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15 years ago

Hi, I've been reading the garden forums for several years. Then a couple of months ago I found the home forums and have really enjoyed the posts and picked up a log of great tips. I just happened to scroll down and see the rest of the topics a couple of weeks ago.

It looks like you have some great cooks in the group! I've seen several recipes posted here to try. I love reading recipes and trying new things - have over 100 cookbooks. My new husband says I'm a good cook if he can keep me reined in on the "weird ingredients". He doesn't really like wine, nuts, spicy or crunchy food - but is willing to try everything. New stepson will eat almost anything as long as there is lots of it.

Melenie (the 5 is because it took me five tries to register)

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lindac
15 years ago
Wwlcome Melenie!....Tell your "new" husband that after he tries it a few times nothing is weird any more!
My goodness....no wine nuts, spicy or crunchy....that leaves....pretty much oatmeal!
Linda C
annie1992
15 years ago
Welcome to the Cooking forum, Melenie, it's a good place to hang around!

As for your husband, well, weird is all in your perspective. (grin) Ashley thinks it's weird that I like chicken livers and I think it's weird that she'll eat cream of mushroom soup RIGHT OUT OF THE CAN! EWWWW.

So cook away, your new husband will likely get used to it!

Annie
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15 years ago
Welcome from me too Melenie! My DH is pretty good but he doesn't do spicy at all , not even a bit of course spicy is my favopurite !!

Glad you joined in and look forward to hearing from you often.

Sharon
caliloo
15 years ago
Welcome Melanie!

We are a really fun group here and love it when new people join us. As has been said, weird is everyones own opinion. My DH loves Brussell Sprouts but wont eat cabbage. Go figure LOL!

Jump in and have fun!

Alexa
Bizzo
15 years ago
Welcome Melenie!

My DH also prefers I keep the "weird ingredients" to a minimum... but since I have trouble with that I'm happy to make him something else. He says, "don't make something special for me!" and I reply, "I'm actually making something special for me" and he can have it x-weird ingredients! Spaghetti sauce is an example... I usually make two batches... his, and his plus the extra stuff I'm putting in mine with his... :-)

I hope you enjoy your stay!
User
15 years ago
Welcome to the Cooking Forum Melenie.

One person's weird is another person's normal. My husband will pretty much eat anything. I'm the picky one.

Ann
teresa_nc7
15 years ago
Welcome, Melenie! Five tries to register??? Boy, the GW is even more messed up than I thought!

I hope you will enjoy our conversations here and share some of your cooking triumphs and your recipes, too.

Teresa
shaun
15 years ago
Welcome Melenie - love the way you spell your name!

My husband is very picky too. And my 14 yr old son as well. I've tried out all kinds of new recipes on them and sometimes it's a hit and sometimes it's a miss. But at least they try it. But I don't let it bother me, I just ignore them and have my fun in the kitchen.

Welcome to the forum ~
jude31
15 years ago
Welcome Melenie. Lots of excellent cooks on this forum. The amazing thing to me is that some of these same excellent cooks are picky eaters and voice it regularly.lol My DH is the picky one...I have very few dislikes and it shows! On the other hand, I'm not an exxcellent cook either, but I am inspired by what so many are cooking and doing it well.

Oh...and excellent food photography..enough to make you drool!

jude
riverrat1
15 years ago
Welcome Melenie! This is a great place to make new friends and enjoy mouth watering food porn.

We eat anything...sigh.
mustangs81
15 years ago
How appropriate that I would post my WELCOME MELENIE message immediately after 4 VERY DEAR CF friends!!

I hope you meet CF friends face-to-face, you are in for a real treat.

Welcome again,
Cathy
annie1992
15 years ago
Yeah, Jude, I know. My name is Annie and I'm a picky eater. (grin) Couldn't tell it by the bathroom scale, though!

Annie
jessyf
15 years ago
Welcome on board Melenie!

Hey is it time to resurrect the MLC Virgin initiation rites for newbies?
beachlily z9a
15 years ago
Come on in, Melenie!

Picky eater here,too. Luckily my dh will eat most anything!

We are a friendly, fairly happy group of people. Think you'll like it here!
sally2_gw
15 years ago
I'll say I'm not a picky eater, but then, DH will point out that yes I am, because I'm vegetarian. I have to admit he's right, but I'll eat almost anything as long as it didn't have a mother. DH actually will eat anything, to my delight, and so will my son, but DIL and grandson are different stories. It's a challenge to feed them something they'll eat, as they're on the "P" diet - if it doesn't start with the letter P, such as, Pizza, Pasta, or Peanut butter. they won't eat it. lol.

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mustangs81
15 years ago
Jessica, I think that is a great idea! And correct me if I am wrong but after a long period of time doesn't the---I mean isn't the individual a virgin again?
bcskye
15 years ago
Welcome, Melenie. You will find some of the greatest people on here and the recipes and all just keep coming. I also like that when you need the answer to a problem, someone usually can help. DH is the picky one and I'll eat just about anything except rutabaga.
loves2cook4six
15 years ago
Hi Melenie

Welcome to the forum. As Cathy (Mustangs) says, I hope you get to meet some of us IRL. We really are a great group.

I guess I am picky in that I don't eat meat, but I love fish and do eat poultry on occasion. DH and the kids eat meat but lucky for me not very often and even less often once DH made the announcement about a year ago the he wanted to go vegetarian. That sent me into a flat out tailspin, but he recovered and so did I and the result is that he does the cooking way more than me now and it is mostly vegetarian with meat maybe once or twice a month.

I'm a fab baker though and love to do it whenever I get the chance.

Glad you joined us and looking forward to seeing more of you.
Melenie5
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15 years ago
Thank you all so much! I'm looking forward to getting to know everybody and reading more about your cooking. We like to make stews and casseroles and sometimes I'll bake a really complicated cake.
I bought a copy of the Cake Bible a few months ago, but so far I've only tried one cake from it. There was a thread on here with the most beautiful cake covered with icing roses. The recipe sounded delicious, but the roses looked so hard to do.

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