which_chick | (no subject) (Reply)

One of the slightly annoying downsides of being me is that I get told (in a nice, request-y sort of way) what to bring to covered-dish functions. I thought the general point of covered dish functions was to spread out the cooking by giving them as cooks an opportunity to show off their M4D L33T cooking skillz.

Thing is, there's not much showing off going on if I bring the same damn things over and over because everybody already KNOWS that I can make that stuff. It's not like I have a limited skill set. I have quite a few good recipes and I can make more-than-one-thing in more-than-one-genre-of-food. I'm not chef quality, obviously, but I do a nice job with everyday fare.

And yet they want to ~~tell~~ ask me what to bring. Please bring *blah* again. But I can make other stuff! Well, yes, certainly, of course you can. However, we're quite fond of *blah* and we wish you'd bring that. But you haven't even TRIED this other stuff that I can make. Maybe you'd like that better than *blah*. Nope. We're dead sure we like your *blah* better than anything else you could possibly make. We really want *blah* again so bring that. Please. *sigh* Fine. I'll bring *blah*. Just... all ya'll that ask me to bring *blah*, know full well that you're missing out on all the other great stuff I can make because you keep asking me to bring *blah*. I know that you think *blah* is very good and I agree with you. It is very good. But there's OTHER very good stuff in the skill set, stuff you haven't even tasted yet. If you keep asking for *blah*, you're never going to get to taste any of the other stuff I can make.