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>In our house the rule was you ate what was made for >dinner, or you went hungry. Fortunately. my mother was >an excellent cook, and there were only a couple of >things I wouldn't eat, both with good reason. I am >allergic to watermelon. even just the juice from it in >a fruit salad is enough to make the inside of my >mouth, then my esophagus right down to my stomach >start itching BADLY. This is followed by projectile >vomiting. Needless to say, I was not served watermelon >once that happened. The only other thing I just can't >stand is liver. My father loved it, so my mom would >make him liver and onions. Liver does something weird >to the inside of my mouth. It feels like I have a >mouth full of feathers. I just can't stand it. My >mother understood because she had the same reaction. >When she made liver and onions for my father, she >would make old fashioned macaroni and cheese pie as >one of the sides, along with a vegetable, and we would >just have that, and leave the liver for my father. > >As I said, my mother was an excellent cook, and so was >her mother. I learned to cook from watching them, and >talking about cooking with my mother, as well as >watching cooking shows on TV back in the day, starting >with Julia Child. When I was grown and had a family of >my own, I shared the cooking tasks with my wife, who >admitted I was the better cook. The same rules applied >with our boys. Three of them have the same problem >with watermelon I have, one does not; but, because >only he and my wife could eat it, they only ate it >when it is served at a picnic held by someone else. I >am old now, my wife died years ago, a little over 3 >years after our youngest son was born. I do all the >cooking now for myself, my best friend who lives here >on the farm with me, and my next youngest son, who >never married, and lives with us. He is becoming a >pretty good cook too.

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