The rule around here is, if you don't like what I make, go without or find something else yourself. I'm not going to make something else just to please his fussy tastebuds!

As for cooking like my MIL (God rest her soul), it'll never happen. She always had thick cream to cook with, and everything was made out of her head. No recipes to follow, just a bit of this, a bit of that. If I cooked that way, it'd be a disaster!