/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>mom and dad are typical, old, white boomers
>had to move back home after college for a bit
>mom insisted I cook since I wasn't working >finding things they liked on a budget that wasn't potatoes, meat, and steamed veg every night was a hassle
>mom complained that she was tired of eating the same things so I had to cook something new
>they don't like anything with "too much spice" or "weird stuff"
>don't like the majority of seafood unless they see other white people eat it and even then standard things like salmon they dislike
>but they like shrimp and they've made """gumbo""" before, so I'd make a good gumbo!
>http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/shrimp-gumbo-recipe-1946875
>didn't deviate from that recipe besides adding some okra, which my parents like somehow
>gumbo comes out excellent
>SO tries it, we can't stop eating it
>parents go to try it and I can tell mom doesn't like
>mom saw me make the stock from the shrimp heads and thinks that's "weird"
>she also doesn't understand why I didn't add the rice into the pot with the gumbo
>mom also thinks the gumbo is "too spicy"
>dad likes the gumbo because he's actually been to louisiana before
>mom thought gumbo was supposed to turn out more like the box mix she had made """gumbo""" from
>tells me how she only wanted "bland" food from then on

It was like feeding a toddler, so fussy. And it's only going to get worse as she ages.