Patti,

You mean, your family comes over when you have no chips, salsa, Pepsi,
beer, cookies, etc. in the house?  Sheeze...If  someone's coming here, I
have to scramble to the grocery store (20 mile drive) to find something
other than frozen meat, kale, collards etc., which I keep around all the
time.  (I could just  imagine the look on their faces if I offered them
deer heart jerky and a kohlrabi!)  Actually, no one bothers coming any
more (which is okay with me, because I'm not big on entertaining anyway
:-)


> Oh how I can relate to your post!  My family gets their kicks from giving me
> as much crap as possible at family get togethers.  It keeps them amused and
> entertained for literally hours.  One of last years favorites was to go on
> and on about how wonderful so and so's pizza is etc.  At this point I guess
> I am suppose to be jealous that I can't eat it.  This from the same people
> who know how sick I was before I started eating paleo AND some who are
> pretty sick themselves.  You know after two and a half years you would think
> they would give it up but nooooo.
>
I used to take food, when I was vegan.  My family loved it; my inlaws
were afraid of it but finally succumbed.  Once they were all hooked, I
got sick, went paleo and only take and eat my own now.  Sound familiar?
Glad to hear your family will actually come knowing it's paleo.  Mine
would, but only if it was spicy or loaded with butter--sorry guys!

Gimme seconds too,
Lois

> I take food with me to gatherings, enough for everyone to have some if they
> want.  Thanksgiving is at my house and they know it will be paleo.  For as
> much crap as they flip me about my diet, I always have a full house on
> Thanksgiving and no one seems to have a problem going back for seconds.
>
> Patti
> in Idaho
>