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The Great Debaters - What's on your plate?

+animaniactoo
03/29/11 7:56 PM GMT
Is it more important that it be edible or enjoyable? Why? If you're in charge of someone else's meal, how much of a responsibility do you have for making sure it's something they will enjoy? How far will you go to do that? Does it matter who it is?
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+mimi
03/31/11 7:11 AM GMT
I prefer enjoyable....call that 'dining' vs 'eating'. I did a lot of not so enjoyable eating growing up in a family w/ very little $$!

I really like it when others enjoy my food so I want to make it yummy. Why? Because I Can :=)

Resonsibility? Nope, it is an act of kindness/respect for me to see that someone else enjoys what I cook for them.

How far will I go? Not exotic, but would stop & run to the store to go the extra mile rather than just make-do w/ whatever I have on hand.

No, it does not matter to me who it is...all inclusive ;o)
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+purmusic
04/01/11 3:07 AM GMT
Enjoyable.

Food should be celebrated and a part of that involves lovingly and appreciatively preparing and cooking any foods.

Which and in turn, does translate into the tangible (taste, presentation) ... let alone on some intangible levels.


Tone down the spices and/or tailor spices to their perceived palate, not my own.

Fairly accommodating in this respect.. depending ... on the who or whoms involved.

Meaning, closer (immediate circle of friends and family) ... or wishing to impress (prospective partner or current partner, colleagues) ... very accommodating.


Less closer or not wishing to impress?

Then.. it becomes more of an dining event along the lines 'here, try something new!'. Prepared and cooked according to my own tastes.
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::LynEve
04/01/11 3:48 AM GMT
Had I been asked the question when I first started cooking edible would have won :) It is said that the way to a man's heart is thought his stomach. Marrying a man whose mother was a great cook was not an auspicious start for my feeble efforts. However, he has stayed around so I guess I nust have done something right lol.
Having said that it does have to be edible to be enjoyable and I guess it depends on the circumstances. For anyone deprived of food edible would be wonderful.
Under normal circumstances I would definitely say enjoyable but it is not just the food that makes any meal enjoyable - the most important ingredient in the preparation is love.
The most simple meal can be enjoyable in good company and/or nice surroundings. Many people eat alone all the time and they should give as much care to the preparation as they would if catering for many. They deserve it.
I deliver Meals On Wheels and most of the recipients live alone. Their meals are cooked in a hospital kitchen according to their dietary needs. Some wait eagerly for them to arrive others really appear not to be bothered. Those ones I try to spend a few extra minutes with making sure they have everything they need and chatting a little so that even if they do not feel much like eating they may at least remember a bit of conversation and caring. I am not responsible for the preparation but can maybe increase the enjoyment of the meal a little bit.
Most of us who have cooked for children are probably guilty of putting nutrition above 'enjoyment' on occassion. Brussels Sprouts springs to mind - "You don't have to LIKE it, you just have to eat it - its GOOD for you". My children still HATE them, just as I still hate even the thought of Tapioca Pudding which I was repeatedly told as a child was 'good for me'. How could anything so disgusting be good for anyone? lol. BUT it was prepared with care and regard for my health so my mother is forgiven.
It is very pleasing to see others eat with enjoyment a meal you have prepared.
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+purmusic
04/01/11 10:13 AM GMT
Would have given you two creds, but.. you dissed the tapioca.


Never diss the tapioca.

You just never know who it's supporters may be.. and what kind of influence they wield.

:oP


Be confuzzling to me, in that how can 'one' not like a dessert item that comes with a parental recommendation?

That's like, a 'get out of jail free' card on the dessert front.


I like mine liberally sprinkled with cinnamon. Just like how my grandmother used to prepare it for me on my b-day.

:o)
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::LynEve
04/01/11 11:15 AM GMT
I was also 'forced' to eat rice pudding - not the fancy kind with sultanas to jazzy it up - plain old puddin' - pint of milk handful of rice and some sugar -into the (coal range) oven at 9 am - eaten at 5pm. Yukky brown skin on top which the rest of the family used to fight over. Very strange !
These days rice pudding may be bought in a CAN !!

As for tapioca - admitedly the aroma its is divine - if only it did not resemble frogs eggs with the texture of wallpaper paste! If only I had never been told "there are people in the world starving that would be glad of your tappy puddin'" Guilt-ridden for ever after!

And now . . now it comes back in all its mucilaginous glory to haunt me and cost me a cred !
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+purmusic
04/01/11 11:34 AM GMT
The tapioca pudding gods.. feel your cred pain..

;o)
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+mimi
04/03/11 7:52 AM GMT
IMO there is nothing sweeter than Tapioca Pudding warm......my Daddy and I would eagerly wait for Mom to cook it.....we then let it cool just enough to keep the skin on our tongues!

My sister...she called it fish eggs and glue! To me, it is just wrong to call Tapioca Pudding names like that~ :o)

Rice, milk & sugar? My Daddy had a love affair with it, I could not get it to my mouth...much preferred to go to bed hungry. (which I did!!)

My sister? Loved it as well!

My sweet Hubby? Would starve before letting Tapioca or Rice Pudding touch his lips!!!!

No accounting for one's personal tastes,is there? :=)
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::LynEve
04/03/11 11:32 AM GMT
Your sister has very discerning taste Mimi!
My apologies to all who actually are able to eat the stuff, but really and truly, tapioca is something I could never eat :)
Give me raw oysters any day - Mmmmm 'tis the oyster season here.

A Tramp came to our door once and asked if we had any leftover food he could have.
My Dad said "Do you like cold rice pudding?
"Yes" said the poor man

"Well you had better come back later then, because it is still warm"
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My thanks to all who leave comments for my work and to those of you who like one enough to make it a favourite. To touch just one person that way makes each image worthwhile. . . . . . . . . .. . . . "The question is not what you look at, but what you see" ~ Marcel Proust . . . . The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress." ~ Joseph Joubert (1754-1824)
+mimi
04/04/11 1:44 AM GMT
Raw Oysters? Will never, ever get close to me! :o) *shudders*

Love the story about your Dad :)
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::LynEve
04/04/11 2:17 AM GMT
It was not a true story, just a joke I heard once - my Dad would have given him the whole dish full :)
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My thanks to all who leave comments for my work and to those of you who like one enough to make it a favourite. To touch just one person that way makes each image worthwhile. . . . . . . . . .. . . . "The question is not what you look at, but what you see" ~ Marcel Proust . . . . The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress." ~ Joseph Joubert (1754-1824)

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