Have you ever had someone cook you a meal and its DISGUSTING..but you ate it anyway just to be kind?

Question

I did once. I was going out with this guy who liked stuffed lambs hearts...yuk. He insisted on cooking it and wanted me to have it because he thought I liked his spagetti so Id like his offal..I HATE offal. But I let him cook it. He had a preference for UNDERCOOKING meat as well. When it was on the plate it looked vile it smelled vile I had one bite and thought I was going to be sick. I asked him to go in the kitchen and get the salt while he was out of the room I took it off the plate and tossed it to the dog.
He got hearts again the next night because he thought I enjoyed it so much. I had to tell the truth. We argued.
Did you force yourself through a meal or just push the plate away? Is it best to be honest, or to lie to spare the person's feelings?

Answer 1

Yes a few times. I hate live and onions, but I have been given it in the past. When no one was looking I flushed it down the toilet.

Answer 2

I couldn't even begin to answer. I live in Maine where lobster is relatively cheap. I've had numerous outdoor meals with fresh lobster,clams and fresh corn that were memorable. I'm a very good cook and take pride in a roast of almost anything-beef,pork,turkey and venison(yeah Bambi). Lobster is best when it's hot. Unless it's in a salad eating it cold is an abomination, imho.

Answer 3

Be honest in a kind way. I could not have had the guts to eat it if I didn't like it. And poor you, the dog trick backfired. I think it should never have been an arguement anyways. Each person is a unique individual and that includes personal taste preference as well!

Answer 4

This is a tough one. I have eaten meals that older people have made and they are so overcooked you literally have to guess what type of meat it was based on the bones, if any. Generally, there is a salad or something else available, and I just eat that instead.

I have a really hard time eating certain things, and I have learned its better to be friendly but honest so you don't get stuck in the rut of them making it over and over for you if you said you like it. My sister in law is from Ireland, and the first time she cooked for our family, she made Irish stew, with lamb, and she worked for hours on the meal. I didn't want to hurt her feelings, so I just didn't eat any meat, enjoyed her soda bread alot, and I lucked out that my brother and Mom both said I would get sick at the thought of eating a lamb (we had a poodle, and somehow it seemed a little close to me!) That was about 15 years ago, and now we have a great relationship and love to eat together as a family. They still joke a little about my lamb thing, but she always prepares several other things, and I have tasted many new and wonderful things at their house. Just none with furry animals!

On the other hand, I love seafood, but can't stand oysters. At 12, my very sophisticated uncle in Washington D.C. took us out for dinner at his favorite place, and ordered Oysters Rockefeller, and had us all try them. I didn't like them at all, but wanted him to think I wasn't a hick from the midwest so I ate them. Then every time I saw him he ordered a double order for us. I swallowed so many of those things just to keep "cool" in his eyes. Eventually, about 20 years later, I grew up and told him the truth, that I loved all the other foods he introduced me to, but never liked the oysters. He laughed, and said he thought I loved them because I always had them!

Every once in awhile, you come across something you just don't like. You can politely say that that dish just doesn't agree with you, or that you appreciate all the time and effort and care that went into the meal, but you just haven't got the taste for it.

In this day and age, where my dinner parties include stuff for vegetarians, only organic stuff for babies, low cholesterol for older folks, no garlic or wheat for so and so, and all kinds of considerations, I find that its easier to have multiple offerings of different kinds of food and let everyone choose their own. I gladly make what people ask, because its part of the joy of hosting a dinner, and everyone should be happy.

Next time you get invited to someones house for dinner, and they ask what you like or don't like, or if they mention that they are thinking of making an organ meat or something disgusting, THEN is the best time to say that you just can't tolerate certain things, and you can develop your tastes together.

Answer 5

Yes.... many years ago shortly after getting married to a "real" country girl, my young bride made the most disgusting meatloaf I had ever tasted. I ate it very slowly and reluctantly and actually gave her a very conservative complement: "That was good, dear"

It was actually some game meat and the taste was hideous!
She then yelled, "I fooled you! You couldn't tell the difference from beef!!!"...From then on I was very candid about how her food tasted. By the way, her fried chicken was THE BEST! For real.

Answer 6

Yes, my Aunty used to make us what she called Spaghetti Bolognase, it was Spaghetti with boiled mince on top, no veggies, no herbs, no seasoning, no flavour just boiled mince!
I feel ill just thinking about how many times I swallowed that stuff and prayed it would not do a u-turn in my throat! But Aunty was lovely and we loved her, glad I never said anything because she passed away at the age of 58.

Answer 7

i know exactly how you feel. it is always a good idea to tell someone what you do and dont like, so you can avoid this situation in the first place. if you do get caught here, and you simply cannot eat the food, make sure they understand that it is the kind of food not their cooking. you should always be honest though. the only exeption is if you simply do not like the food, but can still eat it

Answer 8

You have to be honest with him and tell the truth. Communication is the key to a good relationship. If he don't listen to you just think about how your life will be if you have this kind of relationship with him that you have no saying at all.

Answer 9

Sort of. My husband is of another race and when we first became friends he used to give me certain foods from his country. One day he brought over dried fish (Think beef jerky but only fish with the head still attached). I ate it to be nice and it was the nastiest thing EVER. But now we are married and thankfully he doesn't ask me to eat gross stuff anymore.

Answer 10

Yes