"Andy" > wrote in message ...
> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>
>>
>> "Andy" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> "Julie Bove" > wrote:
>>>
>>>> I didn't think that you were. Angela was not allowed any fast food
>>>> for the first few years of her life. She also didn't know what the
>>>> ice cream truck was. She just thought it was a truck that played
>>>> music.
>>>
>>>
>>> Julie,
>>>
>>> We took vacation road trips, visiting national parks. Mom and Pop's
>>> treat to us AND them, for which we were thankful!!!
>>>
>>> Once we pulled into a McD and I was so eager to try them. First
>>> time!!! I remember it vividly!
>>>
>>> I asked for a hamburger and fries. I didn't like ANYTHING back then!
>>>
>>> After driving thru, down the road the "score" was handed out.
>>>
>>> I took a bite of my hamburger and it had pickles and onions in it. I
>>> screamed bloody murder. I begged them to turn back but kid power
>>> being what it was, I lost the battle! I cried for miles!!!
>>>
>>> I didn't like McD ever since!
>>
>> My parents used to take us to Shakees quite a bit. That's a pizza
>> parlor that might still be in some areas. They showed really old
>> movies in there that you could watch while you ate. You could also
>> watch the make the pizza.
>>
>> I flat out refused to eat the pizza! I didn't realize until years
>> later that it wasn't pizza in and of itself that I hated. But the
>> sausage and black olive pizza that my parents insisted on getting.
>> More recently they have switched to Canadian Bacon and pineapple.
>>
>> I learned through trial and error that the only pizza I really like
>> (but I could still live without it) are plain cheese, Margharita and
>> perhaps some pine nuts on top. Although I like vegetables and olives,
>> I do not like them on a pizza! I also like the taco pizza that some
>> places make but to me that's not like pizza. But I digress.
>>
>> When they took us to Shakees, I refused to eat anything there. So
>> they got me a burger. It had to be a plain one. I would not eat
>> ketchup, mustard, pickles. I might have eaten onions had they been on
>> there. I don't know. I was never fed any onions as a child aside from
>> those nasty dehydrated ones. My mom doesn't like onions but she would
>> use those in meatloaf. My dad also convinced me that I needed a
>> double burger. That was two meat patties.
>>
>> My parents said they had asked permission to bring the burger into
>> Shakees. You can not do that here in WA. It violates health codes.
>> But apparently in KS you could do that, at least at that time.
>>
>> The only thing I can think of is that I must have been really
>> desperate to have eaten that burger because I really disliked burgers
>> as a child. I also refused to eat any French fries unless they came
>> from McDonalds. And I would not eat fried chicken or hot dogs. My
>> mom loved going to hot dog places. Luckily they usually had chili and
>> I would eat that. At KFC I just ate the mashed potatoes. We didn't
>> get KFC very often but it was within walking distance of our house.
>> Now it's an Ezell's which I hear is no good. That location anyway...
>
>
> Julie,
>
> I never pictured you for a picky eater such as myself!!!

My whole family is picky. My dad used to take his fork to any unfamiliar
food, digging through it looking for spices. He would want to know exactly
what was in it before he would touch it!