Variety

A meal with lots of choices Is the kind I like to serve For everyone will find, Right from the very first hors d’oeuvre At least one food that’s tasty Since variety allows Some tidbits to remain untouched While others earn some Wows! It’s hard to hide displeasure If the items on your plate Comprise a gastric palette Made of victuals you hate. The choices on my table All are geared, though, to my taste So whatever guests don’t finish Surely will not go to waste.

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Maurice Rigoler

Date: 1/22/2020 9:33:00 AM

My taste in foods is broad. I'll try new food a first time. Growing up in a French family I swallowed foods most boys would have refused. The only food that repulsed me (though I did taste it) was BOUDIN, pork blood sausage that resembled black dog turds. / M

Caren Krutsinger

Date: 1/21/2020 9:26:00 PM

I always fix my favorite things, for there are only two of us now, and I usually fix for five to seven. We eat left overs for a long time, and I love them.

Rico Leffanta

Date: 1/21/2020 3:41:00 PM

I was raised that food does not need to be tasty, only nourishing, and to eat everything on my plate no matter what! That has been a challenge, especially as Asian food appears to me like some drunk just puked in a bowl, but even if it goes right through me, hey! I am still alive and kicking and the cooks are happy! Another great write, Ilene! Aloha! Rico

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 1/21/2020 2:10:00 PM

- I don't like to throw food, Ilene ... everything can be reheated ... or used with something else - mix for an exciting meal :) - Great written :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :)

Richard Lamoureux

Date: 1/21/2020 8:36:00 AM

The only thing I really dislike is marmalade. Everything else I’m willing to give it a go.

Gershon Wolf

Date: 1/20/2020 8:58:00 PM

You fulfill the adage that variety is the spice of life --- Ilene's variety, Ilene's spice(s) and Ilene's life! Way to control your household, Boss! LOL. Enjoyed this one, Chef. ~ Picky Eater (I pick when I eat -- whenever the spirit moves me!) ~ Gershon

Jan Allison

Date: 1/20/2020 7:24:00 PM

oh what a wise woman you are indeed, try to cater for the masses but do foods you too enjoy. Have you noticed if there is one item left on a plate no one is polite enough to eat it - just observe people at a buffet party when you go to one lol:-) hugs Jan xx