I'd never make my husband eat something, but the kids I do make them try one
bite. When they were little they'd cry for an hour, because of having to
try one bite. Now they just eat it and move on. I'd say 90% of the time
they still won't eat the dish they tried, but at least they've tried it.

My son doesn't like fruits and vegetables and that can be a struggle to make
him eat them. My daughter doesn't like sauces and 90% of the time I can
just leave a sauce off for her, but sometimes like last night... she knew to
just scrap it off and don't complain. I don't short order cook for the
kids, but I don't cook crazy stuff I know they won't like. Occasionally,
hubby and I will enjoy a recipe I know the kids won't like and now that they
are older I let them short order cook for themselves that night.

Lynne

"S'mee" > wrote in message
...
>I was checking out Gloria's Sweet & Sour Cocktail Meatball recipe
> (which sounds excellent, btw; my sibling makes something very similar).
> Anyway, I figured I wouldn't bother to save the recipe because Miguel
> (DH) doesn't like meatballs of any kind. Or white sauce. Or coconut.
> Or most sandwiches. *Sigh*
>
> Now I'm sure at least 10 people are queuing up to tell me I should
> make him eat it anyway, because they certainly wouldn't put up with
> that. But I'm more interested in knowing what kind of fussiness
> the rest of you may have to deal with...
>
>
> --
> Jani in WA (S'mee)
> ~ mom, Trollop, novice cook ~