Oh, NO

[HeiressofBickworth]

I really hate rosemary. Seriously. I looked in the grocery bag brought home by daughter and son-in-law and spotted a small jar of rosemary. I'm not aware of any of our traditional dishes calling for it so I'm suspecting they plan on a rub for the turkey. Would I be out of line asking that they leave a hind-quarter bare for me? I prefer dark meat anyway so a hind-quarter would do me just fine. But, please no rosemary!

[catbyte]

1. I'm sure it will be fine if you ask nicely. I think it tastes like soap.

🤢

[handmade34]

2. I use rosemary

in my green healing salve.... not so much on turkey. 🤔

[irisblue]

3. I'd tell them that you do not like rosemary and ask they leave you a leg

I do use rosemary in poultry mix & would never think not to use it until someone asks otherwise.
I hope you catch them in time.

[samnsara]

4. i love it but hubby buys the sticks then hollars cuz they poke him in the mouth

[JayhawkSD]

5. Leaving it off of a "hind quarter" would be useless.

The "hind quarter" is actually the leg, and is underneath the turkey, not behind it.

If the entire turkey is rubbed with a given herb, excepting one small part, the whole turkey is going to taste of that herb. The herb permeates the air in which the bird is cooking and infuses into the entirety of the dish.

When I visit members of my family I am there to enjoy the company of family, and I conduct myself such that they will equally enjoy mine. I do not tell them how to cook their meal because it would be rude, and because the meal is not the primary reason for the visit.

[Major Nikon]

6. I just put a sprig in the cavity

[HeiressofBickworth]

7. I generally agree with you

and if I was going to someone else's house i wouldn't mention it. But daughter, son-in-law , and I have lived together for about 20 years. SIL uses the Treger grill a lot and will be doing the turkey. Still, I don't want to offend him but I would like to have some turkey.

[JayhawkSD]

8. Then why are you asking?

If you know that you have a relationship with your daughter and son-in-law that makes it okay to make that request of them, why are you writing a post to ask, "Would I be out of line asking that they leave a hind-quarter bare for me?"

Actually, if I'm living with them, I would be all the more careful to avoid giving offense. The closer the relationship, the more important courtesy is, not less.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

9. If it tastes like soap to you, then they should leave it off. Period. No questions.

For me it's cilantro that tastes like soap, and whenever someone assures me, "Oh, there's only a little cilantro in the dish" I point out that I will sprinkle only a few soap chips on their food, not a lot, and they should be okay.

[912gdm]

11. you're part of the 10% of the population that has that gene.

"...for those cilantro-haters for whom the plant tastes like soap, the issue is genetic. These people have a variation in a group of olfactory-receptor genes that allows them to strongly perceive the soapy-flavored aldehydes in cilantro leaves. ..."


https://www.britannica.com/story/why-does-cilantro-taste-like-soap-to-some-people

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

12. Oh, I know that.

Which is why I sweetly volunteer to sprinkle only a few soap chips on their food.

What is making me crazier and crazier is that cilantro is showing up more and more in foods that never used to have it.

[irisblue]

10. So what happened? please update us