Cousin Tricks Family Member Into Eating Cottage Cheese

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mattstaff
May 29, 2021 7:00 PM EDT

It's just plain old uncool to tamper with someone's food in a way that has you putting in an ingredient that they have no idea, nor intention of eating in the first place. In this case, it's cottage cheese. It sounds like the cousin in this scenario was determined to prove some kind of unnecessary point, but ultimately they just end up looking like the inconsiderate chef. 

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    Font - AITA for refusing to eat my cousin's cooking after she once tricked me into eating a food she knows I don't like? Not the A-hole So the backstory here is that I don't like cottage cheese- it's not a big deal, l'm not one of those people who always goes on about foods they don't like or hates on others for liking it or anything, but I just happen not to like cottage cheese. This is general knowledge within our family, they're all crazy about cottage cheese and I always have to remind them
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    Font - On this occasion, my cousin wanted to make dinner for everyone at a family gathering. She said she had a new recipe for lasagna that she wanted to try out. While she was cooking, I asked her if she needed any help in the kitchen. She said that she didn't want my help or for me to be in the kitchen at all because the recipe was a "family secret" from her husband's side of the family. I did notice that she let our other cousin help out despite saying this, but I didn't really think anything
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    Font - I was confused and asked what she was talking about. She said that she had subbed out the ricotta cheese for cottage cheese and that I hadn't even noticed. I now start thinking about how she kicked me out of the kitchen and asked if that was why she wouldn't let me help in the kitchen, and she said, "Yes. I know you don't like cottage cheese and I wanted you to eat some, so I didn't want you to know what was in the lasagna." I told her that was really rude and basically lied to me about w
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    Font - So that was several years ago. Since then, whenever there's a potluck or we get together for holidays or whatever, I won't touch anything that cousin made. I just don't trust her anymore. I'll never know if she put something random in the food to mess with me or as a "joke" and honestly I'm still just generally upset on principle that she tricked me in the first place- yes, even if the lasagna is good. She recently called me out for this and said l'm just being a about it now because the
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    Font - 7 Awards NTA. My brother did this to me. I said I would never eat hearts · like cow hearts or anything like that, and he - said he understood. He's a chef and makes a bunch of stuff with different ingredients. A year later he made a beef stew at a holiday party, I ate it and it was good, and then a few weeks later he tells me it beef heart and he did the whole "see?? I told you it was good" spiel. I was only 16 at the time and I had a full breakdown crying and I was very very angry. I cou
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    Font - Galacticgarden_ • 18h NTA, You said that you don't like Cottage Cheese and she should've respected that. It's farther than "Oh YoUrE BEING A bAbY" it's about trust, The OP is saying that they don't eat her food, not going around yelling "HER FOOD IS NASTY!!", OP just doesn't get any of her food in the fear of digesting something the OP doesn't like. What if the OP couldn't have cottage cheese for a specific reason or has something really negative against it. It was a rude move for the cou
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    Font - Darcy-Pennell · 18h · Partassipant [1] There's nothing wrong with cottage cheese on lasagna but there is something incredibly wrong with lying to someone in order to trick them into eating something against their will. NTA in any way. If that happened to me I wouldn't just never eat their food again, Il'm not sure I would speak to them again. You must feel so violated. G Reply 4 25 3 ...
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    Rectangle - Sadiekat • 18h NTA. It's not about the cottage cheese, it's about her trying to trick you and "prove" that you like cottage cheese. The issue is trust, and she's shown that she's not trustworthy when it comes to food for you. G Reply 4 33 3 ...
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    Font - AnyConstellation • 16h Eating cottage cheese in lasagna is different from eating straight up cottage cheese. I can't eat ginger candies but I love ginger as a flavoring in food/sauces. People's tastebuds are nuanced. NTA G Reply 4 11 3 +
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    Font - Reindeer-Street • 11h NTA but I would say that you're wrong about yourself, you actually DO like cottage cheese. In fact, you think it's delicious. I always like to see the one-upping of a fussy eater. G Reply ... +
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    Facial expression - Caitmk • 11h NTA, she's lucky it was a preference not an allergy. Tricking people with food is a dangerous practice and a really great reason to never trust anything that your cousin makes. G Reply ...
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    Font - General_Restaurant_7 • 14h 1 Award ESH You ate it, you liked it, its cheese it's not the end of the world. And like you said you don't like it on it's own but you do as an ingredient in dishes all you have to do is say that to prove your point that you still don't like cotrage cheese and move on with your life. Like she said it was years ago, your cousin is not trying to poison you at the family potlucks. I think it's time to move on. G Reply 4 114 3 ...
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    Rectangle - Amethyst928 · 13h NTA. People should respect your reasons for not eating a specific food. You have every right to feel uncomfortable with eating what they serve. G Reply ...
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    Font - NTA. you arnt throwing a hissy fit or anything. She broke trust and it sounds like no effort was ever made to repair it so its still broken. G Reply
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    Font - AssociationProper810 · 11h NTA. You can straight up tell them that it's not about the food, it's about trust and you don't have any for her. G Reply ...
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