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My neighbour dislikes my matzoh balls; how do I keep this from becoming a deep rift between us?
First of all, I'm not Jewish, but I have learned some Jewish cooking so that I could invite our neighbours(who are Jewish) over and serve them some of their favourites.
Well, we just finished having our neighbours over for dinner, and it went terribly! The wife started in on the attack first, saying my matzoh balls were far too heavy, and left a salty taste in her mouth. I started to protest, but then the husband, who had been quiet during his wife's tirade, spoke up and said my matzoh balls were a far cry from his mama's matzoh balls. I was so offended, I picked up my matzoh balls and took them into the kitchen, and refused to come out until they left.
I don't want to fight with my neighbours, but it just doesn't seem right to me to insult a man's matzoh balls in his very home. I don't serve my matzoh balls to just anyone, you know!
How do I get over this insult to my matzoh balls, and live in peace with my neighbours?
8 Answers
- Anonymous1 decade agoFavorite Answer
all i know is the gefilte fish made me falafal.
- 7 years ago
Call them up sometime and invite the wife over to your house sometime to show you how to cook the matzo balls the correct way to HER liking or her husbands liking. Remind her that you're not Jewish and didn't grow up in a Jewish home, therefore, you need to be schooled in how it's properly made (according to true Jewish standards). If she laughs it off or ignores you, she's not worth your time.
Source(s): Some Jewish people (not all) have an "entitlement syndrome". You just wait. Wait until the day when SHE needs YOUR help with something. Then YOU can slowly decide if you want to help her or not (be it babysit her kids for a night while she goes out on a date with her husband or what have you). - Eagles FlyLv 71 decade ago
You did the right thing. However, before going to the kitchen, you should have started popping your matzo balls at both of them for being so rude.
Next time spike them and send them over to their house. That should make them "happy." Put what ever you want in them.
- tiny_lil_hottieLv 71 decade ago
so say hello if you both go out for mail at the same time and leave it at that, they sound like shitheads, frankly if a guest in someones home and they served me a bologna sandwich with anchovies i was taught to choke it down and politely say thank you. i might not like it, but i like the fact that they made an effort on my behalf.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
Your neighbors are boors, and are unworthy of your attention. They owe you an apology for their piggish behavior.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
...I really want to make an innuendo joke, but I won't.
