So as a background understanding here is our story, I say
our because this will be about me and Moi –My 27 year old, Dominican, ex-
Marine and ex -Army boyfriend.
Moi has been out of the service for a little over a year now
and disabled (he’s a nutter and has some physical issues too). He doesn’t cook
nor do I allow him to. Why? Because he cooks like an old Dominican Women, and a
very unhealthy one at that. I let him make rice once… He added a ton of salt,
oil, and tried to put sugar in it. So no. Just no cooking for him.
So here are where more problems arise. Moi has some health
issues, quite a few actually. Many I might add dealing with digestion, gluten, thyroid,
heartburn, and bloating. He doesn’t care
for veggies, is picky about fruit and has a hell of a sweet tooth. Did I mention that I am not a big cook? I can
eat the same things every day for weeks and not be bothered by it. Moi on the
other hand minds repeat meals more than 2 days in a row. I am also a big pasta
and Mexican repeater. He is not really for either, probably because I repeat
the same dishes though.
In his mind because
what I have managed to cook for him hasn’t made him sick, doesn’t taste
bad, and I have been willing to make it he feels I know how to cook. In reality
I have burned ramen more than once at my mom’s house (both in the microwave and
in a pot), burned boiling eggs –did you know that if you leave them boiling to
the point that all the water evaporates the egg shells will burn and the egg
can actually “jump” out of the pot… I didn’t either till I had that
happen. Gave myself food poisoning once
for not cooking bacon enough (now I practically burn it to make sure it’s done)
and the list of my cooking disasters continues. The one thing I can do no
questions asked is bake. I make great deserts, but that is about it.
So why am I writing here… Well I am going use Moi as a
guinea pig for food and see how that goes and figured I might as well take the
bored public along for the ride. Changing someone’s pallet that has been
developing for 27 years sucks and isn’t easy. He dislikes most of the gluten
free stuff, especially the breads but they really do suck. Cheating will take place in this
food relationship. And experiments shall commence. Oh and for the record he don’t
know I am writing about this :p
The goal is to try different things and see what he likes
and how they work. If any of you have any suggestions I will look into and try
it out. My brother is also a chef so I will be cutting corners when he bother’s
to cook at my mom’s house and feed Moi whatever my brother makes. Just being
honest and letting you know ahead of time I am a bit lazy and have ADHD which
is why food use to get burned at my mom’s house so often when I would make it.
I have learned a few tricks to cooking with ADHD. Do the
dishes as you wait for things to cook so you have a distraction in the area you
are working in. Okay so this was the intro and the experiment will begin with some books, recipes, and shopping. PS I
hate grocery shopping…
