I'm discouraged

October 25, 2005

Tonight we were having my husband's adult daughter for dinner so I thought

that it would give me the opportunity to try a vegetarian meal for everyone. It

can get very disheartening sometimes when you are expected to cook two

completely separate dinners....one for yourself, the vegetarian, and one for the

" carnivores " . Tonight was going to be different. I bought this beautiful little

sugar pumpkin and I decided to try one of Lindsey Wagner's recipes for stuffed

pumpkin. It turned out very pretty and tasted good but I found it very

discouraging when both my husband and my step daughter only served themselves a

spoonful and then went to the fridge and hauled out the lunch meat to stuff on

the beautiful dinner rolls that I had made from scratch to go with the stuffed

pumpkin. Do people have any idea how rude that is? I worked so hard on that

dinner and I ended up emptying the stuffing into a plastic container and

scooping out the rest of this beautiful little pumpkin to puree and

use in soup. Very, very discouraging. You'd think that they would at least have

the manners to eat what I fix just this once. :0(

Stef

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October 25, 2005

Oh gosh, that just isn't right. Would they do the

same if they were at a stranger's home for dinner? A

dinner party with their boss (with the boss's wife

fixing the meal)? My guess is that they wouldn't.

My big problem around here is that my husband cannot

stand the smell of most of my vegan meals. He hates

the smell of TVP, and any of the convenience soy

products (Boca, Gardenburger--with the exception of

the riblets, etc).

One night last week, I had used our microwave to heat

up some refried beans, and it had been covered, so

there was not splattering on the inside of the

microwave or anything....but when my husband wanted to

nuke his frozen french bread pizza right afterwards,

he turned to our son and said, " Let's go downstairs

and use the microwave under the bar. I don't want my

food being stunk up by Mommy's food " . Grrrrrr.....

Now my son has started to act like my husband, and

when we sit down to lunch during the day, he scoots

away or moves to another area to eat, saying the smell

of my food will make his food taste bad.

I told him to stop listening to his Father. LOL! :-D

Pat :-D

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October 25, 2005

Aw, that is aweful, Stef. (((hugs)))

So sorry that happened; i think it is rude what they did.

Not sure what the solution would be to cure them of bad

manners. Maybe just having a heart to heart talk with

your dh to explain how it made you feel?

Another idea would be to ask them to pick out some sort

of menu with you ahead of time. Like say, lasagne or

something familiar to them. Then, make it vegetarianized.

i find with meat-eaters that if i serve a familiar food they

feel less " cheated " out of the " main course " of meat.

The meal you served sounds so lovely and gourmet!

i would have adored it. Sounds very beautiful in presentation.

The perfect dinner to serve to guests you wish to honor.

Don't let them discourage you from your good effort.

Share with us the recipe, too. [when you have a chance]

~ pt ~

The people who are truly happy in life are happy

in spite of something, not because of something.

~ Matthew Keister

, steff davidson <steffdav46>

wrote:

I bought this beautiful little sugar pumpkin and I decided to try one of Lindsey

Wagner's recipes for stuffed pumpkin. It turned out very pretty and tasted

good but I found it very discouraging when both my husband and my step

daughter only served themselves a spoonful and then went to the fridge and

hauled out the lunch meat to stuff on the beautiful dinner rolls that I had made

from scratch to go with the stuffed pumpkin. Do people have any idea how rude

that is? I worked so hard on that dinner and I ended up emptying the stuffing

into a plastic container and scooping out the rest of this beautiful little

pumpkin

to puree and

> use in soup. Very, very discouraging. You'd think that they would at least

have the manners to eat what I fix just this once. :0(

> Stef

October 25, 2005

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr\

rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr :>(

Perhaps for Xmas ( or whatever gift giving holiday is next for you) they should

both recieve books on manners!!

If you were my daughter i would say sweetheart they can eat what you cook or

make their own- and do there own dishes too!! But I'm not your mama and don't

know if that would be right for you so I'm not giving advice. my heart just

aches for you though, to work hard at making something special and have it so

unappreciated is heart breaking.

Rude? you betcha that was rude, I better not go there 'cause it makes me

sooooooooooo mad.

Hopefully they'll wise up eventually.

peace,

Angela

steff davidson <steffdav46 wrote:

Tonight we were having my husband's adult daughter for dinner so I thought that

it would give me the opportunity to try a vegetarian meal for everyone. It can

get very disheartening sometimes when you are expected to cook two completely

separate dinners....one for yourself, the vegetarian, and one for the