Don't worry - its a California thing. I know, my wife if from there also and my kids were raised there.
They are here now and are about cured.
The fact that you are finally fessing up really means a lot. Lets all give him a big hand. We are proud of you.
You might want to think about a trip to NC latter this fall, after a frost, to attend one of the collard festivals associated with a hog killing. We got some good eats.
You really don't know what you are missing and you asked for it.
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Originally Posted by Dan in Pasadena
Man, I wrote a lengthy thing about being picky, what I don't eat and that people seem to think they can comment freely on what you eat/don't eat. These comments usually fall into the categories of, "...you don't know what you're missing" (yes, I do), "...your sense of smell must be off" (it's not, I can smell you!) or "...your parents should have made you sit there until you ate it 'cause we ain't running a restaurant" (they did, and I still didn't eat it)
Even the mental giants of the fastfood industry feel free to make rude comments like, "...you're gonna eat it like that?" They make it sound like you're eating something with dog poop on it because it is a plain hamburger!
I'm 52 now and I need no one's permission to eat or not eat what I don't want. Even though I am a meat and potatoes kind of guy I like and eat chicken and pork but don't like fish. I don't like vegetables but I eat most of them because I should...but it is not required that I say I "like" them no matter how much others insist I must. And last I eat no condiments - mustard, mayo, catsup, no salad dressings and almost no gravies.
I am wondering how many more "weirdo's" like me there are in the Pelican world and fully expect the smarta$$e$ to come out and tell me their 5 year old is just like me...or that this "character flaw" of mine is because I am a Democrat or a Republican!
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