The meat limitation is his. I'll try many things once, but he's less adventurous, and prefers to keep to the short list of things he knows the taste of already. I MAY be able to get him to try fish, and he's ambivalent regarding pork. He's also said he's willing to try buffalo and venison, but those are hard to get. He does not like turkey, neither of us will eat duck (I'm too fond of them when they're alive to want to eat them when they're dead), bacon is too fatty so I have to cut it out of my diet now, and although I love baked ham he won't try it.
The vegetable preferences are mine. He doesn't eat vegetables at all, so it doesn't matter what I make as a side dish for myself.
The "no stuff touching the meat" is him. He'll make and eat gravies, au jus and reductions, all of which are made from the meat itself (via pan drippings, etc), but if the sauce is a new ingredient which is introduced to the meat, then no dice.
Also, things have to be served separately on the plate so he can pick out what he won't eat. No casseroles, etc. For example, I can make chicken'n'rice'n'corn'n'peas for myself, but I have to mix it after it's cooked, not cook it all together - that way he can eat his portion of the chicken without it getting rice on it.
Neither of us is fond of cheeses other than cheddar and mozzarella. I'm actually not sure how HE feels about mozzarella, but I think it would be acceptable, since I'm pretty sure he eats string cheese. I'm actually not very acquainted with alternative cheeses, but I have a rather sensitive nose, and I can't eat the cheeses that have an odor.
We are both very picky, but he is an order of magnitude pickier than I am.
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Date: 2006-04-27 10:17 pm (UTC)The vegetable preferences are mine. He doesn't eat vegetables at all, so it doesn't matter what I make as a side dish for myself.
The "no stuff touching the meat" is him. He'll make and eat gravies, au jus and reductions, all of which are made from the meat itself (via pan drippings, etc), but if the sauce is a new ingredient which is introduced to the meat, then no dice.
Also, things have to be served separately on the plate so he can pick out what he won't eat. No casseroles, etc. For example, I can make chicken'n'rice'n'corn'n'peas for myself, but I have to mix it after it's cooked, not cook it all together - that way he can eat his portion of the chicken without it getting rice on it.
Neither of us is fond of cheeses other than cheddar and mozzarella. I'm actually not sure how HE feels about mozzarella, but I think it would be acceptable, since I'm pretty sure he eats string cheese. I'm actually not very acquainted with alternative cheeses, but I have a rather sensitive nose, and I can't eat the cheeses that have an odor.
We are both very picky, but he is an order of magnitude pickier than I am.