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My aunt at the family reunion said my lemon bars were 'interesting' after taking one tiny bite and putting it back on the plate.
Has anyone else had a relative totally diss their baking without actually saying it was bad?
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wilson.anna3mo ago
Got a cousin who calls my chocolate chip cookies "bold" because I like them a little underdone. Another time my mom said my pie crust had a "unique texture" after one chew. It's a family talent, saying nothing while saying everything. My baking is just a series of interesting, bold, unique experiments to them.
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wilson.kelly3mo agoMost Upvoted
That whole "saying nothing" language is the official dialect of family gatherings. It's not just baking. My uncle once described a truly terrible movie as "having a lot of parts to it." Like @dakotawood said, the thoughtful pause is the real tell. You see it at work, too, when someone calls a plan "ambitious" instead of saying it will never work. It's a whole system for avoiding the truth while still marking it on the map.
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