Sometimes What You Don’t Know Won’t Hurt You
“I made many batches of raisin-filled cookies for a teen dance at the church. The next day, my neighbor asked for the recipe, saying her son liked them better than any he’d ever tasted. I felt good about that, but when I said they were raisin-filled cookies, she said, ‘Oh no, he doesn’t like raisins. It must have been some different cookies.’ She was very surprised when I told her that’s the only kind I made.
“My granddaughter doesn’t like onions, so she’d always say, ‘Don’t put onions in the salad, Grandma.’ Knowing my favorite potato or macaroni salad was best with onions, I decided to grate instead of chop them. At the family get-together, not only my granddaughter but an adult relative who claimed not to like onions had second helpings!
“At Thanksgiving, my daughter asked how to make the salad I served, as her son liked it very much; when I told her, she said, ‘No, he doesn’t like cranberries. It’s the red one you made.’ The red one: crushed pineapple and cranberries in cherry Jell-O with whip cream on top. I’m happy he liked it, and it didn’t hurt a bit.
“Sometimes, what you don’t know won’t hurt you after all!”
