Chatty Cathy wrote:

> I have noticed it with a quite a few of my friends - both with them and
> their children as well - they seem to like what they grew up with and
> are not all that keen to try anything that could be termed "strange food".

That's not the case with the kids I raised. One was picky from birth
and still is; one was willing to try anything, and still is.

>
> Anybody else think that if children are not "exposed" to certain foods,
> say between the ages of 2 and 6 y/o, that they will never really
> develop a taste for it, or that it will "take some doing" to get them to
> try something "new" when they are adults?

Nah. I think it might be a factor, but I also think that kids have
preferences just like anyone else does, very early on.

Serene