# Stop imposing your culinary choices on me! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 24, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-imposing-your-culinary-choices-on-me/256618 "2004-07-24T00:55:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-imposing-your-culinary-choices-on-me/256618/1 "2004-07-24T00:55:22Z")
Argh! Knock it off! Knock it off! No, I will not taste any of your bizarre disgusting culinary creations! Heaven only knows what manner of bizarre, unnatural experiments you’ve been conducting to produce these unearthly abominations. I don’t care if you created these using cutting edge gene-splicing or Green Dye #9; I refuse to partake of any such sick, twisted verdant pork or poultry products. I will not consume them for my lunch. I will not have them over brunch. I will not partake of them in my car. I will not have them in a bar. I will not try them on a lark. I will not try them in the park. So knock it off already! ---
**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-imposing-your-culinary-choices-on-me/256618/2 "2004-07-24T00:56:48Z")
Have a drink. ---
**Author:** ![neofishboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/neofishboy/32/444_2.png) [@neofishboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neofishboy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-imposing-your-culinary-choices-on-me/256618/3 "2004-07-24T01:03:13Z")
This is the thanks I get!?! A DAGGER! A DAGGER IN MY HEART!!! ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Uvula\_Donor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e19adc/32.png) [@Uvula\_Donor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uvula_Donor)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-imposing-your-culinary-choices-on-me/256618/4 "2004-07-24T01:14:06Z")
Here, try these pickled lamb tongues. They’re so good they lick your lips for ya! ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-imposing-your-culinary-choices-on-me/256618/5 "2004-07-24T01:20:13Z")
So what do you have against Chilttlin’ Chip Ice Cream? I bet you’ve never even _tried_ it. ---
**Author:** ![Excalibre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Excalibre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Excalibre)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-imposing-your-culinary-choices-on-me/256618/6 "2004-07-24T01:21:55Z")
Forty-seven hours in labor, an episiotomy, and I feed you and clothe you for all these years! And what do I ask in return? Nothing! Do I complain that you didn’t call your mother - or maybe even send me some flowers - on Mothers’ Day? Do I complain when you come home for a visit and instead spend the whole week out with your friends? Do I complain that you’re still not married, although God knows you’re not getting any younger? No! And what to I get in return? I get insulted, in my own kitchen! ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-imposing-your-culinary-choices-on-me/256618/7 "2004-07-24T01:41:41Z")
Oh, don’t be such a baby. Whatever doesn’t kill you only makes you stronger. After, of course, going through [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=251962). ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-imposing-your-culinary-choices-on-me/256618/8 "2004-07-24T01:53:24Z")
Fine. Don’t eat any of my pork flavored ice cream. See if I care. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Ca3799](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9f8e36/32.png) [@Ca3799](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ca3799)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-imposing-your-culinary-choices-on-me/256618/9 "2004-07-24T02:05:05Z")
Just wait’ll you get a kid- he wanted me to taste his french fries dipped in soda. ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Igor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Vlad\_Igor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Igor)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-imposing-your-culinary-choices-on-me/256618/10 "2004-07-24T02:14:49Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Fine. Don’t eat any of my pork flavored ice cream. See if I care. > > :mad: I’m going to assume you won’t find that in the Kosher dairy section… **JThunder** , how’s about some carrots with mustard? well, that’s how my daughter liked them as a baby Vlad/Igor ---
**Author:** ![Orbifold](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orbifold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orbifold)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-imposing-your-culinary-choices-on-me/256618/11 "2004-07-24T03:00:59Z")
I think **JThunder** has just guaranteed that he’ll never be a judge on Iron Chef. ---
**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:** [July 24, 2004, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-imposing-your-culinary-choices-on-me/256618/12 "2004-07-24T03:07:29Z")
> [@TVeblen](#): > > So what do you have against Chilttlin’ Chip Ice Cream? I bet you’ve never even _tried_ it. I’m still waiting for my brother open his legendary ice-cream shop, _31 Flavors of Pain, and Pork_. Flavors include: -Baby Rat Chunk -Hooks 'n Worms -Orange Juice and Toothpaste -Spackle -Old-Fashioned French Sweat I’ll mention Chitlins to him: he might find a place on the menu. Daniel ---
**Author:** ![Ninja\_Pizza\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f04885/32.png) [@Ninja\_Pizza\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ninja_Pizza_Guy)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-imposing-your-culinary-choices-on-me/256618/13 "2004-07-24T03:08:31Z")
Just for that, I won’t share my egg-drop ramen surprise with you. (now with vienna sausage!) ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-imposing-your-culinary-choices-on-me/256618/14 "2004-07-24T03:21:09Z")
You know what pissed _me_ off? Feline millinery! I’m not interested in item a _or_ item b. They have no place in this abode. Impel them to flee! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-imposing-your-culinary-choices-on-me/256618/15 "2004-07-24T04:39:28Z")
“Feline millinery.” That is truly astute. Not like the guy that I’m pitting, the brute. These foods that I mentioned, they are truly reprehensible. They should never be eaten by anyone sensible. Their bizarre pigmentation is utterly vile, and to take just a bite… well, that’s not my style. I refuse to taste them. I refuse to partake. Don’t ever you try; it would be a mistake. They’re simply unnatural, these ovoids, this pork. Such items should never be touched with knife or with fork. I shall never consume them, so don’t waste your time. Never ask me again, not even in rhyme. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-imposing-your-culinary-choices-on-me/256618/16 "2004-07-24T04:50:16Z")
…anybody want a peanut? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-imposing-your-culinary-choices-on-me/256618/17 "2004-07-24T05:43:44Z")
So, JThunder, you gonna eat those green eggs and ham? No? Then, dammit, hand over that plate I’m freaking hungry, don’t make me wait. ---
**Author:** ![Tabithina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f04885/32.png) [@Tabithina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabithina)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-imposing-your-culinary-choices-on-me/256618/18 "2004-07-24T13:23:44Z")
[This](http://www.olympus.net/dggordon/EatASample.htm) is a naturally green source of protien. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-imposing-your-culinary-choices-on-me/256618/19 "2004-07-24T13:27:19Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > …anybody want a peanut? Anyone want a circus peanut? I’ll even offer some of my sister-in-law the corn freak’s creamed corn ice cream. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2004, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-imposing-your-culinary-choices-on-me/256618/20 "2004-07-25T06:31:53Z")
A few years ago I attended a cooking demonstration by one of the more colorful chefs in the area. I don’t remember any of his recipies, but I _do_ remember a bit of wisdom he imparted. He said that if someone offers something you’d rather not sample, do _not_ tell them anything like you probably wouldn’t like it. It will then become for them a Life Goal to get you to eat whatever it is. Instead you say something like, “Aw-w-w-w. I just love \, but I’m allergic to it.” Then, they will feel sorry for you, and Leave You Alone. DD [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-imposing-your-culinary-choices-on-me/256618.md?page=2)