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03-11-2012, 09:40 PM
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Head Chef
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Kansas
Posts: 1,418
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You Will Never Believe What I Am Forced To Do!
My dear great niece just moved into her first apartment. Since I knew she did not have anything, I bought a practically new set of Le Creuset cookware from my aunt who is moving out of town. I thought it would be a good gift for niecy.
Believe it or not, my darling air head niece turned it down! She did not like the color! And horrors, she would have to clean the burned spots on the outside!
My niece told me she wanted the Rachel Ray cookware set with the orange handles because orange was her favorite color.
I am just too through! To add insult to injury, niecy said she wanted Rachel Ray orange knives and utensils.
I am pulling my hair out.............
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03-11-2012, 09:44 PM
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Chef Extraordinaire
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: My mountain
Posts: 21,539
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not such a great niece, is she?
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03-11-2012, 09:47 PM
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Senior Cook
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: New England
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It hurts my soul.
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03-11-2012, 09:49 PM
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Head Chef
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Kansas
Posts: 1,418
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Bucky, I am devastated. This child is sweet, but absolutely clueless about cookware.
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03-11-2012, 10:08 PM
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Chef Extraordinaire
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: My mountain
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that's unfortunate. she'd rather have rr cookware instead of lc?
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The past is gone it's all been said.
So here's to what the future brings,
I know tomorrow you'll find better things
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03-11-2012, 10:11 PM
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Head Chef
Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Near Austin, Texas
Posts: 1,216
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Well, as we say in the country, you can buy some people books, but they're just gonna chew the covers off them.
And Rachel Ray stuff will do just fine for Hamburger Helper and Kraft Mac and Cheese. (And reheating Chinese take-out.)
You know, it takes a lot of people until later in life to get serious about cooking.
Of course, a lot of people also acquire some grace about accepting gifts real early in life, and the others tend not to ever acquire it later.
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"Kitchen duty is awarded only to those of manifest excellence..." - The Master, Dogen
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03-11-2012, 10:14 PM
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Master Chef
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Ottawa Valley, Ontario, Canada
Posts: 6,570
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Forgive them for they know not what they do....
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03-11-2012, 10:15 PM
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Executive Chef
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: in my kitchen
Posts: 3,794
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Quote:
Originally Posted by buckytom
not such a great niece, is she?
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+1
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03-11-2012, 10:16 PM
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Head Chef
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Kansas
Posts: 1,418
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Rocklobster
Forgive them for they know not what they do....
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I think I whispered this over and over to keep from losing my temper.
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03-11-2012, 10:43 PM
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Cook
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Durham, NC
Posts: 54
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If you'd like to adopt an appreciative niece, look me up!
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03-11-2012, 10:47 PM
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Head Chef
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Richmond, Va
Posts: 1,313
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You offered her a good set of cookware and she turned it down. And now she wants RR knives to match. What is it that you are forced to do?
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03-11-2012, 10:57 PM
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Head Chef
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Kansas
Posts: 1,418
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigjim68
You offered her a good set of cookware and she turned it down. And now she wants RR knives to match. What is it that you are forced to do?
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Niecy wants me to buy the RR knives and utensils.  I have some brand new Oxo Good Grips utensils in a box in the garage. But they are black.
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03-11-2012, 11:03 PM
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Cook
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Durham, NC
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I certainly hope you're not planning on buying her anything! You offered what you offered, if she wants something different that up to her to buy!
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03-11-2012, 11:12 PM
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Ogress Supreme
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Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Wyoming
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I totally agree, the offer was made and she returned the gift. You are done!
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03-11-2012, 11:16 PM
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Chef Extraordinaire
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: East Boston, MA
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If you feel compelled to buy her something, get her a rr paring knife or dish towel.
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Illegitimi non carborundum!
I don't want my last words to be, "I wish I had spent more time doing housework"
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03-11-2012, 11:17 PM
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Head Chef
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Kansas
Posts: 1,418
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True! Niecy is already too spoiled, and for her own good I need to learn to say NO.
I will not buy her anything else.
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03-11-2012, 11:20 PM
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The Dude Abides
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Bermuda Native in D.C./NoVA
Posts: 5,448
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Quote:
Originally Posted by PrincessFiona60
I totally agree, the offer was made and she returned the gift. You are done!
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Exactly.
Don't feel obligated to do anything. Period.
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03-11-2012, 11:20 PM
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Chef Extraordinaire
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: south central coast/California
Posts: 14,766
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IF she is important in your life, don't let her lack of knowledge throw you!
Don't expect a young cook to understand...it's just too much to ask.
Teach gently.......always. Be the lesson.
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03-11-2012, 11:22 PM
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The Dude Abides
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Bermuda Native in D.C./NoVA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kayelle
Don't let her lack of knowledge throw you!
Don't expect a young cook to understand...it's just too much to ask.
Teach gently.......always.
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Yeah, but don't nurture it, either.
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03-11-2012, 11:37 PM
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Certified Cake Maniac
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: The Great "Wet" North
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I have to agree with the majority here, LL. You gave a gift from your heart and she turned it down. It isn't so much not knowing good cookware as not knowing good manners.
I would tell her that if she doesn't like the gift she can return it, but it is up to YOU whether you buy a replacement gift or not. It is not for her to make demands.
Then, whether you do or don't give her something she at least has been taught (will she listen is up to her).
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