Comments on: Bon Appetite

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:22:56 +0000

Andrea, I never think it’s strange when a kids doesn’t like onions or mushrooms. I think that’s pretty typical. I don’t care for olives. I don’t mind them in foods, but I would never pluck one up and eat it.

Ginger and Marilyn, I can really relate. I grew up…I hesitate to say poor but if we weren’t poor we were definitely lower middle class socioeconomically…we could never afford Girl Scouts or anything that was an added expense and I wore hand-me-downs from my rich cousin. There was always food on the table, but you darn sure didn’t waste it. If it was on your plate, you ate it, and we always thanked my mother for preparing it. I wonder sometimes if it’s not that we simply have too many choices today.

Barbara, that’s a tough one, especially because you don’t want to make food a battleground. I’m sending you a hug on that one.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 18:08:51 +0000

Oh this one, definitely touch one of my buttons.:twisted: My daughter is been a picky eater since she was born. She suffers from hypoglycemia so we have to make sure that she eats. If she doesn’t put the food on her mouth, we have to feed her. Grrr. All she cares is for meat, fish or chicken that’s all; she needs vegetables and carbohydrates too. Well that’s not part on a meal on her mind.:fryingpan:
She is now 7 years old. I was told that this should get better. My question when is this situation going to get better or is it ever going to get better?

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 17:32:48 +0000

I didn’t come from a large family but we weren’t rich (at least not monetarily). We ate a lot of navy beans and pinto beans. I ate them now cause that’s what we had. I don’t eat them now cause I don’t have to. But should our economic circumstances change, I’d go back to eating beans and enjoy every bite.

By: Ginger

Ginger — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 15:24:05 +0000

I am on of 7 kids. As a teenager, when I would come home from HS, I would pray that there would be biscuits & gravy or cornbread & butter beans on the table. Never complained about the free lunches at school - too grateful to get them. Let these picky eaters go a few days without meals, I do believe that will change their minds real quick.

By: Andrea

Andrea — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 14:53:56 +0000

I was a pretty picky eater as a kid, but it was typical kid stuff - onions, olives, mushrooms, etc. Holds true to this day. :oops: I did eat normal food like pizza, hamburgers, fruit, etc. And my mom taught me to suck it up. If somebody’s mom was nice enough to feed me, I’d eat it. I was allowed to pick out certain undesirables with my fork, but the bulk of it would have to be eaten. Good manners, I say.

No wonder kids are overweight these days…all they want to eat are potato chips, coke and bacon. Weirdos.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 08:09:17 +0000

Okay, I’ll keep mac&cheese on-hand and pbj and outside of that, they’ll just have to “make do” with what we have.

And btw, Ellen, I never turn down a meal at your house. :cooldance:

By: The evening shift - Ellen

The evening shift - Ellen — Tue, 13 Feb 2007 00:29:05 +0000

I feel your pain! I have taken to keeping a small quantity of macaroni and cheese specifically for those guests. :wallbash: and my kids are not allowed to eat it unless friends are over. :fryingpan:
My girls are still picky eaters, but both (9 & 12) will eat sushi, broccoli, cooked spinach, grilled tuna steak, and even pot pie! :thumbsup: Unfortunately, no mushrooms and no meatloaf, among others. I think the eating habits you all describe reflect the parenting styles of today.
I, too, was taught that you eat what was put in front of you, but all my friends were raised on meat, potatoes and vegetables, too.
On a more opportunistic note, we have had success in introducing some of our visitors to ‘oddities’ such as homemade whole wheat pancakes, clementines, beef stew, and even casseroles (ground beef, peas, cream o’chicken and bisquits), but we always keep PB&J as a fall back. :thumbsdown:
I say keep to the high road and accomodate as best you can. Our friends usually come back, so it can’t be that bad… :wave:

By: Marilyn

Marilyn — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:28:50 +0000

When I was putting together the rehearsal dinner for my son’s wedding, I agonized over the entree selection until my sister reminded me that all these people were getting a free meal and if they had any manners at all they’d eat whatever was put in front of them and say “Thank you.” Duh! That’s the way we were raised too, but I guess I was just wanting that rehearsal dinner to be perfect — which it damn near was.

Love that AC asks for sushi. My kids would ask for “trees” — their word for broccoli. The older one still won’t eat mushrooms and the younger one wouldn’t eat Chinese for a long time but overall, they’d eat just about anything.

You’re right on the mark, Jen. Stand firm! :thumbsup2:

By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 19:04:55 +0000

Kimberly, I was taught the same thing. If I went to someone’s house, it didn’t matter if they served dirt, my mother expected me to eat it and say thank you.

My daughter is more picky than my son–she hates pizza and always has. Guess what most kids have at sleepovers? Pizza. But she eats it and she smiles because she knows she’s going to get it otherwise.

Honestly, my son has never had a friend over who didn’t eat whatever I put in front of him. Daughter, on the other hand, has had several girls stay over who “don’t eat” what I fix. Too bad. Eat it or be hungry. :devil:

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 18:03:23 +0000

Y’all make me feel better. I’m never sure where to draw the line.