# Driving me insane **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [February 22, 2015, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-insane/713325 "2015-02-22T06:56:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-insane/713325/1 "2015-02-22T06:56:52Z")
I try to menu plan with a rotation of recipes, and try to add at least 4 or 5 new ones a month to see if we want to work them into the regular rotation. I don’t like the old style every monday is baked chicken, wednesday is spaghetti and friday is fish sticks of my youth. [or whatever your family did. Mine didn’t stick with a limited menu, thankfully] I don’t care what I try to work in, if there is a single grain of sugar or equivalent, “Oh it is tooooooo sweet.” She would have me make sweet and sour shrimp with no sweet if she could. I maintain that while I will tweak to reduce salty and sweet, I still want it to try and keep at least a hint of the original flavor profile. Otherwise, I swear she would season everything with Mrs Dash Chipotle and sriracha sauce. _sigh_ How can you have bulgogi without the puree of pear or a dash of sugar? I swear, I was using a commercial commonly accepted bulgogi sauce out of a bottle [I got the brand from a place SHE liked the bulgogi at…] that she ate without complaint last time we had bulgogi. The only difference was beef instead of pork this time. I give up, I swear I should just buy her cases of pork and beans, and bottle of sriracha sauce and let her do her own meals. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 10:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-insane/713325/2 "2015-02-22T10:42:19Z")
Pretty good rant, but would it be prying to ask who the subject of it is? I sense a daughter. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-insane/713325/3 "2015-02-22T14:25:41Z")
I know, right?! You know what I also hate? I hate that she doesn’t care to explain who “she” is. That bugs the shit out of me. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-insane/713325/4 "2015-02-22T15:06:55Z")
Wait, she complains about sweetness but relies on pork and beans and Sriracha sauce? That totally makes sense. I hate salty food, so all I eat is potato chips dipped in soy sauce. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-insane/713325/5 "2015-02-22T15:48:01Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > Wait, she complains about sweetness but relies on pork and beans and Sriracha sauce? > > That totally makes sense. I hate salty food, so all I eat is potato chips dipped in soy sauce. I was going to say–Sriracha has a significant sweet component to it. In Hung Fuy sriracha, it’s the second ingredient right after the chiles, before the salt. Some of the Thai brands are even sweeter and list percentages (for example, my Sriraja Panich has 17% sugar.) And let’s not even get to the pork and beans. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-insane/713325/6 "2015-02-22T16:01:05Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Pretty good rant, but would it be prying to ask who the subject of it is? > > I sense a daughter. Must be the dog. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-insane/713325/7 "2015-02-22T17:11:36Z")
I sense someone was up at 1:56 AM and had run out of beer and wings. ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-insane/713325/8 "2015-02-22T17:17:08Z")
Just posting to guess: MIL ---
**Author:** ![Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cabin_fever_1/32/2908_2.png) [@Cabin\_Fever\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cabin_Fever_1)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-insane/713325/9 "2015-02-22T18:02:28Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > I try to menu plan with a rotation of recipes, and try to add at least 4 or 5 new ones a month to see if we want to work them into the regular rotation. I don’t like the old style every monday is baked chicken, wednesday is spaghetti and friday is fish sticks of my youth. [or whatever your family did. Mine didn’t stick with a limited menu, thankfully] > > I don’t care what I try to work in, if there is a single grain of sugar or equivalent, “Oh it is tooooooo sweet.” She would have me make sweet and sour shrimp with no sweet if she could. > > I maintain that while I will tweak to reduce salty and sweet, I still want it to try and keep at least a hint of the original flavor profile. Otherwise, I swear she would season everything with Mrs Dash Chipotle and sriracha sauce. _sigh_ How can you have bulgogi without the puree of pear or a dash of sugar? I swear, I was using a commercial commonly accepted bulgogi sauce out of a bottle [I got the brand from a place SHE liked the bulgogi at…] that she ate without complaint last time we had bulgogi. The only difference was beef instead of pork this time. > > I give up, I swear I should just buy her cases of pork and beans, and bottle of sriracha sauce and let her do her own meals. :mad: I got to eat some thrown-away bagels and rotten vegetables from the dumpster behind a supermarket before I was chased away by the police. Tell whoever you are bitching about to stuff it. Sideways. I will provide the hot-sauce for lubrication. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-insane/713325/10 "2015-02-22T18:07:59Z")
Wife who thinks she’s watching her weight by avoiding all sugars? ---
**Author:** ![SJL4041](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/73ab20/32.png) [@SJL4041](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SJL4041)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-insane/713325/11 "2015-02-22T18:46:40Z")
If we all get a guess as to the subject of the rant, it’s obvious: a female boarder who pays no rent except for feeding chickens and stocking the iron smithy. You’re welcome. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-insane/713325/12 "2015-02-22T18:52:03Z")
“She” is clearly the First Lady. Thanks, Mrs. Obama! ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-insane/713325/13 "2015-02-22T18:52:52Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > wednesday is spaghetti “Anthony!” ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-insane/713325/14 "2015-02-22T19:30:42Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > “Anthony!” And in all of Little Italy ONE boy answers. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-insane/713325/15 "2015-02-22T23:26:10Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > Wife who thinks she’s watching her weight by avoiding all sugars? OP is, TTBOMK, a hetero woman. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-insane/713325/16 "2015-02-23T00:51:19Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > OP is, TTBOMK, a hetero woman. AFAIK, TTBOMK is OK ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-insane/713325/17 "2015-02-23T01:19:45Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > OP is, TTBOMK, a hetero woman. Trying To Be Old Man Kinky? ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-insane/713325/18 "2015-02-23T02:09:04Z")
They make Mrs Dash Chipotle? [Sounds yummy.](http://www.mrsdash.com/products/seasoning-blends/southwest-chipotle-seasoning-blend) ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-insane/713325/19 "2015-02-23T02:09:23Z")
To The Best Of My Knowledge. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-insane/713325/20 "2015-02-23T03:20:04Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Pretty good rant, but would it be prying to ask who the subject of it is? > > I sense a daughter. Adult female roommate > [@Morgenstern](#): > > I sense someone was up at 1:56 AM and had run out of beer and wings. Don’t like beer, wings were in the fridge along with the BOC [Breakfast of Champions, cold pizza] > [@rucciface](#): > > Just posting to guess: MIL Nope, my MiL and I get along fine =) > [@SJL4041](#): > > If we all get a guess as to the subject of the rant, it’s obvious: a female boarder who pays no rent except for feeding chickens and stocking the iron smithy. > > You’re welcome. Yup > [@dropzone](#): > > They make Mrs Dash Chipotle? [Sounds yummy.](http://www.mrsdash.com/products/seasoning-blends/southwest-chipotle-seasoning-blend) They make a bunch of different Mrs Dash blends. I don’t like pepper based spice blends, after sitting in the little jar they end up all tasting the same. I may use the same spices and herbs, but they are all from their own little bottles and don’t seem to have gotten all blah. Some of the spices need to be kept whole and toasted and ground just before using or they tend to lose the flavors. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/driving-me-insane/713325.md?page=2)