it didn't have "stuff" on the inside like Taco Hell. I told him that the Mexican restaurants around here usually serve the lettuce and pico on the side, and that getting it "wet" with a sauce is called "enchilada style." He sorta "humphed" and said, "Oh."
Sigh.
Well, maybe we'll have better luck next time. It sure is hard to please some people; taste is a very personal thing. Maybe if we'd had a Bob Evans nearby...
The real challenge has been in finding restaurants for us to take them to visit that suit their tastes. My FIL insists the food be very hot (temperature wise) or he's just not happy. My MIL insists on bland food; the only spice she likes is salt.
We struck out with lunch the first day at Pei Wei; nothing on the menu looked good to them, so they settled for two tiny spring rolls...to share.
Take out dinner the next night at a local Mexican place was not satisfactory because the food didn't arrive steaming hot.
Dinner at our favorite local seafood place was hot and not spicy; Mom really liked her seafood pasta salad, and Dad's fish was very hot and not heavily seasoned. But...it wasn't quite like the place they were used to going that uses processed fish; they like that (whereas the place we love and to which took them uses fresh catch of the day flown in daily from California).
Easter dinner was spent at a regional chain Mexican place that we like. We thought it would be a nice change from the mass produced crap that they eat at Taco Hell...er Bell. Mom liked her enchilada and her taco; it wasn't hot and spicy, and she was pleased. Dad ordered a beef burrito which is served dry with shredded beef inside and with lettuce, pico de gallo, and refried beans on the side. He didn't like it; he deemed it "dry" because it didn't have "stuff" on the inside like Taco Hell. I told him that the Mexican restaurants around here usually serve the lettuce and pico on the side, and that getting it "wet" with a sauce is called "enchilada style." He sorta "humphed" and said, "Oh."
Sigh.
Well, maybe we'll have better luck next time. It sure is hard to please some people; taste is a very personal thing. Maybe if we'd had a Bob Evans nearby...
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eh...ya know...there is no accounting for taste...
LOL! My stomach growled a little more with each restaurant you mentioned! If they don't like it, I'll come down and go to dinner w/ ya! ;-)
Wow, this seems a very difficult thing to do. Yikes. I would feel bad, but want can you do? Nothing I guess.
Have a terrific day. :)
LOL! When you are out with people that set in their ways and that picky there isn't much you can to do please them.
Too bad your inlaws were sick when they were here, but at least you adore them. I don't hate my inlaws, but I don't adore them either.
I have an absolutely delightful cousin like that. Her idea of adventurous food is ordering pizza. :-)
I'd rather have mine hot and wet too, burritos that is. ;) Get your mind outta the gutter.
When I read: "my inlaws are in town visiting". I let out a silent uh-oh but then remembered in one of your past posts that you don't dislike your inlaws - which is nice and very RARE.;-)
Bob Evans? We have plenty 'round here...but you knew that. Cheers!!
You are so good, I refuse to placate picky eaters. Grow your tastebuds or go hungry!
Ah the finicky tastes of some...especially those set in their ways...
HUGS
That is frustrating - and limits someone from trying new things.
But, I guess that is what happens as you get older - you like what you like.
My goodnes, you get an A for trying!
Gee, you are patient! My in-laws were from the south and used to bland stuff but whenever I goofed in that department, or we took them out somewhere, they were very gracious.
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RE: Dish TV - Dish is feuding with our local CBS and FOX affiliates. Both sides have their own take, of course, but we have a friend who works at the CBS affiliate here in town, and we tend to believe the story she has. Also, their in court with another affiliate in Oregon. So,
we decided to switch back to cable.
I'm sure you're okay...Happy viewing!
~~~Blessings~~~
It is nice to know that my taste buds are very cosmopolitan. It makes for a very exciting gastronomical experience.
I'm fortunate that my folks aren't that particular. But I guess we get set in the foods that we like.
Too bad it was such a short visit.
How about some nice c@mbells soup.
wow - good thing you like them, other than the food thing, cuz that would drive me NUTS
You'd think that your FIL would be a bit more gracious when eating out with the family.... but that's just me.
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