at one point, when my doctor was telling me i needed to eat more fish & vegetables and less red meat, i called up my folks as usual and told mom that should she be very proud to learn that i'd had a fish and two vegetables the night before for dinner.
mom: "good for you. so what did you have?"
me: "fried catfish, fried okra, and fried corn on the cob"
mom: "<long painful sigh...>"