When one prefers goat to greens

At first, the new incumbent into the family was force-fed by my wife in the hope that she might get her to change her mind, but ingrained habits are difficult to overcome

Panic is not something our household is given to, but these past months every time our son’s fiancé is due to visit, a feeling of alarm grips the kitchen staff. The lovely lady, with otherwise eclectic tastes, isn’t much given to diversity when it comes to food habits. She is what our friends describe as a “hard core” non-vegetarian, meaning she doesn’t ascribe to things leafy and green. Her reaction to salads would be amusing if it was not an affront to my wife who has made a career of nurturing micro-greens and trimming them over pretty much everything served