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Sunday dinner serves up drama as woman says she 'can't stand' mother-in-law's cooking
A woman sparked a heated debate online after asking if it would be wrong to skip a monthly dinner with her husband's family because she "can't stand" her mother-in-law's cooking. "My MIL refuses to cook anything that isn't Chinese food," the woman wrote in the subreddit "Am I the A--hole." "I genuinely can't stand Chinese food." The woman, who said she is 23, said that she has a rocky relationship with her mother-in-law, who has been "sort of passive aggressive" toward her for years. She noted that when she expressed her dislike for Chinese cuisine in the past, her mother-in-law made snide remarks about her to the other family members. Faced with an upcoming Sunday dinner, in which it's the mother-in-law's turn to cook once again, the woman wondered if it would be better to simply not attend, rather than cause conflict by voicing her preferences. "It seems that I can never get on her good side, so I have a gut feeling that it'd just be better to not go altogether so I can avoid altercations," the daughter-in-law said. Her husband, she added, told her she can do "whatever makes [her] most comfortable." So she turned to Reddit to ask if she would be wrong for skipping the dinner. Many Redditors came down firmly on the side of YTA [You're the A--hole]. "Oh, come on," one person exclaimed in a comment on the thread. "You do not have to tell her to cook something else or blatantly tell her you dislike her food or not show up at all." "Show up, eat just a little, shut up about your tastes and making demands," the person added. "Eat a burger beforehand or whatever if you need to." Others had beef with the woman's claim that she couldn't tolerate any Chinese food at all, and some even accused her of being xenophobic. "You could always just eat some stir-fry vegetables with rice," one person said, adding, "Sounds to me like you just don't like your MIL." Others emphasized that the dinner could be a chance to salvage their fraught relationship. "Consider the radical idea that a monthly family dinner is not actually about the food," one person said. Several argued that refusing to attend was only stirring the pot, and slammed her for being immature and entitled. Other people, however, took the side of the original poster. "I don't think you're wrong for not wanting to be around someone who treats you poorly," one person said. "NTA as long as your husband is OK with it," said someone else, using shorthand for "Not the A--hole." "One night a month when he enjoys family and you do something you like is fine." Jackie Pilossoph, a former dating and advice columnist and founder of Divorced Girl Smiling in Chicago, said the woman should feel free to skip the dinner occasionally — but she advised making an appearance every few months. "Spending time with your husband's family is something you commit to when you get married," Pilossoph told Fox News Digital. "A good balance between 'powering through' and setting boundaries – but with little harmless white lies every now and again – is the best solution," she added. Fox News Digital has reached out to the original poster for comment.
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This 5-Ingredient Macaroni Salad Tastes Like Summer in the Midwest
It's the only recipe you'll ever need. Growing up in the Midwest, my summertime memories are sprinkled with lakeside family reunions and get-togethers at my grandparents' farm. Each event was marked with long potluck-style banquets laid out in a colorful parade of glass casserole dishes and vintage Tupperware. As kids, my younger brother and I would covet the Oreo-sprinkled tins of dirt dessert and lumpy bowls of fluffy green Jell-O salads with maraschino cherries poking through Cool Whip. We'd inquisitively side-eye the dill pickle slices wrapped in cream-cheese-slathered dried beef and happily take a ham and cheese slider, cuts of salted watermelon, and of course, a scoop of cold macaroni salad. Why I Love Macaroni Salad A summer side legend, potluck staple and reliable barbecue companion, cold mac salad goes with almost everything we pull off the grill: chicken, steak, bratwurst—you name it. I grew up with bits of chopped ham (thanks, Iowa pig farmers), tiny cubes of cheddar and bright green peas in my elbow macaroni salad. My mother-in-law makes hers with chives and tiny chilled shrimp. I've even witnessed Southern iterations littered with hard-boiled eggs and diced sweet pickles—a tasty take that brings tang and a hearty bite to the dish, if you ask me. Traditional macaroni salad is built around cooked elbow macaroni pasta, diced onion, celery, and red or green peppers, and some sort of creamy dressing tying it all together. Typically that dressing is mayonnaise-based seasoned with a little salt and pepper, but some folks like to add spoonfuls of sour cream or yellow mustard, splashes of vinegar and pinches of granulated sugar to balance the acidity and enhance the flavor in the veggies. But I prefer a simple, quick throw-together macaroni salad, incorporating just five ingredients: elbow macaroni, red onion, celery, mayo and white vinegar. Easy peasy. My 5-Ingredient Macaroni Salad Recipe Prep Time: 20 minutesCook Time: 10 minutesChill Time: 2 hoursTotal: 2 hours, 30 minutesServings: 8 to 10 Ingredients 3 cups elbow macaroni ½ large red onion, diced⅓ cup celery, thin sliced¾ cup Hellman's Mayonnaise (or your preferred brand)2 tablespoons white vinegar Directions 1. Cook the pasta according to package directions. Drain and run cool water over the pasta until slightly cooled, but still a little warm (dressing sticks better to warm pasta). 2. Stir together mayonnaise and vinegar and mix into pasta in a large bowl. 3. Add onion and celery. Mix well. Tip: To cut the sometimes overpowering red onion flavor, soak the diced onion in cool water for 5 minutes, and drain before adding to the pasta mixture. 4. Cover and refrigerate for at least two hours, allowing the flavors to marry. The longer the macaroni salad sits, the better (up to 24 hours before serving). 5. Add salt and pepper as desired before serving. Read the original article on ALLRECIPES Solve the daily Crossword
