Comments on: Family Dinner

By: Alice Nelson

Alice Nelson — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 19:19:14 +0000

I cant believe I missed this post, Izzy. It’s funny too, because I just finished writing a long long post about table manners and then POOF it vanished. I figure it’s for the best, my post was more venting than anything else. Not only does Jan like to tell me my food is gross, she also likes to toot at the dinner table and slurp her drinks. She would giggle and say “excuse me”….I put up with this for about a year and a half. Recently, I lost it - I told her she had “bad table manners and she made eating dinner with her not fun, because she is so rude”.

I felt horrible.

But I had reached my limit. I tell ya…family dinner is a challenge, and one I am FAR from mastering.

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:29:48 +0000

And just for the record, I really can cook! http://www.pasadenahousewife.com/2008/01/21/making-sourdough-starter-from-scratch/

By: Jill

Jill — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:24:22 +0000

Yeah, I’m in a similar boat. A lot of what I cook gets picked apart and critiqued and sometimes even outright rejected. Even when I’m cooking the exact same frozen dinner they say they like and following the directions. I’m still chewing through this one. It *really* bugs me. Plus I worry about their health. They’ve become much more polite about it (after me crying and telling them how much it hurts my feelings), but it’s a problem.

By: Izzy

Izzy — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:38:20 +0000

Sounds like he’s missing mom… and not the food. I’m sure it’s not really a commentary on how you cook. Stick with it.

By: daze

daze — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 23:36:33 +0000

Okay, so I have aquired a family of 4…all under the age of 13….the divorce is new…and my biggest challenge, I can’t seem to cook anything right. Even kraft dinner….apparently mom makes it better…I follow the instructions to a “T” and I still can’t get it right…help!

By: Alex

Alex — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:57:20 +0000

As a new stepmother and one who does not cook very well at that, I share your thoughts on family meals. Our stepson is living with us for the first time in about 6 years (well, me, not his dad), and every meal is a struggle, as he seems to have developed an eating disorder in our absence. I just go one meal and one pound at a time with him, but it is NOT easy.

By: Izzy

Izzy — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:02:27 +0000

Well, how about that! I will happily oblige…when I have more than five minutes to sit down and write:)

By: Jill

Jill — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 20:35:21 +0000

Hi Izzy, Kathy and I tagged you with a “Roar for powerful words” award over at The DHX — http://www.thedhx.com/2008/01/11/roar/ — I don’t know if you do memes, but we’d love to hear your writing tips. You are a powerful writer.

By: Izzy

Izzy — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:05:42 +0000

It sure was. I highly recommend it.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 02:43:34 +0000

That’s truly hilarious. I have four of the little darlings, each with his/her own variation on how eating should be done. It’s amazing that I’ve survived all of the family dinners so far without developing a serious twitch from their “quirky chewing habits.” :)

Sounds like dinner with your Supper Club was just what the doctor ordered…

By: Jill

Jill — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:21:17 +0000

Oh yes! Drinking while cooking is a must. Strong cocktails.

By: Value wIT

Value wIT — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:12:23 +0000

The meal. MMM. MMM.MMM. I remember the day it started - racing from work early for my Wednesday night stepmother dinner. Wednesdays turned into weekends and then my bio kids came along and be damned if we don’t eat dinner every night. I enjoy it now. However, if there is one complaint about the food, it’s away from the table you go. Drinking early while preparing dinner greatly helps.

By: Trixie_b

Trixie_b — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:53:17 +0000

Your supper club sounds divine! I too find meal times difficult, as I have my diabetic Mother-in-law with a heart condition to steer away from coma inducing foods that manage to sneak into the refrigerator, and the step monster who grazes, all day, but actually eats nothing.
I’d say they don’t know one end of a vegetable from the other, except they absolutely know what to avoid at all costs. I do disguise it as something else (I roast bell peppers and other veggies and blend them and add to ground beef and call it “Pasta sauce - the English way” just to get some sort of vitamins into them).

By: Lacey

Lacey — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 04:45:27 +0000

I have the opposite problem…getting my family to all sit in one place to eat. K wants to eat in his room which is no longer allowed and hubby wants to sit in front of the t.v. K’s not the trouble maker in this case…it’s the hubby! But we generally all sit in the kitchen together and its nice.

You and the hubby’s night out to dinner sounds nice…and prime rib with yogurt and red wine jus sounds fab!