Food prices - Scaremongering? (Warning - Potential Political Content!)

War time kids never ever waste any thing, My bins are never full, the compost bin is, the dogs are, Its all a question of how you were brought up and what you were taught, We had school dinners as my parents were on essential work we learned to eat every thing that we were given and if you were quick enough you could pinch your sisters !

 

I recall, on various separate times offering dinner to my nieces, nephews and friends neighbor kids all around the age of 8 years old some supper. Plating it up and giving it to them, their parents said to me "Oh they will not eat that" I looked at the parents and said "oh hush". kids ate what I gave them, and asked for more. And the dinner was food they never had before, cauliflower sauce on pasta, (one of them) and a New Orleans spicy rice, sausage, veggie dish. Although that is a very small poll, I do believe it is all about the parents attitude toward the meal.

 

Totally agree!

I was brought up in the "shiney school of eating": eat it or starve; no questions/choices.

Mr Mum is a dreadfully fussy eater and it drives me insane at times. Mind you, hardly surprising once I'd met my outlaws *shudders*.
Vegetables = carrots and peas (tinned) fruit = fruit cocktail (tinned); "real food" was meat, potato and 2 veg - no foreign "muck".

Last autumn was a classic: I served him homegrown carrots (no tin ) and he actually preferred them

It has taken me a long time but now, he's erring more on the 'eat it or starve' way (Or maybe simply to convince him I wasn't trying to poison him )

 

LoL. I briefly dated this guy named ED about 25 years ago, he was such a fussy eater. I said to myself, this is not happening here with me, not going to deal with that. So I introduced him to my friend Nadine, they later married. I am actually the god mother to their son.

My husband eats 99% of the stuff presented to him. I just love cooking and cooking with fresh good stuff, so would have hated not cooking what I wanted, "which is normal stuff". It now has been 24 years he's eaten my cooking.

But husbands parents are interesting cooks. The first Thanksgiving with them was nuts. Canned veggies, pillsbury dough boy for the bread. Store bought pumpkin pie. no Wine, just soda/pop YUCK. So the next year, I offered to bring things. They thought it was all "special".
Fresh green beans, home made bread, home made desserts, starters and wine.
Had to let her do the Turkey and stuffing, was not that bad. And I helped with the mashed potatoes to make them "better" by using heavy cream.
His mom was so annoyed that I could thicken the turkey gravey without lumps. You should have seen her face, like "how can you show me up" .
When I married my husband at 36 years old (second one) had too many successful Thanksgiving meals under my belt to not make things come out well.

 

My mam really annoyed one time when she was here just as we were about to eat. I can't remember what it was that was on our plates but my mam piped up 'oh I bet he doesn't like that, most kids don't'. I was so fuming, because I knew what would happen next and I was absolutely right. The lad promptly pointed at this particular food item and declared 'I don't like that'. He'd eaten it many times before and enjoyed it, but because my mam put it into his head that he wont like it, and because he was 3 year old, suddenly it was true, he didn't like it.

 

They pick up on *everything* don't they? Little sponges

 

How's mealtimes now? Has he settled down a little?

 

You or Mrs Clue should have taken control Clue ...

 

I tell my 5yo granddaughter that the food I have "is only for grown-ups" and so she demands to have some! Very rarely does she say she doesn't like it - "maybe I will when I'm all grown-up, but not today, thank you! But save some for me!"

 

I'm sure that they did, Victoria ... but, 3yo's can be soooo tenacious and can manipulate parents/grandparents/carer's with an inate skill that marketeers would *die* for!!!

 

Yes, thanks, much improvement lately

 

Then how is it that we were not permitted to manipulate ... or had that skill not been invented yet ...