On Tue, 22 May 2007 18:20:07 +0200, Chatty Cathy
> wrote:

>Been thinking about picky eaters again....
>
>I have two children (many years apart). DS was the first-born - and when
>he was a "toddler" we had little or no access to seafood or shellfish,
>with the result that he never had much of either. To this day, he
>dislikes anything remotely "fishy". He will eat almost anything else,
>tho'. OTOH, our younger one (3 y/o) has been exposed to many kinds of
>food, including seafood/shellfish and she seems to like it all.
>
>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".
>
>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?

There could certainly be some truth in that. I cook mostly from
scratch and use a wide variety of ingredients, including some that are
a bit "exotic" in our part of the world. Our youngest always ate
whatever we were having and she has very catholic tastes when it comes
to food. The oldest, who was raised on packaged stuff and fast food by
my husband's ex, is unadventurous when it comes to food, to say the
least. And the youngest kid's friends are the worst. ;P I've learned
to order pizza when we have sleepovers.

Regards,
Tracy R.