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Kshe that's the only way I ever got thru those family occassions when I cooked for all holidays. Wine bottle by my side all thru prep time. One Thanksgiving after making everything from scratch my family shows up-sister and her family had stopped at my mother's first and she fed them ham sandwiches and potato salad!!!
Kshe that's the only way I ever got thru those family occassions when I cooked for all holidays. Wine bottle by my side all thru prep time. One Thanksgiving after making everything from scratch my family shows up-sister and her family had stopped at my mother's first and she fed them ham sandwiches and potato salad!!!
This thread is a riot.
Um Charley-sliders for appetizers-yum.
Reminds me of the Easter lunch my family had just a few weeks ago - my parents and I prepared a lavish home-cooked meal, I bought a huge whole ham, we set a table for 20, etc. My sister, her hubby and kids show up 2 hours late, and announce that they had lunch at P.F. Chang's.
(We are getting used to this - my sister is beyond passive-agressive, she is downright malevolent.)
To the chicken feet - it is considered a favorite of some in some cultures - I personally can't understand it, but I have seen some who pass up all else so they can suck on those claws. It is disturbing to see, to say the least, but I would feel the same about haggis.
I have a friend who can't cook for the life of her (or refuses to) so she picks stuff up at Smart and Final on her way to a gathering. At least she knows what the crowd pleasers are!
If someone showed up at my door with a jar of nacho cheese sauce (which around here can be found in large quantities at the 99c Store) I would graciously thank them, put it in the cupboard, and serve something else. Once they left, I would toss it where it belongs.
I had a friend bring some Vienna sausages, still in the can, and I saw a can of SPAM sitting on a counter top at a party, and thought, 'ugh' . . . I never want to appear ungrateful, or not gracious, but I do have to bite my tongue to keep from saying, "why did you even bother?"
My sister in law brought nacho cheese dip in a jar to my home on Thanksgiving after I had spent almost 4 days preparing and cooking. Nothing says let's give thanks like nacho cheese dip.
sounds like my mom.
gee THANKS mom!
but then, I don't like her cooking (she however thinks shes a great cook, so its not cause she knows shes bad! lol)
My mother likes to 'save money' by buying huge quantities of cheap stuff at Costco (or worse) - instead of small amounts of good stuff, which would of course be more sensible as she lives alone.
Anyhow, she brought a slab of cheap and nasty smoked salmon to a weekend visit at our house - and it was vile.
It smelt of dog farts - no joke - exactly like very baaaaad dog farts.
She kept encouraging people to try it and I kept covering it up, then she'd uncover it again and someone would walk in and say "What IS that smell??"
Anyhow, she brought a slab of cheap and nasty smoked salmon to a weekend visit at our house - and it was vile.
It smelt of dog farts - no joke - exactly like very baaaaad dog farts.
She kept encouraging people to try it and I kept covering it up, then she'd uncover it again and someone would walk in and say "What IS that smell??"
I think I buried it after she left.
Girl, you COULD have gotten rid of it AND complimented her all in one. Get a ziploc bag and dump some baking soda in it then put that foul stuff in the bag and zip close. Put it in a plastic grocery bag and tie it up. Then put it in a garbage bag and out to the curb to the big trashcan. Next time she walks by and asks about it tell her you came back thru to check on the food and it was gone. Someone must have eaten it. Leave the empty serving dish till she notices and then ditch that. Febreeze is your friend too
Girl, you COULD have gotten rid of it AND complimented her all in one. Get a ziploc bag and dump some baking soda in it then put that foul stuff in the bag and zip close. Put it in a plastic grocery bag and tie it up. Then put it in a garbage bag and out to the curb to the big trashcan. Next time she walks by and asks about it tell her you came back thru to check on the food and it was gone. Someone must have eaten it. Leave the empty serving dish till she notices and then ditch that. Febreeze is your friend too
Well...she was there for the entire weekend, watching her stinking salmon like a HAWK, so I think she might have noticed if I'd disposed of her gift. But believe me, the garbage can was calling in the night, "give it to meeeeee!"
Last edited by southdown; 04-03-2008 at 08:58 PM..
The same sister in law brought a frozen pie to the same Thanksgiving dinner. She told me that she and her children (chicken finger and french fries connoiseurs!) did not like the 4 layer coconut cake with orange curd filling I was making. She did not like the wine either. I told her next time I would buy her Franzia. I thought it was funny but no one else did! Oh well.
They tried to leave the cake the size of a tire at your house? Now that is bad!
Not sure if you would call it a appetizer. I was in France and i was given a clear soup with tiny translucent balls in it. I started eating it and the little clumps of balls slid down a treat. I asked what it was. I was told it was Frog Spawn soup. Imade a hasty retreat to the toilet and stuck my fingers down my throat.. Actually it didn't taste bad.
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