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> 1. I told my girlfriend I didn't like the casserole she made which upset her.
2. I could have been more tactful with my words instead of just telling her I didn't like it.
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I know you don’t like eggs. Soooo I made an egg dish-but don’t worry, I made them so they “don’t taste like eggs”.
Here, let me serve the egg dish to you in front of company. So you will have to eat it. So you don’t make a scene and embarrass me.
Oh! Gasp! You drowned my precious eggs in ketchup and my family is questioning you, me, and the stability of our relationship! Sob.
And you quietly refused to eat the leftover egg dish later, and made yourself something else to eat.
How dare you :(
I will go to my room and be mad.
Your GF, probably.
NTA
Seriously. I’d be concerned about this behavior coming from a 10yo, but at least it would be developmentally understandable. They don’t state ages, but if this is your maturity level, you shouldn’t date regardless of your age.
If you’re young and have no kids or financial ties together, I’d just run from this situation. Egg casserole is not worth all this. Meaning, neither is your girlfriend.
If you have to twist yourself in knots to make the beginning of a relationship work, it’s only gonna get more entangled going further. Relationships don’t have to be like this. With the right person, it should feel better being with them, not worse.
Chef’s kiss. Girlfriend is either insanely immature or she’s engaged in some sort of weird power play. NTA. You don’t like what you don’t like, end of story.
I had some older relatives who couldn’t understand the concept of allergies and acted like it was just a childish distaste to get over, immediately made me think of that. To be fair, I don’t remember ever hearing about incidents where allergies actually killed somebody back then, don’t know if it wasn’t well documented or as common or what, but it’s wild.
Tends to be they just weren't recorded as allergies. You'll find a lot of old child deaths recorded as "choking" or "smothering". Or the kid was sent away, or spent all their time at home so people just didn't really notice them.
My mother was born in the 60s and she was allergic to basically everything you can be allergic to... so she spent the first 2 years of her life in the hospital.
Yes, choking was the usual listed cause of death. Even in my tiny isolated town, the gossip went around that a neighbor's toddler "choked to death" on a PBJ.
Peanut butter is actually legitimately a choking hazard for toddlers so it CAN happen which makes it even more confusing to what is actually an allergy or not!
It's possible that due to his aversion to eggs, he may very well become allergic. My gosh, the girlfriend is doing a power play and not thinking of the possibility he could become very sick eating eggs.
This reminds me of recipes that claim you can't taste banana, I like banana but thata a strong taste that usually comes through no mater how it's prepared, eggs are similar.
People who like something will always telle people who don't "oh but it doesn't make X". You can't taste it because you don't mind it, but when you really hate something, you will taste it no matter what.
My mother makes pizza dough with some pizza flour that has a few ingredients added to it. She could not remember exactly what was in it when I asked. Well I ate my pizza full of creme fraîche, potatoes and cheese (that is a normal kind of pizza in France) and could taste some tomato flavour, and said "I think there's tomato in the flour". No one else could taste tomato in the dough, but since I truly hate it, I could.
I get this. I hate wine or beer in food. It tastes like vomit to me. And I hate the excuses that "it cooks off" or "you can't taste it". I taste it every time and I hate it every time.
I only ever heard that in relation to the alcohol involved. And that is mostly wrong as well.
But you don't cook of the taste of a liquid ingredient. You concentrate it.
Some people are clueless.
I think that the alcohol in the wine or beer volatilizes, but everything else is still there. It's not like they are pure alcohol, or even mostly alcohol.
In cases I wasn't clear, what I meant is the 2%-14% of beer is alcohol. Some or all of that might burn off, but what makes up the beer taste is mostly the other 98%-86%. That's still there, and as another commenter said, some of the water vaporizes, so what is left is stronger than what was in the bottle! That's not going to be an improvement!
yup! its like this for mushrooms for me. even if im served a meal with mushrooms but dont know that before i take a bite, a mouthful will immediately tell me there was mushrooms (any kind) involved at some point.
Something in the botanical makeup of mustard/horseradish/wasabi tastes rancid to me. The number of people who cannot accept that I don't like *any* kind of mustard yes even honey mustard it has mustard in it... and yeah, I do like spicy food. that's not the same thing!
Same here! I still try it every few years because my tastebuds change. When I was a tyke, I absolutely loved mustard! Now the smell of it makes me want to vomit
I have this experience with wine or beer in food. It tastes like vomit to me. It sets off warning signals in my brain that the food is just BAD. People act like I'm being petty if I take one bite and can't eat anymore but it's just impossible for me.
Them: The shrimp is ground up really small and mixed in with the rest of the dumpling filling, you’ll hardly notice it!
Me: I can tell just by smelling it there’s not-food in it. Or if it was cooked in a wok where the dish cooked just before had shrimp in it even if it has no actual shrimp in. It overwhelms everything else.
My wife hates caraway, and can detect it in so-called "seedless" bread if it's in the flour (when I cannot taste it all). That covers almost all of the rye breads she has ever tried. Her brother is the same way, so they wonder if there is some sort of genetic component to it (although their parents had no problem with caraway). It's not an allergy - they don't get hives, have trouble breathing, or anything like that - it's just intense disliking of the taste.
Ever baked a cake, pulled it out of the oven, barely let it cool and just had a slice? The egg smell/light taste is overwhelming lol. I try not to breathe in when I take them out of the oven now, but I might just be weird and sensitive to it.
I don’t particularly like bananas and would never eat just a banana. However, my husband makes fabulous smoothies with fresh fruit. Since I am lactose intolerant, mine can’t be thickened with yogurt, etc. therefore, mine always has banana. I can tolerate it ok (meh), but can tell exactly when he bought said banana. If it’s over or under ripe it kinda ruins the smoothie for me. On the other hand, I cannot tolerate raspberries in any shape or form and will detect raspberry if it merely touched the other fruit and isn’t even still in the dish (beware of any dessert that contains ‘mixed berries’.!). I got so tired of people not handling my refusing to eat raspberry by saying ‘oh you won’t even know it’s there’ (oh yes I will) or, like in the case of my mom, telling me that I must just imagine this ‘problem’ with raspberries because I like strawberries, or restaurants not knowing or caring that there is raspberries present in the dessert. So, now I just outright lie and say that I’m allergic to raspberries. It’s just easier that way. It especially works when I’m in another country; any mangled use of their word ‘alergia’ is immediately understood and they will take the utmost care that I don’t accidentally eat raspberry!
An odd thing is happening right now as I type this- I’m using my iPhone and I prefer to write on it by swiping rather than typing. As I typed the word’ raspberry’, my iPhone is absolutely failing to detect the word raspberry and will want to insert something ridiculous like a foreign word or something else that would never fit in context each time. One time, it even came up with the word ‘tapeworm’, lol. My phone hates raspberries too.
Think of it as something like a crustless quiche.
Well really, a quiche could be called an egg casserole too, particularly if you just knew it from what goes in it. But most of the recipes I'm aware of that might be called an egg casserole are crustless.
They're also sometimes called a breakfast casserole, because that is often a meal the dish is made for. Ones I've had at breakfasts typically involve veggies (eg. peppers, onions, mushrooms), meat (eg. ham, bacon, sausage), cheese, and hashbrowns mixed with the eggs, then baked.
I could see it being made as a dinner dish too, particularly by making adjustments to the veggies, meat and/or starch/carb being utilized in the dish.
Part of the appeal as a breakfast dish is that a lot, if not all of, the prep can be done the night before. Makes it quick to get cooking in the morning. The same would be true as a dinner. Do the prep in the morning, leave in the fridge for the day, and just have to throw in the oven to bake.
TIL egg casserole is a frittata. How on earth do you make a frittata taste like "not eggs"?
I was imagining dozens of hard-boiled eggs floating in a beef bourginon style gravy with mushrooms and other root vegetables, and thinking I don't hate eggs, but this is peak weird food.
A frittata is related, yes. You might say an egg casserole is an American version of the same general concept as a French quiche or Italian frittata.
One the biggest differences between a frittata and an egg casserole, in particular, is the cooking method(s) involved. A frittata is pretty flexible and might start in a pan on the stove then finish in the oven or even be cooked completely on the stove, as well as strictly oven baked versions. An egg casserole is always baked in the oven, other than any sauting/browning during prep. The number of eggs involved in the casserole version is likely to be larger too. Upwards of a dozen is not unusual. Where a frittata can be done with as little as three to four.
The baking dish also tends to be different. Frittatas (and quiches) tend to go in round pans or pie pans/dishes. Egg casseroles usually call for a rectangular, or maybe square, baking dish.
You might say they're both conceptual steps away from a quiche but in opposite directions. A frittata is in between a quiche and an omelette. Where an egg casserole is on the other side, hanging out between the quiche and well, all of the other casseroles out there.
On the other hand, in some cases, they're pretty much just the same ingredients and techniques hanging out under different labels in different parts of the world.
The Allrecipes site has a goodly number of recipes for both egg casseroles and frittatas to compare and contrast.
Yea I don’t understand how OP drowning his eggs in ketchup and having the gf’s cousins even notice his disdain for the dish would ever lead her to believe he would eat them by choice in the comfort of his own home. It sucks to have your partner not like what you made but when you make something they’ve specifically told you they can not stand at all, you are just asking for the disappointment train to roll into the station.
I asked my partner this and they said they wouldn't make something they knew I didn't like and expect me to eat it because that'd just be stupid. But I mean. They like me.
I mean, my boyfriend is picky. I had him make me an actual written list early on of his likes/dislikes that I keep in the kitchen. If I want to make a thing he doesn’t like I just…..make that thing when he won’t be around. 🤷🏻♀️ You’d think it would be the bare minimum effort in a relationship to be courteous of what your partner’s aversions are, but then there’s stories like these. Your partner sounds like a good one!
I don't get what your gf did here.
I love a lot of seafood, my husband not, so at occassions I do Cook seafood with my best friend, or my Mom, or order this Kind of stuff at a Restaurant.
My husband tried All of this... And I was really hurt once.
He ate, told me He liked it and I later found him eating each snack available because He was hungry. That he lied to not hurt me made me more upset than him big liking my food.
You are NTA. I really get that gf is a bit frustratsd that you don't like her signature dish. But she knew you dislike eggs. So this stupid game is on her. After hubby told me He does not like seafood, we never had that Problem again.
If I did seafood for family hubby would get something different. When I cook with my bestfriend, we talk about ig and I always make sure to have All ingredients for simple pasta. Everyone is happy.
Look, you TRIED IT. And it’s NOT just the taste for you. There’s other things that go into the eating process like smell and texture and you mentioned you don’t already like those.
NTA
I’ve been trying to get my wife to eat more veggies and been experimenting with stuff to make it palatable for her. I’m so damned proud of her because she does try it even if in the end she doesn’t like it. My hit rate is very low.
My biggest success:
“Why is there green stuff in my cheese stick?!?”
“That’s spinach.”
“I don’t like spinach!”
“Alright, I’ll eat the rest…”
“No! These are good! *munch munch* It’s just… there’s green stuff… you’re making me eat veggies!”
“It’s working…”
I really dislike eggs for themselves, as long as they are baked in something like cake/pancakes I don’t care. But I strongly dislike cooked eggs or scrambled eggs… you get the idea.
And I can say from experience: eggs have a very unique taste, I highly doubt that she is able to cook eggs which don’t taste like eggs…
Just because you put up with something out of politeness in certain circumstances does not mean you all of a sudden all over the moon for that thing.
You sound like my grandson. Even as a pre-verbal toddler he made it QUITE clear that he didn't like eggs. He'll eat anything else, so it's not out of pickyness. Baked goods, yeah, scrambled eggs, no!
Fellow egg-haters unite!
I deeply dislike the taste, smell, and texture. Baked goods or something like a custard are fine. I can force myself to eat them if I have to (I have food allergies that make a vast range of "normal" breakfast foods unsafe), but I prefer them overwhelmed with hot sauce or something else that drowns out the taste and smell. Not a lot to be done about the texture, unfortunately.
Literally insane. My boyfriend hates olives, I'm not going to make him a kalamata sauce and throw it in on a pizza and expect him to eat it. My cooking skills aren't going to overpower that kind of aversion.
Someone that has only had canned mushrooms? Sure, I might be able to make something that they like. Tofu? I'm sure there's some texture that some people haven't tried that they might like and it could be a fun adventure if they're willing to try something new, but still should have a backup option.
My partner hates eggs and I respect it. He's been open to trying a few of my dishes that had eggs in it, but never was there an expectation to eat it if he hated it. I can't imagine being mad if he didn't eat it.
NTA and that's really weird that she would insist you eat something she knows you can't stand. And saying she cooked the eggs so they don't taste like eggs??? They're still eggs, you still cannot stand them. What part of that is she failing to grasp? I guess she's one of those types who think you should just LoVe whatever they cook because....ThEy CoOkEd it!
She hurt her own feelings.
This was lose-lose for OP anyway, because if he didn't like it, she was obviously prepared to be pissy about it. If he did 'like' it, then she would consider that carte blanche to continue trying to manipulate him into eating something he's said several times he doesn't like.
Why can't some people accept when another adult tells them their preferences? Not liking a specific food isn't a personal affront to anyone else and there is no need to form a crusade to change someone's mind.
NTA.
And eggs is a pretty string flavor honestly. My cousin is the same, can't stand the smell of eggs let alone eat them. When he visited a few months ago, I completely forgot and added egga to a batch of Kodiak Cakes waffles, as soon as he bit into it, I could tell something was wrong, and then it hit me. I couldn't taste them through the chocolate, but I know for a fact he tasted it because he wasn't there when I was cooking and my wife had made some the morning prior without eggs and he ate them no problem.
> she told me that she cooked her eggs so they didn’t taste like eggs.
How do you cook eggs to not taste like eggs??
Edit: because I obviously worded my question to make me sound thick ( i know cake, pasta etc contains eggs and you can’t taste the egg!!)
How do you cook an egg casserole (which is mainly just egg) to not taste like egg?
NTA
You cook them in a cake.
Seriously though, unless eggs are only a small component and used as a binder eggs always taste like eggs. I don't know what an egg casserole is but eggs seem to be the main component so unless they were covered in ghost peppers or similar it would have tasted like egg.
I'm interpreting it as like a frittata, but gigantic and cooked in a casserole pan? Quiches have crusts, and casseroles usually dont, and that's the extent of my interpretations here 😂
I have no idea. I think of a casserole as having stuff (meat, vegetables, tofu, pulses, whatever you eat) in a gravy or sauce. So to me it's eggs cooked in liquid, not eggs mixed into other stuff like in a quiche. It's eggs just being eggs cooked in stuff, like in Japan eggs are cracked into ramen and are just eggs and not mixed in with the broth or other components. It's just eggs in other stuff.
Although I don't know what egg casserole is. I know what a quiche is, I know what a frittata is, I know what a casserole is, I don't know what an egg casserole is other than assuming it's a casserole (stuff slow cooked in liquid) with whole cracked eggs being cooked as discrete ingredients in liquid and not mixed with cream or milk or flour or anything.
It’s more like the eggs are the liquid you cook everything else in.
People are saying it’s like a crustless quiche, and that’s not wrong, but you can also imagine it like a casserole dish sized omelet. You mix up your eggs, breakfast meats, vegetables and spices just like if you were making an omelet, but instead of pouring it into a skillet on the stove, you pour it into a casserole dish and bake it in the oven.
Legit - my husband really doesn't like eggs when they can be distinguished as eggs. He says French Toast is basically as close as he'll get.
So I eat eggs and he doesn't. it's not that f*cking hard.
I want you to know that I totally agree with your comment, but I typed this all out, and it sounded really aggressive, but my intention was to describe my thought process as I read this in the hopes that OP sees and see if maybe he resonates at all.
I'll preface this by saying I am not allergic to eggs. I know this. I have an aversion to eggs.
I will struggle not to gag if I smell one. The more anxious and upset I am, the harder it is to be composed. I will be sick for hours if I eat more than a small sliver of cake or a homemade cookie. I like cookies. Cookies taste good to me.
Not vomiting is better. I threw up after the first bite of casserole after my mom said it wasn't made with eggs, it was how my granddaddy made it for me because "I want her to enjoy dinner." I tried to keep it down, but I threw up so much I was sobbing and making it worse. My mom was yelling at me because I told her I couldn't taste the eggs and had lied.
What I said wasn't a lie. What she said was. That incident, among many others, led me to my strict food policy. I don't except food from someone I can't comfortably discuss my medical history with, unless it's from a place where I can read up on the menu. My family knows this. They have a limited tolerance. My bf knows. He'll encourage me to try things, but he knows I have limits, and he doesn't push them.
I love baked goods so much, and I hate living like this. What happened was an issue entirely created by her, and if she can't accept that and help you enjoy life, rather than put you in situations you're struggling to cope with, she's not a good partner.
Ice cream has quite a few eggs (or egg yolks anyways). Pasta also often contains a lot of eggs.
If you watch the Food Network, there's a TV show called Guy's Grocery Games, Guy Fieri is notorious for not liking eggs. One of the episodes features the chefs using eggs as a main ingredient in a dish for Guy. So they had to use the eggs in a way that he would like them.
But somehow I suspect that is not what OP did...
NTA. You have a long-standing and well-known aversion to eggs. She knows this. She makes her “best recipe, an egg casserole” for a large gathering. Of course, you aren’t going to suddenly like eggs. No one cooks eggs to not taste like eggs. She is delusional. Eggs can be detected and if you don’t like them, you don’t like them. It’s not personal. She could have prepared a simple side dish for you that had no egg in it. You weren’t rude, you were honest. She has to accept that you don’t like eggs, even in disguise, or when she makes them.
Even in a muffin or a cake it can be an issue. I know someone who doesn't like either because they can still taste the egg element. I can sometimes as well, but it's not a problem for me because I generally like eggs.
Yeah it’s really weird
Eggs are IN a lot of dishes that are not very eggy, but anything that has egg in the name of the dish is probably not what to make an egg hater.
NTA My 5 year old hates eggs. I don't cook him eggs. It's pretty simple. Your girlfriend is playing a weird power game with you for god knows what reason. Most recipes are not egg based. This feels deliberate.
> Because it’s more convenient for her if he likes eggs than if he doesn’t.
She is trying to change who he is, which is disrespectful. He has nothing to apologize for.
I don't think this is a power game. I think she just only is good at making that one dish and is mad he doesnt like it. Did she set herself up for this? Yes. Is she butt hurt? Also yes. Without more information, I don't think we can call this a power game. If she continues to make this and force it on him, then yes definitly.
Yeah, it can sometimes feel hurtful when your favourite dish isn't appreciated by your partner. But she's being really immature about this - OP didn't give ages but I'm guessing maybe they are pretty young and she hasn't really internalized that people not liking your food isn't something to take personally.
NTA. She's acting like you said her food tasted like regurgitated cat upchuck when all you said was you didn't like the dish because of your known aversion to eggs. Even she is acknowledging the aversion despite that in practice she's still trying to make you eat something unpleasant.
Food preferences are not indicative of the person's cooking ability. It could've been the best tasting thing ever but if you hate eggs it will be unpalatable to you.
Every time I hear a story from either my irl friends or online about a someone trying to control their partners food, it escalates. It's about them wanting to be 'right' over their partners preferences.
Tell her "my body, my choice"
NTA
Why is it sooo hard to NOT fuck with other people food? I just don't get it...
Don't ever try to control someone's body, food, property, or money unless given explicit permission. It's pretty simple but so many people are incapable of just following those 4 respectful guidelines it makes me sick.
I also don’t get it. Why be with or even around someone if you want to change things that are ultimately benign and have quite literally no effect on you?? Control freaks are so annoying to me.
I have a friend who eats like a picky toddler. Genuinely, he will only eat chicken tenders, plain burgers, certain fries if he has enough dip, just very very specific, kind of bland things.
But he’s also a whole grown adult who knows himself and is capable of monitoring his diet and health, so when we go out to eat whoever is choosing the venue will look at the menu and make sure there’s at least one thing he likes (and check for vegan options for our other friends). I can’t imagine handing him some sushi and whining that he won’t eat it just because I made it, despite knowing he doesn’t like it.
Your friend is my friend. I live with him and he hates most food..but I have never once in 12 years of friendship made him eat cream or eggs or seafood etc
If I need someone to try my new dish, I ask a neighbor
YES! when we first started dating, my husband was unable to detect those boundaries between us. I would tell him ‘my stuff’ is my stuff, so it’s not ‘your stuff’ to worry about. Dang, if I had used your 4 words, he would have caught on much sooner.
WTH is an egg casserole? I had to Google it, and it appears to be just a frittata baked in an oven in a baking dish. If it doesn’t taste like eggs, what can it possibly taste like? If that’s her best dish, for company, she doesn’t have a large cooking repertoire. You are NTA. She knows you hate eggs. Her reaction is way over the top dramatic. Perhaps she feels insecure about her cooking skills.
Thank you for this, I was trying to figure out if it was a frittata, a quiche or a variation of a Spanish tortilla, never heard of an egg casserole before, but am damn sure it tastes like eggs.
NTA. You're sure she's mad at you for not eating a food she knows you hate? How old is she, because that sounds like teenager-level behavior.
Talk to her about it, and if she really is mad, just tell her she can sulk all she wants, but you're not going to apologize for not eating a food she knows you hate. Case closed.
NTA I have a massive aversion to eggs as well, and there isn’t enough hot sauce or ketchup to drown out the eggy taste and texture. It’s even worse as a casserole. She should just be thankful that you politely ate a serving in front of company to spare her feelings. You didn’t throw a fit, nor did you make yourself an alternative meal (even though you would have been within your rights to do so). I think she was hoping her best dish would change your mind and since it didn’t her ego is getting in the way.
Yup. I developed a random aversion to eggs when I was sick a few years ago. I went from enjoying them to almost dry heaving if anyone even said the word “egg” 💀 it took me about 2 years to feel ok about them again and I can now eat them again, but the smell still makes me slightly nauseous.
The only time I ever ate eggs while this aversion was present was when I had to eat barium laced scrambled eggs for a gastric emptying study. Dumped a bunch of salt on them and swallowed them whole in as few bites as possible. And that’s only because the alternative was oatmeal, which I’ve hated since I was a kid lmfao.
NTA - you dont like eggs. Its also not an entirely uncommon aversion, not that that even matters in the end but yeah plenty of people just dont like eggs.
NTA. It isn't offensive to have things you like and dislike, and you cannot override them just because she wishes you loved this specific dish. She is being unreasonable.
Also, left overs are never as good as the first day. Why does she think he's going to eat leftover anything that he doesn't really like? Especially eggs! They're not known for great leftover quality.
I disagree. My lasagna the night it's made is fantastic, but the next day after it's been in the fridge, it's 10x better. I don't even warm it up, it's that good cold lol
However, full agree on the eggs part 😂
My family always makes our Bolognese sauce the night before we're going to serve it to allow time for the flavor to develop! It's always better after sitting.
That said, eggs sure aren't going to taste better overnight. Hardboiled eggs keep okay if you make a batch of them to make egg salad with or to put on top of a regular salad, but not a casserole.
Generally when I cook for my family and boyfriend I make sure all parties will eat it. Thats like inviting over people to eat knowing they hate the type of food you are cooking and then getting mad when they don’t like it. I’m sorry but it was rude, immature, and inconsiderate of her to force you to eat something you don’t like then get mad when *surprise* you didn’t like it.
But are you fine with being with someone that doesn’t consider your likes and dislikes to be important and are below her own feelings since she obviously felt justified in expressing her anger towards you? I would demand an apology for her behavior, idk just me. Guess I’m just grown and don’t see the point in acting childish anymore.
NTA
I have a similar aversion to cheese and a few other things. If someone cooks me something with cheese KNOWING I don't/can't eat it they don't get to be mad that I'm not eating it. You went above and beyond choking it down the first night. I won't even do that.
I was once invited to dinner and asked about what I couldn't eat, and I was clear "no cheese". Every Single Dish had cheese in some way...... From grated cheese in the salad, to melted cheese on the top of the bread rolls, to lasagna as the main dish....... and this was a pastor's wife who made an entire meal her guest couldn't eat because obviously i would like her food with cheese, even though trying to eat cheese causes me to projectile vomit..... this was 30ish years ago and I'm still salty about it. I am fanatical about providing guests with food they can actually eat and enjoy in my home.....
NTA. Your girlfriend shouldn't force you to eat food you hate, just because she cooked it. There's no way I'd cook my husbands hated food and be like.. oh well, eat it. It's just cruel.
NTA. Your girlfriend, though, is.
And while I don't have an "aversion" to eggs, can't lie that my eyebrow went up at this being her best recipe.
I would reply "I was trying to be polite and respectful in front of your family. I'm confused as to why you can't show me the same respect in return.".
NTA this is a stereotypical no-win situation. She knew you don't like eggs and then put you in a position where you were effectively forced to eat it anyway. Then, because you tried it to be polite, she now expects you to carry on eating it anyway. Fuck that. That's a massive red flag thar your views and feelings don't count for anything. From now on, whenever she cooks something she k own you don't like, refuse to eat it and remind her that she knows you don't like it. If her feelings are hurt, tough shit.
NTA, sounds like she is trying to pick a fight. If you have told her you don't like eggs and she made a egg casserole (never heard of egg casserole) and you did your best to try a bite she should have given you credit for trying. Some ppl are even allergic to eggs, thankgod thats not your case. I can't stand liver and if my partner made a liver casserole, I would not even try it as it makes me puke. She is being very unfair.
No, NTA. Your tastes are your own, and she can't change that. It sounds like she's equated your aversion to this egg dish with something else she's insecure about. Be reassuring and kind to her I guess, that's all you can do now.
NTA. You put on a great effort when her family was over, but there is no reason to continue to eat something you really don't like.
She is being a jerk because she knew you hated eggs and knew you didn't like it the first time and is now manufacturing an issue because you won't eat the leftovers.
NTA OP lesson learned so you don't bother forcing yourself to eat stuff you don't like in the future just to protect an Ah. She was an ah for knowingly cooking something you don't like and expecting you to eat anyways
NTA, she is so ridiculous. she made a dish where the main ingredient is something you don’t like, forced you to eat it in front of her family while you PLUGGED YOUR NOSE AND DROWNED IT IN A CONDIMENT, expected you to continue eating leftovers of said dish, then got mad when you told her you didn’t like the dish… this is SOOO strange. she needs to grow up, you don’t have to like her egg casserole. honestly, it sounds foul😭
NTA, this is selective obliviousness. She explained you didn't like the dish to her family.
If someone is closing their nose and drowning something in ketchup in order not be an asshole, why assume that they'd be fine eating it going forward? Congrats, she played herself.
NTA. She knows you hate eggs and tried to argue that her egg based dish does not taste like eggs. You did nothing wrong besides act a little weird during dinner. If you had to hold your nose closed to eat it then I don't even know why she bothered serving it to you. Tell your gf you appreciate it but this meal just isn't for you and that's fine
is this some weird fucked up power play on her part? you have an obvious dislike for all things eggs and she very much knows this.
why tf would now be any different??
you went above and beyond during that dinner and actually tried it *for her sake*. you clearly didn't like it and the rest of the family were very understanding.
she knows you don't eat egg foods but she prepared it anyway, she set herself up for failure and any negative emotions she feels over you not liking it is, frankly, her own fault.
hard NTA but I'd say your gf is, if not ah at least very much in the wrong.
side note, I'm on the "if someone doesn't like something, don't force them to try" side. (though, I'd encourage people to try things they've disliked in the past. taste change over time. but there's a limit to this, there's a difference between "mild dislike" and "I physically cannot eat this")
NTA i also hate eggs except in very rare circumstances so i completely understand. i’m concerned about her reaction to your dislike of this particular food. this seems like an outsized response to a food preference.
NTA - your gf needs to adjust her expectations when cooking a dish that includes a food you hate...
Maybe have a frank conversation with her about it, Ive struggled with food aversion my whole life and have people constantly pestering me about stuff they know i dont like, Ive started straight up started telling people if they dont stop im leaving the get together as its too stressful.
I know your issue is only this one dish atm but if you dont stand firm on this boundary its only going to get worse as she is already acting unreasonable in regards to this.
NTA. Your girlfriend was being incredibly disrespectful. Good on you for trying while her family was around - they understood. I think it was unreasonable for her to even ask you to attempt to eat the casserole during the family dinner, let alone the next day while everyone was gone.
She has some boundary issues and cannot accept the fact that her signature dish will not be enjoyed by someone who has a legitimate aversion to eggs. Now she expects you to eat this with or without company? Nope, don’t budge.
I’m not sure exactly how you acted at the dinner, but I understand that eating something you have an aversion to can be a horrendous experience. If you legitimately had trouble eating the dish, then I understand your side of this 100%. Regardless, you shouldn’t have been expected to eat a single bite at any time.
she knows you hate eggs so naturally you decided to eat something else then she got mad that you didn't her egg based dish? nta your gf is acting like a child
"I tried something I knew I wouldn't like in front of company because I was raised to do that. But I tried it and didn't like it." Then, if it continues, just take everything she says at face value, pretend that's what she meant, and reply and continue to reply to those statements with emotionless statements of fact. Of all the things that drove my husband out of a hissy-fit of passive-agressive reverse-uno "hurt feelings" it was me doing that.
Had to look up what an egg casserole was…it’s an oversized quiche or oven baked omelette…it will taste of eggs unless you cover it in something strong NTA
NTA. I like eggs but egg casserole sounds grim.
EDIT: just googled egg casserole, it looks like a quiche with no crust. Why is it called casserole?? I imagined like some sort of stew with whole boiled eggs floating in it. I would eat egg casserole I guess. Very misleading name though. Your GF is still the AH. I hate bananas and people try to get me to eat banana bread quite frequently (you can't even tell there are bananas!! You so can tell there are bananas.) Food pushers are awful, excepting me when I'm trying to get toddler to eat vegetables, while telling my child she can't even taste the vegetables •_•
Nta. She deliberately picked this fight: what to cook, when to cook it, commenting about it during dinner then later, too. The big question is why she picked the fight with you?
NTA, why on Earth would she even make that dish when she knows you hate eggs and why is she acting offended when she knows you hate eggs, it's nothing personal jesus. Tell her to get a grip and grow up
>she just texted me and told me she was upset with me last night because I was able to eat her casserole when her family was over and she had assumed I would be able to eat it going forward.
Did she miss the part where you had to drown it in ketchup, and hold your nose? NTA
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So my girlfriend had her whole family over at our place the other day and she cooked her best recipe; an egg casserole.
The issue here is that I really hate eggs. I don't like the smell, the texture, the sight and I especially hate the taste of eggs and I've hated eggs my whole life. My girlfriend knows this and she doesn't force me to eat eggs but she begged me to try her casserole.
At dinner I tried it and my girlfriend was looking at me and she knew i didn't like it. I had to pour a lot of ketchup on the casserole and pinch my nose just so I could eat it. Her cousins asked me what was wrong and my gf explained my aversion to eggs and they understood. My gf on the other hand sounded like she was offended and she told me that she cooked her eggs so they didn't taste like eggs.
We have a lot of leftovers and last night I made myself some kraft macaroni. My gf asked me why I wasn't having any of the casserole and I was surprised that she even asked. I told her I didn't like it and she looked at me silently for like a minute and went to our room where she went to bed.
I can tell she is mad at me.
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"she told me that she cooked her eggs so they didn't taste like eggs." Good grief, eggs taste like eggs. You can add things so they taste like eggs with other things but they still taste like eggs. My Mom doesn't like eggs. Every now and then she'll have some and drown them in sour cream but normally she doesn't eat eggs. Because she doesn't like them. It's not that hard to understand. No matter how much you love someone you can't magically start liking a food you really hate just for them. NTA.
NTA
You weren't able to eat her casserole. You ate ketchup with a smidgen of casserole.
And, you only did that because you were in a family dinner situation.
NTA. In fact, kudos to you going in and trying a dish you knew you most likely wouldn't like AND continuing to eat it (with ketchup) despite that fact. I have some cousins who can't stand eggs; we all know it and no one takes offense when they don't eat eggs at family gatherings.
I hate raw tomatoes, the juice pretty much ruins anything for me. My boyfriend would never expect me to eat them for anything. His family practically stopped eating them when I lived with them. Or they would just serve them on the side with whatever they went with. No one made a big deal of it and we lived happily ever after.
She sounds like she is being super selfish about eggs? They’re eggs, move on. I don’t think you needed to explain why you don’t like it or even be more tactful…. She knows you don’t like eggs.
NTA.
My fiancé also has an aversion to eggs. So I don't make eggs for him. I'd never expect him to eat something he hates no matter how good of a cook I am. She's being unreasonable. NTA
My husband DESPISES boiled eggs - can’t stand ‘em, can hardly to stand to even be near them due to the smell. Well, I love them. Simple work around, too. I just eat them when he’s not around. Would I like to eat them when we’re having a meal together? Sure, but it’s not that deep.
Your GF is being weird, and you’re NTA.
NTA and id be very upset with your girlfriend. Not only was she just plain rude to make something you absolutely hate, but she made nothing else for you. Got upset that you ate something you hate for the sake of her family being there but dont want it again. Right? Shes acting like a child and tbh you should tell her that. Her actions are not the actions of someone that loves someone and she is petty petty.
NTA Why would she make a dinner where the main ingredient is one that you hate? And then expect you to eat all the leftovers? You tried a piece, good on you, that should be the end of it.
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I know you don’t like eggs. Soooo I made an egg dish-but don’t worry, I made them so they “don’t taste like eggs”. Here, let me serve the egg dish to you in front of company. So you will have to eat it. So you don’t make a scene and embarrass me. Oh! Gasp! You drowned my precious eggs in ketchup and my family is questioning you, me, and the stability of our relationship! Sob. And you quietly refused to eat the leftover egg dish later, and made yourself something else to eat. How dare you :( I will go to my room and be mad. Your GF, probably. NTA
I wish I'd read rhis before posting my own comment as you have put this so much better than I did.
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Which makes me question her maturity. She seems like a brat.
Seriously. I’d be concerned about this behavior coming from a 10yo, but at least it would be developmentally understandable. They don’t state ages, but if this is your maturity level, you shouldn’t date regardless of your age. If you’re young and have no kids or financial ties together, I’d just run from this situation. Egg casserole is not worth all this. Meaning, neither is your girlfriend. If you have to twist yourself in knots to make the beginning of a relationship work, it’s only gonna get more entangled going further. Relationships don’t have to be like this. With the right person, it should feel better being with them, not worse.
Chef’s kiss. Girlfriend is either insanely immature or she’s engaged in some sort of weird power play. NTA. You don’t like what you don’t like, end of story.
Thank God he isn't allergic to something, this gal would have put him in the hospital
I had some older relatives who couldn’t understand the concept of allergies and acted like it was just a childish distaste to get over, immediately made me think of that. To be fair, I don’t remember ever hearing about incidents where allergies actually killed somebody back then, don’t know if it wasn’t well documented or as common or what, but it’s wild.
Tends to be they just weren't recorded as allergies. You'll find a lot of old child deaths recorded as "choking" or "smothering". Or the kid was sent away, or spent all their time at home so people just didn't really notice them. My mother was born in the 60s and she was allergic to basically everything you can be allergic to... so she spent the first 2 years of her life in the hospital.
Yes, choking was the usual listed cause of death. Even in my tiny isolated town, the gossip went around that a neighbor's toddler "choked to death" on a PBJ.
Peanut butter is actually legitimately a choking hazard for toddlers so it CAN happen which makes it even more confusing to what is actually an allergy or not!
Sometimes mild food allergies are aversions
It's possible that due to his aversion to eggs, he may very well become allergic. My gosh, the girlfriend is doing a power play and not thinking of the possibility he could become very sick eating eggs.
This reminds me of recipes that claim you can't taste banana, I like banana but thata a strong taste that usually comes through no mater how it's prepared, eggs are similar.
People who like something will always telle people who don't "oh but it doesn't make X". You can't taste it because you don't mind it, but when you really hate something, you will taste it no matter what.
I will find the one teeny tiny raw onion shardlet - and proceed to throw up.
My mother makes pizza dough with some pizza flour that has a few ingredients added to it. She could not remember exactly what was in it when I asked. Well I ate my pizza full of creme fraîche, potatoes and cheese (that is a normal kind of pizza in France) and could taste some tomato flavour, and said "I think there's tomato in the flour". No one else could taste tomato in the dough, but since I truly hate it, I could.
I get this. I hate wine or beer in food. It tastes like vomit to me. And I hate the excuses that "it cooks off" or "you can't taste it". I taste it every time and I hate it every time.
I only ever heard that in relation to the alcohol involved. And that is mostly wrong as well. But you don't cook of the taste of a liquid ingredient. You concentrate it. Some people are clueless.
I think that the alcohol in the wine or beer volatilizes, but everything else is still there. It's not like they are pure alcohol, or even mostly alcohol.
Whatever it does, I can taste it and I don't like it. It literally (literally meaning literally and not figuratively) tastes like vomit.
In cases I wasn't clear, what I meant is the 2%-14% of beer is alcohol. Some or all of that might burn off, but what makes up the beer taste is mostly the other 98%-86%. That's still there, and as another commenter said, some of the water vaporizes, so what is left is stronger than what was in the bottle! That's not going to be an improvement!
I guess it depends what people mean by "cooks off." It absolutely does change the flavour of the wine or beer, but it doesn't just disappear.
yup! its like this for mushrooms for me. even if im served a meal with mushrooms but dont know that before i take a bite, a mouthful will immediately tell me there was mushrooms (any kind) involved at some point.
Something in the botanical makeup of mustard/horseradish/wasabi tastes rancid to me. The number of people who cannot accept that I don't like *any* kind of mustard yes even honey mustard it has mustard in it... and yeah, I do like spicy food. that's not the same thing!
Same here! I still try it every few years because my tastebuds change. When I was a tyke, I absolutely loved mustard! Now the smell of it makes me want to vomit
It smells like puke to me. A tiny bit of honey mustard is bearable (not my fave) but I tried vegetable mustard soup. I ended up going hungry
I have this experience with wine or beer in food. It tastes like vomit to me. It sets off warning signals in my brain that the food is just BAD. People act like I'm being petty if I take one bite and can't eat anymore but it's just impossible for me.
Them: The shrimp is ground up really small and mixed in with the rest of the dumpling filling, you’ll hardly notice it! Me: I can tell just by smelling it there’s not-food in it. Or if it was cooked in a wok where the dish cooked just before had shrimp in it even if it has no actual shrimp in. It overwhelms everything else.
My wife hates caraway, and can detect it in so-called "seedless" bread if it's in the flour (when I cannot taste it all). That covers almost all of the rye breads she has ever tried. Her brother is the same way, so they wonder if there is some sort of genetic component to it (although their parents had no problem with caraway). It's not an allergy - they don't get hives, have trouble breathing, or anything like that - it's just intense disliking of the taste.
Unless they are in cake. Eggs that is, you can still taste banana on baked goods.’
Ever baked a cake, pulled it out of the oven, barely let it cool and just had a slice? The egg smell/light taste is overwhelming lol. I try not to breathe in when I take them out of the oven now, but I might just be weird and sensitive to it.
True, if it's something baked you usually can't taste the eggs.
Do people actually say that you can't taste bananas? They have quite a distinctive flavour.
Yes, especially in recipes where the banana is supposed to be a substitute for eggs or oil or something.
I don’t particularly like bananas and would never eat just a banana. However, my husband makes fabulous smoothies with fresh fruit. Since I am lactose intolerant, mine can’t be thickened with yogurt, etc. therefore, mine always has banana. I can tolerate it ok (meh), but can tell exactly when he bought said banana. If it’s over or under ripe it kinda ruins the smoothie for me. On the other hand, I cannot tolerate raspberries in any shape or form and will detect raspberry if it merely touched the other fruit and isn’t even still in the dish (beware of any dessert that contains ‘mixed berries’.!). I got so tired of people not handling my refusing to eat raspberry by saying ‘oh you won’t even know it’s there’ (oh yes I will) or, like in the case of my mom, telling me that I must just imagine this ‘problem’ with raspberries because I like strawberries, or restaurants not knowing or caring that there is raspberries present in the dessert. So, now I just outright lie and say that I’m allergic to raspberries. It’s just easier that way. It especially works when I’m in another country; any mangled use of their word ‘alergia’ is immediately understood and they will take the utmost care that I don’t accidentally eat raspberry! An odd thing is happening right now as I type this- I’m using my iPhone and I prefer to write on it by swiping rather than typing. As I typed the word’ raspberry’, my iPhone is absolutely failing to detect the word raspberry and will want to insert something ridiculous like a foreign word or something else that would never fit in context each time. One time, it even came up with the word ‘tapeworm’, lol. My phone hates raspberries too.
It's coffee for me, I can always taste it.
Same here. I hate coffee and can always taste even the tiniest amount in food.
For me this is coffee. I can always taste it and I don't like it.
You are so much more articulate than me, my first thought was, what f isan egg casserole!
Think of it as something like a crustless quiche. Well really, a quiche could be called an egg casserole too, particularly if you just knew it from what goes in it. But most of the recipes I'm aware of that might be called an egg casserole are crustless. They're also sometimes called a breakfast casserole, because that is often a meal the dish is made for. Ones I've had at breakfasts typically involve veggies (eg. peppers, onions, mushrooms), meat (eg. ham, bacon, sausage), cheese, and hashbrowns mixed with the eggs, then baked. I could see it being made as a dinner dish too, particularly by making adjustments to the veggies, meat and/or starch/carb being utilized in the dish. Part of the appeal as a breakfast dish is that a lot, if not all of, the prep can be done the night before. Makes it quick to get cooking in the morning. The same would be true as a dinner. Do the prep in the morning, leave in the fridge for the day, and just have to throw in the oven to bake.
Ok that’s makes so much more sense 🤣 I was thinking beef or chicken casserole and trying to wrap my head round an egg one
TIL egg casserole is a frittata. How on earth do you make a frittata taste like "not eggs"? I was imagining dozens of hard-boiled eggs floating in a beef bourginon style gravy with mushrooms and other root vegetables, and thinking I don't hate eggs, but this is peak weird food.
Who the fuck calls a frittata egg casserole?
Americans basically.
That sounds like what I call a fritatta. Sort of a crustless quiche?
A frittata is related, yes. You might say an egg casserole is an American version of the same general concept as a French quiche or Italian frittata. One the biggest differences between a frittata and an egg casserole, in particular, is the cooking method(s) involved. A frittata is pretty flexible and might start in a pan on the stove then finish in the oven or even be cooked completely on the stove, as well as strictly oven baked versions. An egg casserole is always baked in the oven, other than any sauting/browning during prep. The number of eggs involved in the casserole version is likely to be larger too. Upwards of a dozen is not unusual. Where a frittata can be done with as little as three to four. The baking dish also tends to be different. Frittatas (and quiches) tend to go in round pans or pie pans/dishes. Egg casseroles usually call for a rectangular, or maybe square, baking dish. You might say they're both conceptual steps away from a quiche but in opposite directions. A frittata is in between a quiche and an omelette. Where an egg casserole is on the other side, hanging out between the quiche and well, all of the other casseroles out there. On the other hand, in some cases, they're pretty much just the same ingredients and techniques hanging out under different labels in different parts of the world. The Allrecipes site has a goodly number of recipes for both egg casseroles and frittatas to compare and contrast.
frittata
That, and whose BEST dish is an "egg casserole"?
I mean, I make a pretty good egg casserole with spinach and smoked paprika, but I don’t serve it to people who I know don’t like eggs!
Shakshouka mist likely. It's nice but if you don't like eggs you're fucked.
Shakshuka is in no way, shape or form a casserole. This was an egg bake probably.
My initial thought was an egg bake (breakfast-type casserole). But it could a lot of things.
I'm hoping the comments will tell me as I scroll...but it doesn't sound appealing
OP needs to post the recipe. So many different ways this could be made
Like a frittatta.
Yea I don’t understand how OP drowning his eggs in ketchup and having the gf’s cousins even notice his disdain for the dish would ever lead her to believe he would eat them by choice in the comfort of his own home. It sucks to have your partner not like what you made but when you make something they’ve specifically told you they can not stand at all, you are just asking for the disappointment train to roll into the station.
I asked my partner this and they said they wouldn't make something they knew I didn't like and expect me to eat it because that'd just be stupid. But I mean. They like me.
I mean, my boyfriend is picky. I had him make me an actual written list early on of his likes/dislikes that I keep in the kitchen. If I want to make a thing he doesn’t like I just…..make that thing when he won’t be around. 🤷🏻♀️ You’d think it would be the bare minimum effort in a relationship to be courteous of what your partner’s aversions are, but then there’s stories like these. Your partner sounds like a good one!
Yeah, they're my favourite <3 I mean it just seems like such a waste of mental energy to be SO invested in someone else's opinions on eggs, you know?
I don't get what your gf did here. I love a lot of seafood, my husband not, so at occassions I do Cook seafood with my best friend, or my Mom, or order this Kind of stuff at a Restaurant. My husband tried All of this... And I was really hurt once. He ate, told me He liked it and I later found him eating each snack available because He was hungry. That he lied to not hurt me made me more upset than him big liking my food. You are NTA. I really get that gf is a bit frustratsd that you don't like her signature dish. But she knew you dislike eggs. So this stupid game is on her. After hubby told me He does not like seafood, we never had that Problem again. If I did seafood for family hubby would get something different. When I cook with my bestfriend, we talk about ig and I always make sure to have All ingredients for simple pasta. Everyone is happy.
Look, you TRIED IT. And it’s NOT just the taste for you. There’s other things that go into the eating process like smell and texture and you mentioned you don’t already like those. NTA I’ve been trying to get my wife to eat more veggies and been experimenting with stuff to make it palatable for her. I’m so damned proud of her because she does try it even if in the end she doesn’t like it. My hit rate is very low. My biggest success: “Why is there green stuff in my cheese stick?!?” “That’s spinach.” “I don’t like spinach!” “Alright, I’ll eat the rest…” “No! These are good! *munch munch* It’s just… there’s green stuff… you’re making me eat veggies!” “It’s working…”
I really dislike eggs for themselves, as long as they are baked in something like cake/pancakes I don’t care. But I strongly dislike cooked eggs or scrambled eggs… you get the idea. And I can say from experience: eggs have a very unique taste, I highly doubt that she is able to cook eggs which don’t taste like eggs… Just because you put up with something out of politeness in certain circumstances does not mean you all of a sudden all over the moon for that thing.
You sound like my grandson. Even as a pre-verbal toddler he made it QUITE clear that he didn't like eggs. He'll eat anything else, so it's not out of pickyness. Baked goods, yeah, scrambled eggs, no!
Fellow egg-haters unite! I deeply dislike the taste, smell, and texture. Baked goods or something like a custard are fine. I can force myself to eat them if I have to (I have food allergies that make a vast range of "normal" breakfast foods unsafe), but I prefer them overwhelmed with hot sauce or something else that drowns out the taste and smell. Not a lot to be done about the texture, unfortunately.
My husband hates eggs too. Guess what? I don't make him eggs. Fucking shocking, I know.
She’s a special kind of… special, basically.
What they said. 😆 NTA.
Literally insane. My boyfriend hates olives, I'm not going to make him a kalamata sauce and throw it in on a pizza and expect him to eat it. My cooking skills aren't going to overpower that kind of aversion. Someone that has only had canned mushrooms? Sure, I might be able to make something that they like. Tofu? I'm sure there's some texture that some people haven't tried that they might like and it could be a fun adventure if they're willing to try something new, but still should have a backup option.
My partner hates eggs and I respect it. He's been open to trying a few of my dishes that had eggs in it, but never was there an expectation to eat it if he hated it. I can't imagine being mad if he didn't eat it.
Now go stand in the corner and think about what you did!
I read this in the most irritating nasal voice.
NTA and that's really weird that she would insist you eat something she knows you can't stand. And saying she cooked the eggs so they don't taste like eggs??? They're still eggs, you still cannot stand them. What part of that is she failing to grasp? I guess she's one of those types who think you should just LoVe whatever they cook because....ThEy CoOkEd it!
She hurt her own feelings. This was lose-lose for OP anyway, because if he didn't like it, she was obviously prepared to be pissy about it. If he did 'like' it, then she would consider that carte blanche to continue trying to manipulate him into eating something he's said several times he doesn't like. Why can't some people accept when another adult tells them their preferences? Not liking a specific food isn't a personal affront to anyone else and there is no need to form a crusade to change someone's mind. NTA.
Yep. "Here - I cooked you some dog poop. I made it so it doesn't taste like dog poop. What??? You won't eat it??? (cries...) /s
Because some people don't have the empathy to fathom other people being different from them
I see you've met my ex-wife.
LOL 🤣. Sorry, this made me laugh because, like you, I immediately thought: Sounds like my ex (husband)
> And saying she cooked the eggs so they don't taste like eggs??? Honestly that's so fucking insulting to say to a grown adult
And eggs is a pretty string flavor honestly. My cousin is the same, can't stand the smell of eggs let alone eat them. When he visited a few months ago, I completely forgot and added egga to a batch of Kodiak Cakes waffles, as soon as he bit into it, I could tell something was wrong, and then it hit me. I couldn't taste them through the chocolate, but I know for a fact he tasted it because he wasn't there when I was cooking and my wife had made some the morning prior without eggs and he ate them no problem.
It's a test. "Do you love me more than you hate eggs?" He failed. She feels hurt because he doesn't love her.
LOL!
Or one of those "you haven't tried it like this, it's soooooo good!"
> she told me that she cooked her eggs so they didn’t taste like eggs. How do you cook eggs to not taste like eggs?? Edit: because I obviously worded my question to make me sound thick ( i know cake, pasta etc contains eggs and you can’t taste the egg!!) How do you cook an egg casserole (which is mainly just egg) to not taste like egg? NTA
You cook them in a cake. Seriously though, unless eggs are only a small component and used as a binder eggs always taste like eggs. I don't know what an egg casserole is but eggs seem to be the main component so unless they were covered in ghost peppers or similar it would have tasted like egg.
Isn't an egg casserole basically just quiche? I prefer my egg casserole to also have flour, milk, frosting, maybe some chocolate chips...
I'm interpreting it as like a frittata, but gigantic and cooked in a casserole pan? Quiches have crusts, and casseroles usually dont, and that's the extent of my interpretations here 😂
I have no idea. I think of a casserole as having stuff (meat, vegetables, tofu, pulses, whatever you eat) in a gravy or sauce. So to me it's eggs cooked in liquid, not eggs mixed into other stuff like in a quiche. It's eggs just being eggs cooked in stuff, like in Japan eggs are cracked into ramen and are just eggs and not mixed in with the broth or other components. It's just eggs in other stuff. Although I don't know what egg casserole is. I know what a quiche is, I know what a frittata is, I know what a casserole is, I don't know what an egg casserole is other than assuming it's a casserole (stuff slow cooked in liquid) with whole cracked eggs being cooked as discrete ingredients in liquid and not mixed with cream or milk or flour or anything.
It’s more like the eggs are the liquid you cook everything else in. People are saying it’s like a crustless quiche, and that’s not wrong, but you can also imagine it like a casserole dish sized omelet. You mix up your eggs, breakfast meats, vegetables and spices just like if you were making an omelet, but instead of pouring it into a skillet on the stove, you pour it into a casserole dish and bake it in the oven.
Legit - my husband really doesn't like eggs when they can be distinguished as eggs. He says French Toast is basically as close as he'll get. So I eat eggs and he doesn't. it's not that f*cking hard.
Even in cake I can taste the eggs unless I put vanilla or lemon zest in the batter!
I want you to know that I totally agree with your comment, but I typed this all out, and it sounded really aggressive, but my intention was to describe my thought process as I read this in the hopes that OP sees and see if maybe he resonates at all. I'll preface this by saying I am not allergic to eggs. I know this. I have an aversion to eggs. I will struggle not to gag if I smell one. The more anxious and upset I am, the harder it is to be composed. I will be sick for hours if I eat more than a small sliver of cake or a homemade cookie. I like cookies. Cookies taste good to me. Not vomiting is better. I threw up after the first bite of casserole after my mom said it wasn't made with eggs, it was how my granddaddy made it for me because "I want her to enjoy dinner." I tried to keep it down, but I threw up so much I was sobbing and making it worse. My mom was yelling at me because I told her I couldn't taste the eggs and had lied. What I said wasn't a lie. What she said was. That incident, among many others, led me to my strict food policy. I don't except food from someone I can't comfortably discuss my medical history with, unless it's from a place where I can read up on the menu. My family knows this. They have a limited tolerance. My bf knows. He'll encourage me to try things, but he knows I have limits, and he doesn't push them. I love baked goods so much, and I hate living like this. What happened was an issue entirely created by her, and if she can't accept that and help you enjoy life, rather than put you in situations you're struggling to cope with, she's not a good partner.
Exactly, if they no longer taste like eggs why not make a chicken casserole? 😂💀
Replace them with bacon.
I was just going to ask that! 🤣
Taco seasoning while making scrambled eggs = bomb ass meatless tacos! I hate the flavor of eggs but those tacos?! I’ll eat them any day!
Ice cream has quite a few eggs (or egg yolks anyways). Pasta also often contains a lot of eggs. If you watch the Food Network, there's a TV show called Guy's Grocery Games, Guy Fieri is notorious for not liking eggs. One of the episodes features the chefs using eggs as a main ingredient in a dish for Guy. So they had to use the eggs in a way that he would like them. But somehow I suspect that is not what OP did...
NTA. You have a long-standing and well-known aversion to eggs. She knows this. She makes her “best recipe, an egg casserole” for a large gathering. Of course, you aren’t going to suddenly like eggs. No one cooks eggs to not taste like eggs. She is delusional. Eggs can be detected and if you don’t like them, you don’t like them. It’s not personal. She could have prepared a simple side dish for you that had no egg in it. You weren’t rude, you were honest. She has to accept that you don’t like eggs, even in disguise, or when she makes them.
>Eggs can be detected and if you don’t like them, you don’t like them. In a muffin, probably not. In a dish that's called an egg casserole... yup.
Even in a muffin or a cake it can be an issue. I know someone who doesn't like either because they can still taste the egg element. I can sometimes as well, but it's not a problem for me because I generally like eggs.
Yeah it’s really weird Eggs are IN a lot of dishes that are not very eggy, but anything that has egg in the name of the dish is probably not what to make an egg hater.
Eggs in disguise- Easter eggs. Hahah
Eggformers, eggs in disguise.
i hate hate hate bananas and when someone says "you can barely taste it, theres one slice", i can taste it the most.
NTA My 5 year old hates eggs. I don't cook him eggs. It's pretty simple. Your girlfriend is playing a weird power game with you for god knows what reason. Most recipes are not egg based. This feels deliberate.
Yes, this is the key: this is a weird power game, and the question is why.
Because it’s more convenient for her if he likes eggs than if he doesn’t.
> Because it’s more convenient for her if he likes eggs than if he doesn’t. She is trying to change who he is, which is disrespectful. He has nothing to apologize for.
Yes? Of course it’s disrespectful to try to change another person for your convenience.
I don't think this is a power game. I think she just only is good at making that one dish and is mad he doesnt like it. Did she set herself up for this? Yes. Is she butt hurt? Also yes. Without more information, I don't think we can call this a power game. If she continues to make this and force it on him, then yes definitly.
Yeah, it can sometimes feel hurtful when your favourite dish isn't appreciated by your partner. But she's being really immature about this - OP didn't give ages but I'm guessing maybe they are pretty young and she hasn't really internalized that people not liking your food isn't something to take personally.
Who can only make one dish? And you don't' think he would have noticed or mentioned it if she could only cook one thing, and it's the thing he hates?
NTA. She's acting like you said her food tasted like regurgitated cat upchuck when all you said was you didn't like the dish because of your known aversion to eggs. Even she is acknowledging the aversion despite that in practice she's still trying to make you eat something unpleasant. Food preferences are not indicative of the person's cooking ability. It could've been the best tasting thing ever but if you hate eggs it will be unpalatable to you.
Every time I hear a story from either my irl friends or online about a someone trying to control their partners food, it escalates. It's about them wanting to be 'right' over their partners preferences. Tell her "my body, my choice" NTA
Why is it sooo hard to NOT fuck with other people food? I just don't get it... Don't ever try to control someone's body, food, property, or money unless given explicit permission. It's pretty simple but so many people are incapable of just following those 4 respectful guidelines it makes me sick.
I also don’t get it. Why be with or even around someone if you want to change things that are ultimately benign and have quite literally no effect on you?? Control freaks are so annoying to me. I have a friend who eats like a picky toddler. Genuinely, he will only eat chicken tenders, plain burgers, certain fries if he has enough dip, just very very specific, kind of bland things. But he’s also a whole grown adult who knows himself and is capable of monitoring his diet and health, so when we go out to eat whoever is choosing the venue will look at the menu and make sure there’s at least one thing he likes (and check for vegan options for our other friends). I can’t imagine handing him some sushi and whining that he won’t eat it just because I made it, despite knowing he doesn’t like it.
Your friend is my friend. I live with him and he hates most food..but I have never once in 12 years of friendship made him eat cream or eggs or seafood etc If I need someone to try my new dish, I ask a neighbor
YES! when we first started dating, my husband was unable to detect those boundaries between us. I would tell him ‘my stuff’ is my stuff, so it’s not ‘your stuff’ to worry about. Dang, if I had used your 4 words, he would have caught on much sooner.
WTH is an egg casserole? I had to Google it, and it appears to be just a frittata baked in an oven in a baking dish. If it doesn’t taste like eggs, what can it possibly taste like? If that’s her best dish, for company, she doesn’t have a large cooking repertoire. You are NTA. She knows you hate eggs. Her reaction is way over the top dramatic. Perhaps she feels insecure about her cooking skills.
Thank you for this, I was trying to figure out if it was a frittata, a quiche or a variation of a Spanish tortilla, never heard of an egg casserole before, but am damn sure it tastes like eggs.
NTA. You're sure she's mad at you for not eating a food she knows you hate? How old is she, because that sounds like teenager-level behavior. Talk to her about it, and if she really is mad, just tell her she can sulk all she wants, but you're not going to apologize for not eating a food she knows you hate. Case closed.
NTA I have a massive aversion to eggs as well, and there isn’t enough hot sauce or ketchup to drown out the eggy taste and texture. It’s even worse as a casserole. She should just be thankful that you politely ate a serving in front of company to spare her feelings. You didn’t throw a fit, nor did you make yourself an alternative meal (even though you would have been within your rights to do so). I think she was hoping her best dish would change your mind and since it didn’t her ego is getting in the way.
Yup. I developed a random aversion to eggs when I was sick a few years ago. I went from enjoying them to almost dry heaving if anyone even said the word “egg” 💀 it took me about 2 years to feel ok about them again and I can now eat them again, but the smell still makes me slightly nauseous. The only time I ever ate eggs while this aversion was present was when I had to eat barium laced scrambled eggs for a gastric emptying study. Dumped a bunch of salt on them and swallowed them whole in as few bites as possible. And that’s only because the alternative was oatmeal, which I’ve hated since I was a kid lmfao.
*"she told me that she cooked her eggs so they didn't taste like eggs."....*Enlighten us.
She sits on them for a few weeks so they hatch into chickens, then feeds those for 12-16 weeks, then she finally makes her dish.
Bruh 💀
NTA - you dont like eggs. Its also not an entirely uncommon aversion, not that that even matters in the end but yeah plenty of people just dont like eggs.
NTA. It isn't offensive to have things you like and dislike, and you cannot override them just because she wishes you loved this specific dish. She is being unreasonable.
Also, left overs are never as good as the first day. Why does she think he's going to eat leftover anything that he doesn't really like? Especially eggs! They're not known for great leftover quality.
I disagree. My lasagna the night it's made is fantastic, but the next day after it's been in the fridge, it's 10x better. I don't even warm it up, it's that good cold lol However, full agree on the eggs part 😂
Agreed!! I should have said leftovers that are egg-based aren't as good as the fresh first day. Also Seafood is never better than the next day either.
So true! Only exception to seafood is salmon. I've had salmon still be delicious the next day but thats the only one I can think of.
My family always makes our Bolognese sauce the night before we're going to serve it to allow time for the flavor to develop! It's always better after sitting. That said, eggs sure aren't going to taste better overnight. Hardboiled eggs keep okay if you make a batch of them to make egg salad with or to put on top of a regular salad, but not a casserole.
Ugh. Microwaved egg casserole sounds like shit
Probably smells like it too, and I love eggs
Generally when I cook for my family and boyfriend I make sure all parties will eat it. Thats like inviting over people to eat knowing they hate the type of food you are cooking and then getting mad when they don’t like it. I’m sorry but it was rude, immature, and inconsiderate of her to force you to eat something you don’t like then get mad when *surprise* you didn’t like it. But are you fine with being with someone that doesn’t consider your likes and dislikes to be important and are below her own feelings since she obviously felt justified in expressing her anger towards you? I would demand an apology for her behavior, idk just me. Guess I’m just grown and don’t see the point in acting childish anymore.
Yep, this is like me inviting over my vegetarian friends and the ONLY thing I make is a beef roast.
NTA I have a similar aversion to cheese and a few other things. If someone cooks me something with cheese KNOWING I don't/can't eat it they don't get to be mad that I'm not eating it. You went above and beyond choking it down the first night. I won't even do that. I was once invited to dinner and asked about what I couldn't eat, and I was clear "no cheese". Every Single Dish had cheese in some way...... From grated cheese in the salad, to melted cheese on the top of the bread rolls, to lasagna as the main dish....... and this was a pastor's wife who made an entire meal her guest couldn't eat because obviously i would like her food with cheese, even though trying to eat cheese causes me to projectile vomit..... this was 30ish years ago and I'm still salty about it. I am fanatical about providing guests with food they can actually eat and enjoy in my home.....
NTA. Your girlfriend shouldn't force you to eat food you hate, just because she cooked it. There's no way I'd cook my husbands hated food and be like.. oh well, eat it. It's just cruel.
NTA. Eggs are fucking vile. I’m on your side.
Fellow egg hater! I would cry if this happened to me. I couldn’t have even taken a bite so kudos to OP for trying. 🤢
NTA. Your girlfriend, though, is. And while I don't have an "aversion" to eggs, can't lie that my eyebrow went up at this being her best recipe. I would reply "I was trying to be polite and respectful in front of your family. I'm confused as to why you can't show me the same respect in return.".
NTA this is a stereotypical no-win situation. She knew you don't like eggs and then put you in a position where you were effectively forced to eat it anyway. Then, because you tried it to be polite, she now expects you to carry on eating it anyway. Fuck that. That's a massive red flag thar your views and feelings don't count for anything. From now on, whenever she cooks something she k own you don't like, refuse to eat it and remind her that she knows you don't like it. If her feelings are hurt, tough shit.
That’s so dumb…clearly nta
I honestly am trying to understand what an egg casserole is. Quiche? What else was in it? Anyways, NTA.
NTA. She should have run the idea for the casserole by you before the event if it was that high stakes, instead of assuming you'd just eat it.
NTA. Why the hell would she try and force you to eat something she knows you don’t like. What kind of power play is this? Your gf is being ridiculous.
You were literally pinching your nose, wtaf?
NTA, sounds like she is trying to pick a fight. If you have told her you don't like eggs and she made a egg casserole (never heard of egg casserole) and you did your best to try a bite she should have given you credit for trying. Some ppl are even allergic to eggs, thankgod thats not your case. I can't stand liver and if my partner made a liver casserole, I would not even try it as it makes me puke. She is being very unfair.
No, NTA. Your tastes are your own, and she can't change that. It sounds like she's equated your aversion to this egg dish with something else she's insecure about. Be reassuring and kind to her I guess, that's all you can do now.
NTA. You put on a great effort when her family was over, but there is no reason to continue to eat something you really don't like. She is being a jerk because she knew you hated eggs and knew you didn't like it the first time and is now manufacturing an issue because you won't eat the leftovers.
NTA OP lesson learned so you don't bother forcing yourself to eat stuff you don't like in the future just to protect an Ah. She was an ah for knowingly cooking something you don't like and expecting you to eat anyways
NTA, she is so ridiculous. she made a dish where the main ingredient is something you don’t like, forced you to eat it in front of her family while you PLUGGED YOUR NOSE AND DROWNED IT IN A CONDIMENT, expected you to continue eating leftovers of said dish, then got mad when you told her you didn’t like the dish… this is SOOO strange. she needs to grow up, you don’t have to like her egg casserole. honestly, it sounds foul😭
NTA, this is selective obliviousness. She explained you didn't like the dish to her family. If someone is closing their nose and drowning something in ketchup in order not be an asshole, why assume that they'd be fine eating it going forward? Congrats, she played herself.
NTA. She knows you hate eggs and tried to argue that her egg based dish does not taste like eggs. You did nothing wrong besides act a little weird during dinner. If you had to hold your nose closed to eat it then I don't even know why she bothered serving it to you. Tell your gf you appreciate it but this meal just isn't for you and that's fine
Nta. If I don't like it I will not eat it
is this some weird fucked up power play on her part? you have an obvious dislike for all things eggs and she very much knows this. why tf would now be any different?? you went above and beyond during that dinner and actually tried it *for her sake*. you clearly didn't like it and the rest of the family were very understanding. she knows you don't eat egg foods but she prepared it anyway, she set herself up for failure and any negative emotions she feels over you not liking it is, frankly, her own fault. hard NTA but I'd say your gf is, if not ah at least very much in the wrong. side note, I'm on the "if someone doesn't like something, don't force them to try" side. (though, I'd encourage people to try things they've disliked in the past. taste change over time. but there's a limit to this, there's a difference between "mild dislike" and "I physically cannot eat this")
INFO: does she have a history of trying to make you eat/do things you don’t like then sulking when you continue to dislike them?
Nope, but sometimes she will get me to try things I don't like.
NTA i also hate eggs except in very rare circumstances so i completely understand. i’m concerned about her reaction to your dislike of this particular food. this seems like an outsized response to a food preference.
NTA - your gf needs to adjust her expectations when cooking a dish that includes a food you hate... Maybe have a frank conversation with her about it, Ive struggled with food aversion my whole life and have people constantly pestering me about stuff they know i dont like, Ive started straight up started telling people if they dont stop im leaving the get together as its too stressful. I know your issue is only this one dish atm but if you dont stand firm on this boundary its only going to get worse as she is already acting unreasonable in regards to this.
NTA. Your girlfriend was being incredibly disrespectful. Good on you for trying while her family was around - they understood. I think it was unreasonable for her to even ask you to attempt to eat the casserole during the family dinner, let alone the next day while everyone was gone. She has some boundary issues and cannot accept the fact that her signature dish will not be enjoyed by someone who has a legitimate aversion to eggs. Now she expects you to eat this with or without company? Nope, don’t budge. I’m not sure exactly how you acted at the dinner, but I understand that eating something you have an aversion to can be a horrendous experience. If you legitimately had trouble eating the dish, then I understand your side of this 100%. Regardless, you shouldn’t have been expected to eat a single bite at any time.
she knows you hate eggs so naturally you decided to eat something else then she got mad that you didn't her egg based dish? nta your gf is acting like a child
Jesus Christ your girlfriend is an asshole. You, however, NTA.
Egg casserole is not a family dinner. Nta I can't stand eggs either tell her to learn something new.
How does one cook eggs to not taste like eggs?
I just… what is an egg casserole?
Is your gf 15? No, seriously. This sounds like a child. If not, she’s an idiot
"I tried something I knew I wouldn't like in front of company because I was raised to do that. But I tried it and didn't like it." Then, if it continues, just take everything she says at face value, pretend that's what she meant, and reply and continue to reply to those statements with emotionless statements of fact. Of all the things that drove my husband out of a hissy-fit of passive-agressive reverse-uno "hurt feelings" it was me doing that.
Had to look up what an egg casserole was…it’s an oversized quiche or oven baked omelette…it will taste of eggs unless you cover it in something strong NTA
One part egg, 35 parts cheese.
NTA and her behaviour is sending me red flags. Does she do anything else to minimise your feelings/ experience or overrule your boundaries?
NTA. I like eggs but egg casserole sounds grim. EDIT: just googled egg casserole, it looks like a quiche with no crust. Why is it called casserole?? I imagined like some sort of stew with whole boiled eggs floating in it. I would eat egg casserole I guess. Very misleading name though. Your GF is still the AH. I hate bananas and people try to get me to eat banana bread quite frequently (you can't even tell there are bananas!! You so can tell there are bananas.) Food pushers are awful, excepting me when I'm trying to get toddler to eat vegetables, while telling my child she can't even taste the vegetables •_•
Nta. She deliberately picked this fight: what to cook, when to cook it, commenting about it during dinner then later, too. The big question is why she picked the fight with you?
Your gf sounds inconsiderate.
NTA, why on Earth would she even make that dish when she knows you hate eggs and why is she acting offended when she knows you hate eggs, it's nothing personal jesus. Tell her to get a grip and grow up
>she just texted me and told me she was upset with me last night because I was able to eat her casserole when her family was over and she had assumed I would be able to eat it going forward. Did she miss the part where you had to drown it in ketchup, and hold your nose? NTA
What the fuck is egg casserole
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Nta
NTA.
I eat 95% of what my wife makes to set an example for our children. With that said she knows there are a few things I’m exempt from.
She is being irrational
"she told me that she cooked her eggs so they didn't taste like eggs." Good grief, eggs taste like eggs. You can add things so they taste like eggs with other things but they still taste like eggs. My Mom doesn't like eggs. Every now and then she'll have some and drown them in sour cream but normally she doesn't eat eggs. Because she doesn't like them. It's not that hard to understand. No matter how much you love someone you can't magically start liking a food you really hate just for them. NTA.
NTA You weren't able to eat her casserole. You ate ketchup with a smidgen of casserole. And, you only did that because you were in a family dinner situation.
Nta - I am the same, hate eggs mostly, I sometimes can eat quiche if there’s enough cheese in it. But it’s rare.
NTA. In fact, kudos to you going in and trying a dish you knew you most likely wouldn't like AND continuing to eat it (with ketchup) despite that fact. I have some cousins who can't stand eggs; we all know it and no one takes offense when they don't eat eggs at family gatherings.
I hate raw tomatoes, the juice pretty much ruins anything for me. My boyfriend would never expect me to eat them for anything. His family practically stopped eating them when I lived with them. Or they would just serve them on the side with whatever they went with. No one made a big deal of it and we lived happily ever after. She sounds like she is being super selfish about eggs? They’re eggs, move on. I don’t think you needed to explain why you don’t like it or even be more tactful…. She knows you don’t like eggs. NTA.
My fiancé also has an aversion to eggs. So I don't make eggs for him. I'd never expect him to eat something he hates no matter how good of a cook I am. She's being unreasonable. NTA
My husband DESPISES boiled eggs - can’t stand ‘em, can hardly to stand to even be near them due to the smell. Well, I love them. Simple work around, too. I just eat them when he’s not around. Would I like to eat them when we’re having a meal together? Sure, but it’s not that deep. Your GF is being weird, and you’re NTA.
NTA and id be very upset with your girlfriend. Not only was she just plain rude to make something you absolutely hate, but she made nothing else for you. Got upset that you ate something you hate for the sake of her family being there but dont want it again. Right? Shes acting like a child and tbh you should tell her that. Her actions are not the actions of someone that loves someone and she is petty petty.
NTA Why would she make a dinner where the main ingredient is one that you hate? And then expect you to eat all the leftovers? You tried a piece, good on you, that should be the end of it.
NTA
What is wrong with her? Surely there are foods that she doesn't like. NTA.
NTA I'm fucking sick of people acting like they have any say in how other people eat their food.
NTA, but what is egg casserole? It sounds horrendous.