I have a dear lady friend who loves to make a special potato soup every time we visit. She makes it because she knows we really love it. WE DON'T. It sucks out loud.
I mean, this soup tastes like flour and water and nothing else. We are polite and tell her it's wonderful and try to make her feel good. Then....she keeps making it.
How do we tell her the truth so she'll stop making this wretched concoction all the time without hurting her feelings????
2007-10-11 16:53:53 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
You say "[her name], I love you, BUT I HATE YOUR SOUP!!!
I CAN'T SWALLOW IT BECAUSE IT'S DISGUSTING."
-----------------------Just kidding---------------------
You bring some food to her home and tell her "Hi how are you?! Look what we brought! We just feel so bad because you are always making something for us to eat, so we decided bring you something. Come lets eat."
Now that's a big difference from what I stated before!
Or you can bring some ingredients and make a recipe with her every time you go to see her, that way, you could enjoy spending time together by making something out of the ordinary without worrying about having to eat her soup.
Then, maybe she will like the recipes and decides to make them every time you come, instead of making the soup!
But what will happen if she makes those recipes inspired on the soup she makes?
Well, ok, what you really have to tell her "you are my friend and I love you, but I have to tell you that everytime I eat your soup I start to feel very bad, I mean, I absolutely love your soup and I will love to keep eating, but I just can't keep eating it because I always start feeling bad."
She will understand from this, but if she doesn't this is what you do:
When she is not looking you put a worm in your soup and when she looks you start yelling: Oh, there's a worm, a worm, a worm!!!! I can't eat it, I can't. I'm sorry, I just hate wormsssssssss!!!!! Now I will find all soups disgusting, because of that worm!!!
Then, she will understand that you will not eat any soup because it reminds you of that worm.
So, don't eat any soup around her ok?
I HOPE THIS HELPS, just ignored my funny comments!
2007-10-11 17:24:50 · answer #1 · answered by Nickname 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is just a bit awkward if you have been telling her its wonderful. You could be honest and tell her the truth, her friendship and feelings have been so important that you haven't been 100% truthful about the "potato soup" or you could tell her she is such a good cook you would like her skilled rendition on a true favorite of yours next time you visit. Another option, you could always offer to take her out to dinner or to bring a gift of a soup recipe/mix(possibly a potato recipe you like (Bear Creek makes an excellent packaged one)) and gently tell her that you have found a new favorite you want to share with her. A half truth is a whole lie and they are always hard to undo. Best Wishes and God Bless.
2007-10-12 00:14:58 · answer #2 · answered by Noelle M 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Find a recipe for a different soup and say that you saw it and you think it sounds great, maybe she could try it for a change?
And if her soup tastes like only flour and water, that means she is using roux to thicken it and she is not cooking it long enough. But I don't know how you'd tell her that without letting on that you don't like it.
2007-10-11 23:58:15 · answer #3 · answered by julz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd probably just grin and bear it & try to never make the mistake of claiming to like something that you hate again. But...... you could say that the last time you ate it you came down with some sort of 24 hour stomach bug and all you did was throw up that soup and now you just can stand the thought (or the smell) of ever eating it again!
2007-10-12 00:01:37 · answer #4 · answered by GulfCoastGirlie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Stop encouraging this woman to force-feed the two of you this "recipe" by complimenting her on it. When she asks you how it is?, etc., simply say fine, with a bland expression... Or maybe the next time you go over, you guys can suggest an impromptu pizza party nearby, even though she knows that you know she's made her infamous potato soup.
2007-10-12 00:00:31 · answer #5 · answered by Chiksita 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't! Try to eat before you visit, so you can politely decline on the grounds that you are already full. Or mabey you could suggest that you haven't eaten a different dish in a long time and hint that you might want to share this "favorite" recipe of yours with her.
Good luck!
2007-10-11 23:58:49 · answer #6 · answered by roseyisred 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well next time u go to her house ask her to try another one of her dishes and if she makes that better then the soup then tell her that the new dish is your new favorite and ask her to make that from now on. next time your best bet is to be honest and dont lie to a person and tell them u love something when u dont but there is no reason to be rude about the situation. but this way u dont have to admitt u actually hated her dish
2007-10-11 23:59:47 · answer #7 · answered by ~m0nK3y~ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
fess up and tell her you have always appreciated the amount of effort and time that she put into making it, but that you think you have had your fill of it for the time being - thank you so much.
it might have flour and water and potatoes only because she is poor - many of the elderly are on fixed incomes.
And then make sure you are always gracious enough to come with something, or to take her out to eat.
2007-10-11 23:58:12 · answer #8 · answered by freshbliss 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps you shouldn't have lied in the first place ... this highlights the problem of telling lies to save hurting someones feelings - if you had told the truth first up she would have got over it and you wouldn't still be eating the crap! Bon appetit ...
2007-10-11 23:58:38 · answer #9 · answered by zappafan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell her that you want to learn how to make a variety of recipes, and ask her to try some out on your family so you can have her teach you how to make the ones you like.
Then kick her and run like hell.
2007-10-11 23:57:58 · answer #10 · answered by sixgun 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋