Also, remember that dinner does not have to automatically equal cooked meat+veg.
Well, it does have to equal cooked meat, if Justin's going to have anything. He won't eat sandwiches for some reason, and he's also not big on soup. He'll eat braised & simmered beef tips in gravy, though, which is pretty much stew without the veggies - but he never lets me just put the damn veggies in it and make a stew, even though he could pick them out if he didn't want to eat them. In some ways it's like trying to feed a toddler - the foods can't touch, you know? Now that it's an issue of my health, rather than just my personal preference (I discovered yesterday that I have really high blood cholesterol, at least partly because everything Justin eats is fried), he might be a bit more willing to bend on the issue.
Question regarding tilapia: Does it have a strong "fish" flavor? I haven't eaten many different kinds of fish - mostly cod, in fact. I've been trying to get him to take a bit of a fish stick to prove to him that fish does not necessarily taste like a fishmarket smells, but he's been sticking to his guns. If I'm going to get him to try fish at all, it has to be something that doesn't taste too fishy, if you know what I mean. Maybe I'll luck out and some awesome show about how wonderfully delicious fish is and how to cook it will come on Food Network tonight and I can convince him to try something.
My ignorance of fish is rendered somewhat ironic given that I spent several months working in the fish market of a grocery store. Then again, all I had to do was weigh, package and store the stuff, not eat it. (Although I was given express permission to make my own dinner on Friday nights if I wanted to, all I had access to was the deep fryer and the lobster steamer, so I ate a lot of fish and chips that fall.)
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Date: 2006-04-27 09:29 pm (UTC)Well, it does have to equal cooked meat, if Justin's going to have anything. He won't eat sandwiches for some reason, and he's also not big on soup. He'll eat braised & simmered beef tips in gravy, though, which is pretty much stew without the veggies - but he never lets me just put the damn veggies in it and make a stew, even though he could pick them out if he didn't want to eat them. In some ways it's like trying to feed a toddler - the foods can't touch, you know? Now that it's an issue of my health, rather than just my personal preference (I discovered yesterday that I have really high blood cholesterol, at least partly because everything Justin eats is fried), he might be a bit more willing to bend on the issue.
Question regarding tilapia: Does it have a strong "fish" flavor? I haven't eaten many different kinds of fish - mostly cod, in fact. I've been trying to get him to take a bit of a fish stick to prove to him that fish does not necessarily taste like a fishmarket smells, but he's been sticking to his guns. If I'm going to get him to try fish at all, it has to be something that doesn't taste too fishy, if you know what I mean. Maybe I'll luck out and some awesome show about how wonderfully delicious fish is and how to cook it will come on Food Network tonight and I can convince him to try something.
My ignorance of fish is rendered somewhat ironic given that I spent several months working in the fish market of a grocery store. Then again, all I had to do was weigh, package and store the stuff, not eat it. (Although I was given express permission to make my own dinner on Friday nights if I wanted to, all I had access to was the deep fryer and the lobster steamer, so I ate a lot of fish and chips that fall.)