Sooo they shared it? People are interesting that is for sure. Maybe they thought it was a man taste thing???

LOL sounds like something my Dad used to love....those were the times when

the peanut butter and Jelly came out for the rest of us. Even the smell of it cooking made me

hurry and get out of the kitchen. Not much worse than the smell of cooking

cabbage. IMHO anyway. Maybe the cooking of liver and onions? LOL

I'm being neighborly too. (OK maybe not) my neighbor above is a stomper (heavy footed) and seems to know very little English. I've asked him politely several times to try to walk softly but he only says "Oh sorry "

Now his young kid has started running back and forth louder then father.

So I'm being neighborly by using broom handle to bang on ceiling. Tired of being polite but they are getting the message

I'm thankful I don't have those neighbors 😊We do have neighbors where their business allows him to be home afternoons and he does 95% of the cooking. He's quite good in the kitchen, and drops dinner off here once or twice a month - I appreciate and enjoy it. What's odd to me - he absolutely does not share recipes. He says they are his grandmothers and they stay in the family, no exceptions.

On the other hand, we have a friend who also like to cook and I think she tries everything that pops up in Pinterest or Facebook, then shares. The problem there is, I'm never quite sure at which date its been made, she keeps leftovers much longer than I ever would. She has a small flock of pet hens, a cat, a dog. DH will take salad ingredients that have gotten away from me to their house for the chickens (free range and they eat any and everything). Once in a while something for the dog. He took a bit of roast there that she clearly knew was a dog treat - and she ate it herself. Then called and asked me what the cut was, where I'd purchased it and what I'd seasoned it with. It had been in my refrigerator at least 5 days at that point and the choices were garbage or their dog, and I have a DH who would rather see something go to one of the animals than the trash can. Yikes.

How funny!

My sister once gave me a hot pink sweater. I told her I loved it...I actually hate hot pink clothing. She replied, "It was a joke. She was surprised I liked it." 😁

Ha - they said the quiet part out loud, I guess 😏

My youngest sister is always giving me apparel that I later discover to have 'issues' - like holes or stains, or sharp bits that rub. I never say anything, tho, because I love her dearly.

'Here, this is for you. I hate it so I'm giving it to you.'

Doesn't that make you feel special? 😄

It sounds like they dished out some of the soup and delivered it before they tasted it themselves. A rookie mistake.

Ick. I have wonderful eighbor who brings food to me from time to time. Recently she brought her five bean soup with ham. The ham had so much fat clinging to it I just couldnt eat it. I did the same as you, eld Eld. Returned the clean container and thanked her for the yummy soup. Unfortunately this encourages more food gifting. I do return the favor, but with purchsed items since I no longer cook much.

When I was first married and very young our landlord's mother was an old Jewish lady who would knock on our door with food she had made. As I've said before I came from a small beaver cleaver town with almost no blacks and one Jewish family. I was good friends with the son but never had dinner at their house. This food was so foreign and I had no idea what it even was , so I gave it to my pet bunny.

This made me recall when I worked at local fabric store in college, and there was one elderly customer who brought us shortbread cookies she'd made, and they were moldy. One of my older coworkers, who'd been there the longest said she did it all the time - brought us food she was going to throw out, that is 🙄

Our new neighbor came into our property while we were in town and cut down several of our largest, beautiful trees and took them away. He has his own property and he had to drive down our road into our property to get to it. This was not a shared border. Super frustrating as we wanted to keep those trees.

Tara - Isn't that illegal? I'd contact a lawyer.

One of my relatives used to bring a homemade food gift for each of her aunts and uncles at holiday time. After we found bugs in one batch, we started throwing them away without opening them. I felt bad because I knew the relative didn’t have a lot of monetary resources and the thought was kind. Thank goodness the pandemic put a stop to those large family gatherings. I suppose some people miss getting together with extended family, but I think it was mostly my parent’s generation in my family that wanted to do it. My generation and the following generations found it onerous. That’s not to say we don’t enjoy seeing one another occasionally, but it added a lot of stress to be forced to do it during the holidays.

Fun2b, One time my SIL was visiting and she had candied ginger. I enjoyed the one piece. She started sending me large batches. I had to give most of it away because really, how much can you eat of it?

i finally mentioned that I was over the ginger phase. She was mailing it from Alaska! The expense of that alone.

" Toronto the husband made it and he ate it and enjoyed it. "

Ahhh, it was everyone else who hated it! Got it.

You just never know....so throwing it out was a good idea. We have this neighbor who loves to cook. Brings everyone food to thank them for favors, me included. Bakes for the bookclub she has over, the Bunco group....the crafts club. One day I was in her kitchen and pulled out the filter from her overhead venthood. It was covered in grease...dripping...nasty! I said your supposed to put this in your dishwasher to clean it. She said she'd lived there 10 years and didn't even know it came out. 😕

I have a deep distrust of others' home cooking unless I'm familiar with their kitchen and sanitary habits.

I don't really trust most restaurants either, judging by Health Dept. reports, along with things I've witnessed myself at some.

Ugh - I'll never forget years ago, when we were waiting for a takeout order at a very popular Italian restaurant, and I was watching the kitchen workers - one dropped a knife on the floor, then picked it up and put it back on the counter, and another had sweat dripping off his face onto the pizza he was preparing 😳

" This food was so foreign and I had no idea what it even was , so I gave it to my pet bunny. "

I hope you've gotten over this attitude.