simplybrill Posted July 20, 2005 Posted July 20, 2005 Is it possible to be "Set in your ways" at a young age? My hunny and I are from two different ethnic backgrounds, (he's white, I'm a mixed south-american latina) and Ive yet to take him to a resturant that doesnt serve chicken strips, for fear that he'd hate it! He likes mexian food...but that's not the same as what my mom makes at home, we're not mexian, we're mixed, so her food tastes like a mix of indian and puerto-rican food. It's great!!! He's from the midwest, and grew up on very, um...I guess you would call it "American" food. He doesnt like seafood, or eating anything off of a bone, among other little quirks he has about food. He doesnt really like Italian food, but he likes the Olive Garden, which is pretty much americanized Italian food. I thought okay...well if he likes Italian he might be open to some Latin cuisine? We went to an authentic Italian place for Valentines Day, and havent been back there since?? Oh yeah and he likes chinese food, big surprise there, everyone likes chinese food. I eat everything, it doesnt matter what culture its from, and I'm always willing to try new things. This guy's in love with his mama's home cooking. I tried her "Spanish Rice"...it had tomato soup in it ya'll. We're getting more serious, and I can't help but think...will he ever get out of his box, and try new things? Will he expect me to cook just like his mama? Anyone had this kind of funny delimma?
shamen Posted July 22, 2005 Posted July 22, 2005 I've dated men who weren't too into ethnic food. My last long term bf in particular. When we first started dating, he didn't want to try anything too weird. After 4 and 1/2 years, he was willing to try whatever. We ate sushi, Indian, authentic Mexican, Ethiopian, Thai on a regular basis. You name it. I'm a veggie too, so I eat lots of ethnic.
chaos70 Posted July 22, 2005 Posted July 22, 2005 If it helps, my stbxw was the same way. Meat and potatoes type girl. I'll tell you that I've noticed alot of younger people are often the picker eaters especially when it comes to foreign foods. I basically said if you want to eat out with me, you are going to have to learn to try different things. I even went afar as taking her to restaurants that don't have ANY (BTW, not good results so avoid trying that) American food. Try a bit of reverse psychology on them. Order something sinfully ethnic, and just coo over how good it is. Eventually they maybe interested to learn why it gives you the "mmmmmmmm"s. Granted, that approach only works on visually appealing food. She was freaked out that I just devoured red tinged chicken (Tandoori style) like it was chocolate ice cream. But if you make it seem like it's the greatest thing YOU'VE ever had right in front of them, I assure you...that will pique their interest.
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