Picky cooks 2669

Not mine...

I have and will cook separate meals for my father based on what I know he likes. To not do so I feel would be selfish, especially if he specifically requests something he wants that I don't care for. Salmon is a clbuttic example.

I don't have to eat it, I make myself something else that I like. ;-)

I have found that farm raised salmon is actually pretty good. Milder in taste, more similar to lake trout.

Wild caught salmon is just nasty no matter HOW I prepare it.

I love olives almost as much as I love shrimp! A trip to an olive bar can be enlightening. There are ever so many different preparations! As much as I like olives, some of them are vile.

Liver needs to be served medium rare at most. I prefer it slightly more rare that that. Otherwise both flavor and texture suffers.

I hate lima beans. Dad has never requested them, so it's cool. ;-)

I've never liked mussels. The flavor is way way way too strong. They are very "fishy".

I've tried........ and may still try again, just try a different way of preparing them.

Prep. seems to be the key. Some foods, prepared wrong, are gross. Done right, they are delicious! Therefore I still keep to my rule of at least trying/tasting something before turning my nose up at it, even if it's a food I normally cannot stand.

The one exception is bell peppers! I have yet to ever find a way to prepare those where that nasty flavor is not overwhelming. :-(

Dad likes them raw, and they have to be ripe. Red only, no green. -- Peace! Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a unpleasant woman" -- Jack Nicholson