Picky EatersAn old, old friend of mine will not eat/drink any hot liquid. Tea, coffee, soup etc do not pass his lips.
Which would be odd enough if he wasn't in the Army. He managed to survive a tour of duty in the Serbian mountains in winter without a brew.
Who's the pickiest eater you know? How annoying is it? Is it you?
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chthonic, Thu 1 Mar 2007, 13:11)
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BirdsMy dad has a phobia of all avian species, this being something to do with a vicious Duck on a farm during the war. (WWII younger readers.)
As such Xmas dinner is always a laugh: Ma Steve prepares the big old Turkey/Goose/Duck for the family and Dad gets a steak. (Bastard, I'd rather have the steak any day of the week.)
As a kid much fun was to be had by scaring the old man with dead bird carcasses. (Always in ready supply as there were many cats in the household and we lived in the country.) Of course muggins had to bury the dead birdies since no one else would.
The old man's fear of dead birds was so great that Ma Steve used to hide his xmas presents under a Turkey in the freezer!
When we were hard up Ma Steve used to bake a pie on Sunday as an alternative to the roast. I was told this was chicken pie, but "don't tell your dad". He was told that it was Rabbit pie, but "but don't tell Master Steve." (I had a pet rabbit that died in tragic circumstances.)
To this day she won't divulge which it was, telling us it might have been either.
Mum's are cunning like that!
(, Sun 4 Mar 2007, 0:27, Reply)
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