"Bet they taste delicious."
Yeah, I know, you're not really thinking that.
Fact is, you'd be right.
They look alright, but they taste...hmmm...what's the word?
Generic.
Bread, buns, muffins, all have a bread-y goodness to them.
These, do not.
Where did the bread taste go?
I have no idea.
I thought I'd work all day making rolls, and chicken and dumplings so everyone would shower me with compliments, but now my plan is wrecked. I don't even want to finish the chicken and dumplings.
Made my own broth and everything.
*sigh*
I think it's me.
I babysit my neighbors 6 year old daughter for a few hours everyday, and each day it's a struggle to find something that she'll eat.
She doesn't even like to talk to me.
(today)
Me: Sandwich?
Her: shakes head while sucking her thumb and looking at the t.v.
Me: Chicken?
Her: shakes head
Me: Crackers? Cheese? Cheese sandwich?
Her: shakes head
Me: (Turning off the t.v.) Macaroni and cheese!
Her: (still staring at the t.v.) No!
Me: Every kid likes macaroni and cheese! You don't like macaroni and cheese?? (getting in her face)
Her: Not at your house I don't.
Me: *gasp!*
Well alrighty then. I see how it is.
I finally have someone's honest opinion.
Albeit a 6 year old that's never had anything other than a cookie at my house.
I'm not feeling the love.
Maybe y'all should send me a love gift.
I heard a preacher say that on t.v. last week.
"Please send your love gift today."
That is a dandy idea if you ask me.
If each and every one of you sent me a love gift -i.e. money- today, I could have all my dinners catered next week.
Then I wouldn't feel bad about myself.
And I could keep going.
You want me to keep going, don't you?
Don't you?
Just do send whatever amount your heart tells you.
Remember the price of food is going up, so be generous.
27 comments:
hey! i just got back from buying three bags of those rolls. 2 for $6.00. and a 6 year old who sucks her thumb? that is wierd. i think a love gift is a splendid idea. let me know what you get.
I'll take the rolls and chicken and dumplings, please. My kids are used to generic.
Six year olds aren't honest... they are obnoxious. Just my opinion...
I bet I'd love to eat your mac and cheese.
;( I would.
Stinkin' 6 year old taste buds.
I've got a freezer full of "mystery meat" that is sooooo yours if you want to pay for shipping. =P
At least they look good right?
*sending $150 in Monopoly money*
sorry, its all I've got on me.
Wow...a six year old with attitude. Let the kid starve I say, more for you!
I am sorry you are having cooking blues. It will get better, and I am sure someone appreciates your cooking even if the six year old brat doesn't.
I'm with Heffalump, let her starve. You are so much nicer than me. Thumb sucking, picky, and no eye contact wouldn't last a second with me. :)
I've heard the dude who asks for love gifts. We put the parental controls on that channel. That is just NOT appropriate for my children to hear.
By the way, I've tried to solicite money on my blog too, for a good cause, my daughter was sick. SO didn't work. Completely lame.
Ditto to heff and nobody. I wouldn't expect anyone that age (that still sucks their thumb) to have spectacular taste in food.
What is the deal with 6 year olds and their lack of good taste? I can't please mine and will gladly donate him to you so that you can have two obnoxious food haters!
I'm impressed that you were going for chicken and dumplings. Mine are lucky lately to get something out of a box and not burnt.
My kids don't really like mac n cheese from a box.
Those rolls look good to me. I don't know how to make dumplings, at least ones that taste good.
Your rolls look delicious. And, yum, I haven't had chicken and dumplings in a long time--they are one of my favorites ; )
3 years ago one of Emily's friends came home with her 3 times a week because her mom works in the CPA world and it was tax season. I tried to cook for this kid and she hardly ate anything. Taco=meat. I don't know how people can be so picky. I just let the kid pick at the food and if she ate, great, if not, oh well. She has a mama!
PS Your check is in the mail!
Meh- Leave a PBJ on the table with some cookies. If she's hungry, she knows where she can get something. Otherwise, I say just let the TV do the babysitting work for you.
I know I'm horrible. Come to think of it, that might be the reason nobody has asked ME to watch their 6 year old everyday.
I was thinkin' how I've been too busy blog hopping to stop and eat breakfast and how scrumptious those whole wheat clover leaf rolls look, and my next thought was "Carrot...how did you make them so glisten-y and pretty and stuff?"
If I were going to babysit, I would want to watch a 6 year old just like her. I pretty much wouldn't care if she didn't want to eat...less work for me, oh yeah! :D
the 6 year old has no taste because she's busy sucking her thumb all day... imagine how your tastebuds would not develop if you've constantly got something so bland in your mouth... and maybe she's not hungry because she's eating all those dead skin cells.
i can't vouch for the rolls above, but i am certain you are a good chef, and good chefs may hit a roadblock now and then but that's because the expectations are so high... you'll probably be beating out Rachael Ray soon ;)
ps... my word verification was fonkp, lol, i will keep repeating fonkyp the rest of the day... i just know it.
I'm crying so hard, I can't see the rolls anymore.
*sniffle*
And if my nose weren't all snotty, I could smell them.
My life is a sewer.
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
I flatten my homemade wheat rolls and brush them with butter before rolling them up like snails. It traps all that buttery goodness inside.
I didn't know you wanted to add on more mouths to feed. When someone says no to food around here the rest of us rejoice because that's more for us.
In the past 16 years of babysitting other people's children I think the tussle over food between me and the babysat child has been one of my hardest obstacles to overcome. When a child or teen rejects my food, strangely, it feels like they are rejecting me. I must associate myself too much with what I slave away in the kitchen to produce.
Nowadays, I've learned to distance myself from their rejection and after my first offer of food is rejected I do one of two things, let them go hungry (if they'll only be here a short while) or I just feed them all the candy I can and let their parents suffer the consequences of bringing up badly mannered children :)
The rolls look delicious, I bet the house smelled nice. Did you end up making Chicken and dumplings?
What my mom said was true. She would be delighted with a kid that doesn't eat haha.
Those rolls look awesome to me. I am actually dying of hunger right now. Can I have the dumplings too?
If I had money, I would send it to you!
Carrot! I have been missing out on your blog. Expect me back again.
Sorry about the six-year-old who won't eat (I'd say to fix whatever you want and either she eats it or doesn't -- not like that works on my three-year-old, but it's what I'm finally doing) and the rolls (though they do look BEAUTIFUL!)
Happy Easter to you!
Have a blessed Easter Carrot Jello and Jello family!
I'll be on vacation until Friday so don't miss me!
Carrot, what in the HECK!
:)
Miss you - hope you had a great Easter.
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