I've been the quiet but firm voice of "nobody actually likes eating this so let's start a new tradition" in my extended family for YEARS. The trick is to only replace one menu item at a time, so every year still *feels* like exactly what we ate last year minus that one thing nobody will actually miss.
Giles: Helping out with the dishes makes me feel useful. Dawn: Wanna clean out the garage with us
Saturday? You could feel indispensable.
'Dirty Girls'
Natter 77: I miss my friends. I miss my enemies. I miss the people I talked to every day.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Jessica - Dec 10, 2020 7:56:22 am PST #878 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Glamcookie - Dec 10, 2020 7:56:28 am PST #879 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Micromanaging sucks.
Glamcookie - Dec 10, 2020 7:57:09 am PST #880 of 30000
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
What do you make, Jessica, and how do you change it up? What's your ultimate dinner goal?
Jessica - Dec 10, 2020 7:57:53 am PST #881 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Micromanaging sucks.
I know this was in response to -t, but I'm laughing because actually micromanaging my family is NECESSARY and FUN in order to get what I want at holiday dinners.
Jessica - Dec 10, 2020 8:01:04 am PST #882 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
What do you make, Jessica, and how do you change it up? What's your ultimate dinner goal?
This year would have been the ultimate victory (duck instead of turkey at Thanksgiving) if we'd had the chance to gather, but mostly it's been a subtle shift away from dairy-heavy white foods and towards a wider variety of vegetables. (Nobody likes creamed onions, Dad! They don't make good leftovers!)
lisah - Dec 10, 2020 8:11:57 am PST #883 of 30000
Punishingly Intricate
Agile works better than anything else, IME (which is 20+ years in the tech world mostly as a writer). You just have to be real flexible about what it means and be all up in everyone's business.
Amy - Dec 10, 2020 8:14:33 am PST #884 of 30000
Because books.
Did anyone ever like creamed onions? My paternal grandmother used to make them, and they just sat there, sort of solidifying into a big gloopy mess in their bowl.
We used to do turkey for both Thanksgiving and Christmas until I convinced my mother that this was one turkey too many, and too close together. We do a filet now, which is so much better. My dad still insists on pumpkin pie at both, though.
-t - Dec 10, 2020 8:15:37 am PST #885 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
It's not even really micromanaging, it just feels like it. I am ridiculous.
-t - Dec 10, 2020 8:16:18 am PST #886 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Pumpkin pie whenever possible is a good policy
Steph L. - Dec 10, 2020 8:16:51 am PST #887 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
Pumpkin pie whenever possible is a good policy
PREACH.