Probably not!   My dh has said rice looks like maggots!  of course he has reformed his comments if he wants a home cooked meal! or he has to learn to cook.  Though his father (another non cooker, who was told to eat everything when his kids were small) has been getting cocky with comments lately.  Like why I am not eating the beets (hate them, like beet greens)  and setting an example for the kids (the one thing on the table at their place I wouldn't eat). Got a hairy eyeball for that one!  It is not like I serve my dh liver or okra or tongue or lamb, anything we can't stand so he can't complain much.  I buy my mil liver everytime I go that deli I spoke of in other posts.  Tongue is too expensive except for a treat.  It's funny how liver and tongue etc were budget meals when I was growing up and now are luxuries.

 I dont even buy jars of green olives with pimentos because they remind me of eyes looking straight at me, blech!  I am married to a wonderful man, but he wont eat baked goods from scratch, they eave to be boxed mixes.  So I bake when he is at work, a very dear friend of mine sends me her opened box mixes, empty of course.  Ween I bake I make sure one of those boxes are accidently left on the counter when he walks in the door.  ; )

 

Well that is why they use them in all those Halloween fright food recipes lol!  I don't like them either but I don't like the taste of those green or black common olives.  I like kamata? greek ones, marinated ones in herbs & garlic etc.  That is funny about the boxed mixes!  He hasn't figured out that lots of the stuff you make don't come in boxes ? lol of course men tend not to see what they don't want too !

 Kalamata's yes I like them also. ; )  No he has no clue, he doesn't pay much attention to how its made as long as its made with sugar!  lol  His mom has a small repitroire of recipes she is good at but for the most part cant cook a lick.  So he thinks scratch cooking is failed cooking.  People are shocked when he tells them I am a chef as he's wolfing down a double cheese burger from BK, and that he prefers fast food.  The guy even prefers cold cereal to my grilled Thai chicken!

Sounds like my hubby! His mom had a small rep. of recipes when growing up, chili every fri etc. but she did marry at 18 etc. but she can cook had has a wide range of recipes, ethic etc and loves to make new recipes. specially since they quit smoking about 16yrs ago (heavy smokers)  He apparently was a good eater until he was about 2 and got sick with chicken pox and turned fussy after that and then allergies set in.  She tried to get him to eat but it didn't work, would rather not eat. And she is a tough cookie. but has improved greatly since me.

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... a favorite is shredded pork sandwiches- pork roast with a cut up onion and 1/2 bottle bbq sauce. Cook it and then shred it and add rest of bbq sauce. Freezes well...

 Thank you for this tip.  I cooked 3 lb. of boneless country-style ribs with chopped onion and a bottle of bbq sauce in the slow cooker.  It came out great, but the next day, the meat was firm and did not pull apart.  I will try shredding the leftovers the same day and add more BBQ sauce.

Yes, I am new in case anyone notices.  I have read all the posts, including the older ones, and have cooked some of the recipes given.  I am just finishing chemotherapy for breast cancer and one of my goals for my new and improved life is to cook more and waste less food.

Pat

Pat Whipple:

Yes, I am new in case anyone notices.  I have read all the posts, including the older ones, and have cooked some of the recipes given.  I am just finishing chemotherapy for breast cancer and one of my goals for my new and improved life is to cook more and waste less food.

 

Welcome! :) I'm glad you decided to start posting.  

I am glad you enjoyed it! Welcome! You will find many friends here!  The recipe is good for picky eaters! and pot lucks etc. you can add beans to leftovers or serve over rice, add canned tomatoes to make the leftovers a bit more interesting.   Cooking on low and cheap cuts of meat that shred easy. Pork shoulder, whatever cut you use for pot roast. I have done it with boneless, skinless chicken breasts too. I think ribs have too much connective tissue maybe.   My small crockpot cooks a 2lb pork shoulder roast in about 5hrs on low and then I pull it out and shred and then put it back with more sauce. I think whatever meat that falls apart easily when slow cooked in an oven works.