# Foods you gave up when you got married (better explained in OP) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [December 16, 2024, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-gave-up-when-you-got-married-better-explained-in-op/1011727 "2024-12-16T19:51:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-gave-up-when-you-got-married-better-explained-in-op/1011727/61 "2024-12-19T15:09:46Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > The Meat & Three near me… I had to look up what a meat & three is. Is this a regional thing? Never heard of it here in the Midwest. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-gave-up-when-you-got-married-better-explained-in-op/1011727/62 "2024-12-19T16:39:19Z")
And… Mixed greens poured out of a bag is your dinner? Aren’t you hungry? ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-gave-up-when-you-got-married-better-explained-in-op/1011727/63 "2024-12-19T16:44:39Z")
Nope - it’s not like it’s every day and it beats the chicken feet or tripe the rest of them are eating. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-gave-up-when-you-got-married-better-explained-in-op/1011727/64 "2024-12-19T17:22:20Z")
Scrapple. Mrs. Martian finds the very concept disgusting. I can order it when we are out if it is well disguised, like in a sandwich or omelette. Otherwise it is limited to times when Mrs. Martian is away. She puts Durkee’s Famous Sauce on grilled cheese (_her_ grilled chesses, not _my_ grilled cheese) but you don’t here me complaining… ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-gave-up-when-you-got-married-better-explained-in-op/1011727/65 "2024-12-19T17:25:48Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > > [@Maus\_Magill](#): > > > > The Meat & Three near me… > > I had to look up what a meat & three is. Is this a regional thing? Never heard of it here in the Midwest. I _think_ so. At least, I’d never seen one until I moved to Tennessee. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2024, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-gave-up-when-you-got-married-better-explained-in-op/1011727/66 "2024-12-19T17:30:54Z")
Pittsburgh has a restaurant called Meat & Potatoes. Simple name, but kinda fancy. > **[Best Places to Eat Beef in Pittsburgh, PA - Gastro Pub in Shadyside, Squirrel...](https://meatandpotatoespgh.com/)** > > Born in the Spring of 2011, Chef Richard DeShantz had the desire to enhance his culinary vision by opening a space that embodied the staples of American cuisine - Meat & Potatoes. Reserve your table now at our restaurant in Pittsburgh, PA. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-gave-up-when-you-got-married-better-explained-in-op/1011727/67 "2024-12-20T02:43:12Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > Italian dishes are rarely served in my house because they are tomato sauces. No pesto? Gorgonzola sauce? Carbonara? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-gave-up-when-you-got-married-better-explained-in-op/1011727/68 "2024-12-20T03:02:18Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > No pesto? Gorgonzola sauce? Carbonara? I don’t think I’ve had them. My experience with Italian is very limited. We didn’t have authentic Italian restaurants locally. Even Olive Garden is 130 miles from my hometown. I know they’re not considered authentic. That’s life in the deep South unless a Italian family moved here and opened a restaurant. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-gave-up-when-you-got-married-better-explained-in-op/1011727/69 "2024-12-20T22:05:18Z")
That would be my guess: that bologna sandwiches on restaurant menus is either a local or regional thing. We’ve got some friends in NW Ohio, I’ll have to ask them if it’s a thing around where they live. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2024, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-gave-up-when-you-got-married-better-explained-in-op/1011727/70 "2024-12-22T13:16:06Z")
> [@CairoCarol](#): > > it is a mystery to me how anyone could dislike walnuts in their chocolate chip cookies. My husband can’t eat anything with walnuts. His Uncle Jack was blind, and one day when **FCD** was a kid, Uncle Jack was shelling walnuts and offered one to my sweetie, Unfortunately, since he couldn’t see it, Jack didn’t realize it was bad and being a kid, **FCD** just ate it… and got sick sick sick. Since then, he can’t handle walnuts. Pecans are fine, in fact, all other nuts are fine. Just not walnuts. Besides, my mom never put any kinds of nuts in chocolate chip cookies, so that’s the way they should be! Sheesh. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2024, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-gave-up-when-you-got-married-better-explained-in-op/1011727/71 "2024-12-22T15:23:18Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > I’m just happy that a year in the cadaver lab didn’t put me off of any particular foods. > > Well, maybe in the first two weeks it did, but after that it wasn’t a problem. but then again, they didn’t make you snack, did they? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-gave-up-when-you-got-married-better-explained-in-op/1011727/72 "2024-12-23T02:32:32Z")
My mom grew up eating brains and eggs. It was a common breakfast during the Great Depression. My mom had eaten it since being a toddler. She went to nursing school for her RN. One class taught human anatomy and had a dissection lab. She discovered what a human brain looked like. That ended her b&e breakfast. She always said pig brains looked exactly like human. That saved me from growing up with that breakfast. I did have to eat liver twice a year. My mom believed the iron was crucial for our health. So twice a year I had to swallow that vile stuff and not vomit. Vomiting meant eating more liver because my body needed that iron. I stopped eating liver after moving into my own home. I take a iron supplement when my blood work says I need it. ---
**Author:** ![fedman1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e495f1/32.png) [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-gave-up-when-you-got-married-better-explained-in-op/1011727/73 "2024-12-23T20:22:17Z")
Interesting, one of few things Zimmern won’t eat/doesn’t like is walnuts ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2024, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-gave-up-when-you-got-married-better-explained-in-op/1011727/74 "2024-12-23T20:31:05Z")
> [@fedman1](#): > > one of few things Zimmern won’t eat/doesn’t like is walnuts They’re probably my least favorite nut - too bitter. I don’t mind then in Chinese dishes or salads, but they’d ruin a brownie for me. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-gave-up-when-you-got-married-better-explained-in-op/1011727/75 "2024-12-24T04:20:59Z")
My wife is from Chicago, and doesn’t like spicy food near as much as I do. I was able to get her to appreciate green chile to an extent, but red chile is right out. Her loss. I get my red chile fix at Thanksgiving, where my family puts that over everything. Otherwise, I usually only have red chile when eating out. There was a restaurant here that made a green chile meatloaf. I don’t remember if they served it separately, but they did make a fantastic green chile meatloaf grilled cheese sandwich. That was delicious. ---
**Author:** ![Eva\_Luna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2024, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-gave-up-when-you-got-married-better-explained-in-op/1011727/76 "2024-12-24T21:28:21Z")
I mostly eat low-oxalate these days because **Tom\_Scud** was diagnosed with calcium oxalate kidney stones some years back. Which means no spinach, rhubarb, almonds, or tahini, among other things. (I do eat those things, but mostly in restaurants - and he does cheat with tahini now and again.) I really do miss spinach and often order it in restaurants when available. Or sometimes if we’re having a dinner party, there will be a dish or two with his verboten foods which he can just avoid by eating something else. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foods-you-gave-up-when-you-got-married-better-explained-in-op/1011727.md?page=3)