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Country CookinDear Niagra, <br /><br />My boyfriend will not eat my food. I like my cooking and my ex-boyfriend used to love my food along with everybody else. But this one expects me to cook the things his grandmother used to make and I just don’t eat that stuff. Hog maw and chitterlings and all that junk. I don’t’ get down like that. <br /><br />Shouldn’t he at least try to enjoy the food I cook even though it ain’t going to immediately clog his arteries?<br /><br />Signed,<br />Chef"
Dear Chef,
Ha! You got you a country bumpkin! Girl, you might need to learn how to handle pig guts ‘cause those boys from down south know how to work what’s down south. You give him some good fat back he might wear your back out!
Anyway, let’s get right down to it. Do you really want this man? If so, you need to try what the old wive’s tale suggests, “The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach.” Just because you don’t want to eat a particular meal doesn’t mean you can’t learn how to properly prepare it.
Consider this:
I have a girlfriend whose grandparents were married for 54 years. Her grandmother never ate pork, but she cooked a mean smothered pork chop for her swine-lovin’ husband whenever he wanted it. He appreciated her sacrifices so much she never had to work and they were always happy and comfortable.
Take a lesson from these time-tested country bumpkins. A woman who tries her best to please a good man will be greatly rewarded.
It sounds like your man is close to his grandmother. A man who is close to his grandma and appreciates her love and her cooking is hoping to have the same kind of relationship with his woman. Voice your concerns about his health and his dietary choices, but in the end, try to compromise in the kitchen. Maybe there’s a healthier way to prepare his favorite meals.
A general rule of thumb is that compromise begets compromise. If you try to lean toward cooking his ox tail stew and pickled pig feet, maybe he’ll try to digest some of your salads and veggie lasagnas.
Of course, if he turns out to be the exception to the rule, you need to send his ass back to his grandma.
Niagra
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