What's the nicest compliment you've received about your cooking?

[bif]

Here's mine:
About a year ago my daughter invited a friend of hers over for dinner. She's one of those sometime vegetarians. So when my daughter was on the phone with her I said, "Is she a vegetarian now?" My daughter asked her and responded, "She said, 'Not if you're cooking' "!

[Angry Dragon]

1. No one died ...........

[BarbaRosa]

2. Complete silence

while everyone was eating.

[msanthrope]

7. Yes--I always savor those few minutes. nt

[Arkansas Granny]

3. When you invite someone for dinner and they don't ask what's on the menu because

they know it will be good even if it's just beans and cornbread.

[guardian]

33. I have always thought that is sooo rude of people to ask.

The gracious thing to say is "Thank you. May I bring anything?" Short of someone having a food allergy or some medical condition that limits diet people should not ask what's on the menu. If the host wants to serve steak tartare people should have the class not to whine.

[kentauros]

4. "Where did you buy this cake?"

While that might seem insensitive, I still took it as a compliment, even as I announced I had made it (that flourless chocolate cake I like to make sometimes.) And then the resultant sounds like someone enjoying sex as they eat their piece(s)

[dixiegrrrrl]

5. When someone who is a very good cook raves over one of my dishes...

THAT is a definite complement.

A different kind of compliment was, once, quite a few years ago, my son's school friend stayed with us for a weekend and I made waffles one morning.
The young man had NEVER had anything but frozen waffles, it turns out, and he was flabbergasted at how they were made. I let him "cook" one.
You would have thought I was cooking gold.

I felt bad about his limited connection to what food was, tho.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

9. It's great introducing someone to real food

I remember introducing my wife to cream of tomato soup made from cream and tomatoes. And chicken noodle soup with home-made egg noodles. While she had had ravioli made from scratch before I married her, she is still amazed at how much better mine is than, say, Chef Boyardee's.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

6. You could sell these and make a fortune

Usually from the boy's friends when I feed them cookies.

[PADemD]

8. The smoke alarm didn't go off this time.

[MADem]

18. Hee hee! nt

[LancetChick]

10. My ex's nephews lived with us for several years while teenagers.

Then they grew up and got married. While visiting, one wife asked me to show her how to make Romertopf chicken, a favorite dish of my nephew/her husband which neither of them could get right, despite trying numerous times. They were from the Middle East, and their diet was Middle Eastern, but it amazed me that during those years my old reliable Romertopf chicken had become one of his comfort foods from youth (I don't have kids myself), and he's chosen to make it a part of his life going forward, despite not being into cooking (then, anyway). Food is powerful!

[fizzgig]

11. from my husband

he told me my chicken tortilla soup was better than wolfgang puck's and he makes 'damn good soup'

[cbayer]

12. Most of the time, I live in a community with extremely limited food options

which is composed in large part of adult men living on boats by themselves.....

so I get a lot of compliments, lol.

[cbayer]

13. Just wanted to add this - my husband will literally lick his plate clean

when he particularly likes something I have made. Now, that's a huge compliment.

[swimboy]

14. From my wonderful Italian "mother", now deceased:

"Gimmi--You have made me ASTONISHED!"

[MiddleFingerMom]

15. I worked at a company that had occasional large potluck lunches. I would always bring...

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... one of my easiest and best dishes -- a spinach casserole with 3 cheeses.
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I never had any to take home and the sheer number of requests on each occasion for the
recipe prompted me to run off a bunch of copies of it and bring them along to the meals.
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There was a woman who used to bring a hominy/cheese/green chili casserole who used to
get the same reaction. I think we were considered the "Pot Luck King & Queen".
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And, yes... I was one of those asking HER for her recipe.
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[msanthrope]

29. Can we have both recipes? Pretty please? nt

[MiddleFingerMom]

30. I no longer have the hominy recipe. The Spinach Casserole with 3 Cheeses is below.

Last edited Sun Mar 17, 2013, 06:33 PM - Edit history (1)

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For kids, I call it "Green Casserole", etc. -- they usually don't have a clue that
they're being dosed with spinach. It's very much like a crustless quiche.
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When you mix this up, it looks NASTY... but cook it in a glass baking dish, as
it's the most glorious green/golden color when finished. I use all lowfat cheeses
and don't think there's a noticeable difference
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6-8 eggs, beaten
10 oz frozen chopped spinach, thawed and liquid squeezed out
1 lb cottage cheese
8 oz cream cheese, small cubes
6-8 oz Swiss cheese (EDIT TO ADD) sliced, cut or torn into 1" or so pieces
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1. Lightly oil an 8x8 glass baking dish. Mix all ingredients well and pour into dish.
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2. Bake at 350 for 35-40 mins or until done.
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[msanthrope]

32. I will try it with my daughter who eats nothing green. Thank you! nt

[MiddleFingerMom]

16. A woman proposed to me after I cooked her dinner one night.

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[grasswire]

17. I've had two marriage proposals for pies.

Particularly a brown-sugar peach pie, and a triple cherry. Didn't take either one of them.

[MADem]

20. Do you watch Downton Abbey? A grocer wanted to marry Mrs. Patmore for her cooking last season! nt

[grasswire]

22. yeah, and he was a real creep! nt

[MADem]

23. Wasn't he, though....feeling up all the young girls at the fair!!!

I loved Mrs. Patmore's reaction when she found out he was a bounder--such relief! And poor Mrs. Hughes, so worried about hurting her feelings!

He was good for one thing, though--he helped Downton win the tug-o-war!

You can tell I'm a sucker for the show, can't you? We have it on DVD so we can "revisit" when there's nothing good on the telly!

[grasswire]

24. I love Mrs. Hughes.

Such a good woman. Kind, wise, the real deal.

[MADem]

26. I was worried they were gonna kill her off when she got sick--thank goodness that got sorted out!

I was a bit shocked at this season's ending, though--I've got relatives who are really pissed off, too.

I'm wondering if the publisher will make a second run at Lady Mary in the season(s) ahead....!

[MiddleFingerMom]

31. I haven't seen that show, but that makes me think of the really creepy guy in "Circle of Friends".

[MADem]

35. If you have On Demand, check to see if it is offered--it's very good! You'll be hooked quickly!

I read CoF but it's been so long ago I don't remember the plot!

[BainsBane]

38. Wow, those sound great

Fresh cherries?

[MADem]

19. I get a ton of praise when I cook, which is fairly often...

I'm the one who likes good chow, so I tend to get the duty. If I didn't cook, it would be "Give me the Campbell life" around these parts as often as not. Now that I'm retired, I have the time to fart around a bit, though I don't do a lot of complex stuff. The fewer pots and pans, the better!

[pinto]

21. I do a lot of one / two skillet meals. No matter how involved the prep, it all ends up in one or two

Best compliments I've had are requests to repeat a meal. "Pinto, would make that noodle dish for lunch again?" Stuff along those lines.

[MADem]

25. That's when you KNOW you've hit the jackpot! Repeat requests! nt

[Newest Reality]

27. Mine is:

"Well, that was edible."

[hobbit709]

28. Is there any left? I want more.

[guardian]

34. When you bring a dish and it is completely eaten up.

Especially at pot lucks or picnics and when your dish of XXXX is sitting next to someone else's dish of the same thing, and your dish is completely eaten and the other dish is mostly untouched.

[auntAgonist]

36. My husband tells our friends "why should we eat in a restaurant when I get the best food right here"

While I truly do appreciate his bragging and compliments, I would LOVE to go out to a fancy dinner some night


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[BainsBane]

37. Someone told me I'd made the best meal she had ever eaten.

That was very nice.

[bif]

39. When people help themselves to thirds!

That's a pretty nice compliment.

[no_hypocrisy]

40. My BFF's mother was dying of Stage IV lung cancer.

She was on chemo and radiation. Got nauseous smelling food. Lost a lot of weight. Felt horrible.

I went to Virginia and bought a bushel of fresh peaches. I made them into pies.

I gave a pie to her mother. It was the only thing she ate in a long time and finished it in a few days. Nothing else stoked her appetite like the pie. She loved it and even wrote me a note.

She died a few months later. To me, this reception of my cooking and baking will never be surpassed.

[MiddleFingerMom]

42. VERY nice story!!!

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[applegrove]

41. About a decade and a half ago my cousin said my lasagna was the best he had ever tasted.

[kcass1954]

43. Several years ago, my department had a pot-luck luncheon

sometime between Thanksgiving and Christmas.

I made a pecan pie and a custard pie. We invited the general manager to join us. Before we got to dessert, he had to leave for a conference call. I saved a slice of each pie and took it to him later. He was in a meeting, so I left it with his secretary. About 20 minutes later, my phone rang. It was Allan. He didn't even say hello. "If my wife ever leaves me, will you marry me and make me pie?"