Were you a picky eater?

I sure was. Beginning at 2-yo.

Grew up mostly on bread and butter and milk.

You?

Andy
Tallest of all known generations.

Andy wrote:

> Were you a picky eater?
>
> I sure was. Beginning at 2-yo.
>
> Grew up mostly on bread and butter and milk.
>
> You?

I have always been a "sewer". In Italy, when someone eats everything or
almost everything (my only kryptonite are cumin and fennel-seeds) we call
him a "sewer".
BTW - I tasted my first red-hot-pepper salami at 11, my father was trying to
make a joke, but... I started asking for more and ended up eating a good
third of that salami. I still remember that day, and my father's face. But
it must be a family thing: some years before that, a coworker of my father
tried the same joke on him and he simply said "Very good! Can I have more?"
LOL
--
Vilco
Mai guardare Trailer park Boys senza
qualcosa da bere a portata di mano

"ViLco" > wrote in
:

> I have always been a "sewer". In Italy, when someone eats everything
> or almost everything (my only kryptonite are cumin and fennel-seeds)
> we call him a "sewer".


ViLco,

For most of my life I can remember hearing over and over and over, "how do
you you don't like it if you don't try it?"

I was obviously a visual eater.

Best,

Andy

Let me rephrase that...

> "how do you you don't like it if you don't try it?"

"how do you know you don't like it if you don't try it?"

Andy

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:20:15 -0600, Andy > wrote:

>I was obviously a visual eater.

My daughter (who is an adventurous eater now) used to take one look a
new food and say "Whatever that is - I don't like it!" Food critics
are everywhere.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

sf > wrote in news:0qhof59gpgvdr6soj8ncem9tj43llrboed@
4ax.com:

> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 06:20:15 -0600, Andy > wrote:
>
>>I was obviously a visual eater.
>
> My daughter (who is an adventurous eater now) used to take one look a
> new food and say "Whatever that is - I don't like it!" Food critics
> are everywhere.


sf,

Heh heh heh heh heh!

Didn't kids used to know everything?

<VBG>

Best,

Andy

"Andy" > wrote in message ...
> "ViLco" > wrote in
> I was obviously a visual eater.
>
> Best,
>
> Andy



Then I must have been an audial eater. If I didn't like what it was called I
wouldn't eat it. For instance kidney beans, no way.

"Phyllis Stone" > wrote in
:

>
> "Andy" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "ViLco" > wrote in
>> I was obviously a visual eater.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Andy
>
>
>
> Then I must have been an audial eater. If I didn't like what it was
> called I wouldn't eat it. For instance kidney beans, no way.


Phyllis,

Hmm... tapping fingers...

Didn't kidney beans go INTO something? Chili? You weren't supposed to
hear "kidney beans" until you were grown up enough to be allowed in the
kitchen to cook, right?

Best,

Andy

Andy wrote:
>"Phyllis Stone" wrote in
>> "Andy" wrote:
>>> "ViLco" wrote:
>>> I was obviously a visual eater.
>>
>> Then I must have been an audial eater. If I didn't like what it was
>> called I wouldn't eat it. For instance kidney beans, no way.
>
>Hmm... tapping fingers...
>
>Didn't kidney beans go INTO something? Chili? You weren't supposed to
>hear "kidney beans" until you were grown up enough to be allowed in the
>kitchen to cook, right?
>

I guarantee kidney beans in chili will be audial... not in the kitchen
but about two hours after climbing into bed that night... olfactory
too... visually also when you check your Depends! LOL

I was picky - but polite. Somewhere, some time I decided I didn't like
asparagus. But then staying overnight with friends - was served asparagus
for dinner. Polite to eat it. Have loved it ever since.

JonquilJan

Learn something new every day
As long as you are learning, you are living
When you stop learning, you start dying

"JonquilJan" > wrote in message
. ..
>I was picky - but polite. Somewhere, some time I decided I didn't like
>asparagus. But then staying overnight with friends - was served asparagus
>for dinner. Polite to eat it. Have loved it ever since.
>
> JonquilJan
>
>

Depends... were you served canned asparagus? That stuff is an abomination.
Fresh asparagus is wonderful and worlds away from the canned stuff. I love
it

Jill

JonquilJan,

The first time, as I recall, about my food reunion was the upstairs
neighbors invite for a Sunday breakfast. I accepted and appeared on time
for SURPRISE a pumpernickel miniature bagels and cream cheese.

Let me tell you, I was right in the wrong place for breakfast!

Not to embarrass myself, I forced myself to eat them.

Then ya know what happened? The "I remember this flavor!" braincells rang
out.

Next was them serving up spaghetti and ragu sauce. I'd had no such thing
in years but, again being polite, it took only a twirlful that re-
awakened my brain that said "YOU LIKED THIS!"

I became food eager from that moment on. I was probbly 20 years old!

Andy

ViLco wrote:
> Andy wrote:
>
>> Were you a picky eater?
>>
>> I sure was. Beginning at 2-yo.
>>
>> Grew up mostly on bread and butter and milk.
>>
>> You?
>
> I have always been a "sewer". In Italy, when someone eats everything or
> almost everything (my only kryptonite are cumin and fennel-seeds) we call
> him a "sewer".
> BTW - I tasted my first red-hot-pepper salami at 11, my father was trying to
> make a joke, but... I started asking for more and ended up eating a good
> third of that salami. I still remember that day, and my father's face. But
> it must be a family thing: some years before that, a coworker of my father
> tried the same joke on him and he simply said "Very good! Can I have more?"
> LOL

Sewer, LOL! My mom always used to say that I had a "hollow leg". I
wasn't real keen on some condiments: hated mustard even then, wasn't
big on mayo, catsup was of course just fine (does any kid dislike
catsup? all that sugar....) But pretty much everything else was fine by
me. Then again, mom didn't exactly challenge our palates!

TammyM

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:58:20 +0100, "ViLco" >
wrote:

>BTW - I tasted my first red-hot-pepper salami at 11, my father was trying to
>make a joke, but... I started asking for more and ended up eating a good
>third of that salami.

Reminds me of my son when he was two and encountered whole black
olives for the first time. It was love at first sight. He put an
olive on each finger and proceeded to eat them all. Then he promptly
threw up on the floor. That didn't stop him from liking olives
though.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Nov 13, 2:34*am, sf > wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:58:20 +0100, "ViLco" >
> wrote:
>
> >BTW - I tasted my first red-hot-pepper salami at 11, my father was trying to
> >make a joke, but... I started asking for more and ended up eating a good
> >third of that salami.
>
> Reminds me of my son when he was two and encountered whole black
> olives for the first time. *It was love at first sight. *He put an
> olive on each finger and proceeded to eat them all. *Then he promptly
> threw up on the floor. *That didn't stop him from liking olives
> though.

My younger son liked olives at 2 years old, green ones. He loved pate,
and I can remember him having black cavier smeared around his mouth.

JB

>
> --
> I love cooking with wine.
> Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:34:39 -0800, sf wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:58:20 +0100, "ViLco" >
> wrote:
>
>>BTW - I tasted my first red-hot-pepper salami at 11, my father was trying to
>>make a joke, but... I started asking for more and ended up eating a good
>>third of that salami.
>
> Reminds me of my son when he was two and encountered whole black
> olives for the first time. It was love at first sight. He put an
> olive on each finger and proceeded to eat them all. Then he promptly
> threw up on the floor. That didn't stop him from liking olives
> though.

the same thing (except for the finger thing) happened to me with beer.

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:05:06 -0500, blake murphy wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:34:39 -0800, sf wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:58:20 +0100, "ViLco" >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>BTW - I tasted my first red-hot-pepper salami at 11, my father was
>>>trying to make a joke, but... I started asking for more and ended up
>>>eating a good third of that salami.
>>
>> Reminds me of my son when he was two and encountered whole black olives
>> for the first time. It was love at first sight. He put an olive on
>> each finger and proceeded to eat them all. Then he promptly threw up
>> on the floor. That didn't stop him from liking olives though.
>
> the same thing (except for the finger thing) happened to me with beer.
>
> your pal,
> blake

I was born next to a brewery. The sad thing happened when I was 6 years
old: we moved. I still smell that brewery. That wonderful smell of stale
beer...

--
Groet, salut, Wim.

Wim van Bemmel > wrote in news:4b0057c7$0$22938
:

> I was born next to a brewery. The sad thing happened when I was 6 years
> old: we moved. I still smell that brewery. That wonderful smell of
stale
> beer...


Wim.,

Years ago, I took the free tour of the Heineken brewery in Amsterdam, NL.

Even the BUMS!!! wouldn't drink the stuff. Grolsh, brewed about 20 miles
away was the better brew.

A close friend of the family while in the USAF would fly to Germany with
soldiers and bring back dead ones and bring me a 16 bottle hard plastic
crate of great ice-cold German beer every two weeks or so. I had to save
the bottles with the fold-and-snap (think cheese jar) caps on them to
recycle and get his deposit back. Funny, he never charged me for the
beer. I called him my "German Connection." He once expressed an interest
in parachuting a crate into the meadow as they flew over but the trees
were in the way. He'd have to climb 100+ feet up and fetch it if he was
off target. Either that or his deposit refund worries.

Best,

Andy

"Wim van Bemmel" > wrote in message
...

>
> I was born next to a brewery. The sad thing happened when I was 6 years
> old: we moved. I still smell that brewery. That wonderful smell of stale
> beer...
>
> --
> Groet, salut, Wim.



My husband worked at schlitz and the area around it smelled like green beans

On Nov 12, 5:27*am, Andy > wrote:
> Were you a picky eater?
>
> I sure was. Beginning at 2-yo.
>
> Grew up mostly on bread and butter and milk.

Macaroni with margarine, salt, and pepper. It made
me the woman I am today.

I lost about 15 pounds this year, so my BMI has edged
under 40. Hooray! I'm no longer morbidly obese!

We'll see how that lasts through the holiday season.

When I left for college, though, I was paranoid about
being thought a rube, so I started eating what
everyone else ate. I have relatively few food dislikes
these days. Blue cheese is probably the most
bothersome. "Could I have the gorgonzola salad
without the gorgonzola, please?" (It's the house salad
at a place where I eat lunch every month or two.)

Cindy Hamilton

Cindy Hamilton > wrote in news:32863a01-d8ae-
:

> On Nov 12, 5:27*am, Andy > wrote:
>> Were you a picky eater?
>>
>> I sure was. Beginning at 2-yo.
>>
>> Grew up mostly on bread and butter and milk.
>
> Macaroni with margarine, salt, and pepper. It made
> me the woman I am today.
>
> I lost about 15 pounds this year, so my BMI has edged
> under 40. Hooray! I'm no longer morbidly obese!
>
> We'll see how that lasts through the holiday season.
>
> When I left for college, though, I was paranoid about
> being thought a rube, so I started eating what
> everyone else ate. I have relatively few food dislikes
> these days. Blue cheese is probably the most
> bothersome. "Could I have the gorgonzola salad
> without the gorgonzola, please?" (It's the house salad
> at a place where I eat lunch every month or two.)
>
> Cindy Hamilton


Cindy,

Glad you've reduced!!! [APPLAUSE] I know, it's a long and trying process!

At college we had an "all you can eat" cafeteria meal card. As picky as I
was, I managed to get my fill. DAMMIT!

Best,

Andy

Nothing green ever entered my mouth until I was about 17, attended a
banquet and was too embarassed not try the tossed salad put in front
of me.

I think I lived on milk most of my childhood. And sweets.

Now, I eat almost anything, and shun sweets. I think it was just a
matter of education and maturing.

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:27:11 -0600, Andy > wrote:

>Were you a picky eater?
>
>I sure was. Beginning at 2-yo.
>
>Grew up mostly on bread and butter and milk.
>
>You?
>
Not really. I wasn't a "my food can't touch" kid, but I ate my way
around the plate counterclockwise (I think) and didn't stack it on my
fork.

My grandson is a reformed picky eater... he ate white food only in his
picky days.

--
I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:27:11 -0600, Andy > wrote:

>Were you a picky eater?

Till the age of 12, yes. But that's because I was never hungry. I was
stick-thin but very healthy, so my parents didn't worry. Then I
discovered hunger (I still remember my first hunger pang, I had
trouble identifying what it was!), and I started loving food and
expanding my horizons. Now I will eat just about anything (the only
stuff I don't like are bitter things - endives, amaretto flavoured
anything, grapefruit, Campari, stuff like that).

Nathalie in Switzerland

Nathalie Chiva wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:27:11 -0600, Andy > wrote:
>
>> Were you a picky eater?
>
> Till the age of 12, yes. But that's because I was never hungry. I was
> stick-thin but very healthy, so my parents didn't worry. Then I
> discovered hunger (I still remember my first hunger pang, I had
> trouble identifying what it was!), and I started loving food and
> expanding my horizons. Now I will eat just about anything (the only
> stuff I don't like are bitter things - endives, amaretto flavoured
> anything, grapefruit, Campari, stuff like that).

I wasn't a particularly picky eater as a kid but there were some things
that I didn't particularly like, and some things I would not eat. I
hated Lima beans, spinach, liver, fin and haddlie <sp?>, parsnips,
turnip and squash. I did not like olives and dill pickles. I didn't mind
the taste of liver, but the texture turned me off. I wasn't all that
crazy about beef or fish, but like liver, my mother always overcooked
them. I was never crazy about cooked carrots, but would and still do eat
them.

My tastes have changed, or maybe I have learned to cook some things
better than my mother used to. I learned to love beef, but rare or pink.
I learned to cook fish so that it is tasty. I found that parsnip is
delicious when roasted, and squash is downright delicious. I have eaten
good liver, though I have not cooked it for myself and don't order it in
restaurants.


My son was always a pretty good eater. He would eat and enjoy just about
anything. He is a very adventurous eater now. He is very easy to
please, as long as things are good. A few months ago we went out for
dinner and he ordered carpaccio. He had not realized that it is raw, but
he ate it.

"Dave Smith" > wrote
> I wasn't a particularly picky eater as a kid but there were some things
> that I didn't particularly like, and some things I would not eat.

Yes, this was me too. I ate most things but had a few I just could not
stand. Those big green frozen peas, lima beans, and liver, any kind except I
liked liverwurst. Radishes.

On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:40:37 +0100, Nathalie Chiva wrote:

> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:27:11 -0600, Andy > wrote:
>
>>Were you a picky eater?
>
> Till the age of 12, yes. But that's because I was never hungry. I was
> stick-thin but very healthy, so my parents didn't worry. Then I
> discovered hunger (I still remember my first hunger pang, I had
> trouble identifying what it was!), and I started loving food and
> expanding my horizons. Now I will eat just about anything (the only
> stuff I don't like are bitter things - endives, amaretto flavoured
> anything, grapefruit, Campari, stuff like that).
>
> Nathalie in Switzerland

that's the thing - most kids in the u.s. aren't going to wither and die if
they miss a meal.

'you don't like it? o.k., see you at breakfast.'

your pal,
blake

blake murphy wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:40:37 +0100, Nathalie Chiva wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:27:11 -0600, Andy > wrote:
>>
>>> Were you a picky eater?
>> Till the age of 12, yes. But that's because I was never hungry. I was
>> stick-thin but very healthy, so my parents didn't worry. Then I
>> discovered hunger (I still remember my first hunger pang, I had
>> trouble identifying what it was!), and I started loving food and
>> expanding my horizons. Now I will eat just about anything (the only
>> stuff I don't like are bitter things - endives, amaretto flavoured
>> anything, grapefruit, Campari, stuff like that).
>>
>> Nathalie in Switzerland
>
> that's the thing - most kids in the u.s. aren't going to wither and die if
> they miss a meal.
>
> 'you don't like it? o.k., see you at breakfast.'


Yep... that was the rule at my house when we were growing up. If Mom
served it, you ate it or went to bed immediately without supper.

The only time I missed a meal was when Mom made liver. I'd try like
crazy to get some mouthfuls of potatoes and vegetables in before my
father would ask "Are you going to eat that liver?". At that point, I'd
put down the fork and head up the stairs to bed.

I'd eat damn near anything else, but not liver.

George L

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:19:47 -0600, George Leppla
> fired up random neurons and synapses to
opine:

<snip>

>I'd eat damn near anything else, but not liver.

My mother used to cook liver until you could beat someone to death
with it. To this day, I cannot stand liver...although I like most
pate. Go figure.

Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd

--

"If the soup had been as hot as the claret, if the claret had been as
old as the bird, and if the bird's breasts had been as full as the
waitress's, it would have been a very good dinner."

- Duncan Hines

To reply, replace "meatloaf" with "cox"

Terry Pulliam Burd > wrote in
:

> On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:19:47 -0600, George Leppla
> > fired up random neurons and synapses to
> opine:
>
> <snip>
>
>>I'd eat damn near anything else, but not liver.
>
> My mother used to cook liver until you could beat someone to death
> with it. To this day, I cannot stand liver...although I like most
> pate. Go figure.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd


My uncle made the best chopped chicken liver paté he'd bring over every
Thanksgiving. It was so good, as kids we were constantly scolded to "Save
room for dinner!" and then "That's enough! Leave some for the guests!"

Cow liver was the worst (wurst?) meal on the planet. Mom tried to make us
eat it once. Even Pop objected and having gone through the great
depression, for him to not eat anything was cause for concern.

Best,

Andy

Terry Pulliam Burd" > wrote in message
...
> On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:19:47 -0600, George Leppla
> > fired up random neurons and synapses to
> opine:
>
> <snip>
>
>>I'd eat damn near anything else, but not liver.
>
> My mother used to cook liver until you could beat someone to death
> with it. To this day, I cannot stand liver...although I like most
> pate. Go figure.
>
> Terry "Squeaks" Pulliam Burd
>
Liver and onions (calves liver) pan fried in butter - still a bit pink on
the inside. One of my fathers favorite dishes. And mine as well. Haven't
been able to find calves liver for ages.

JonquilJan

Learn something new every day
As long as you are learning, you are living
When you stop learning, you start dying

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:19:47 -0600, George Leppla wrote:

> blake murphy wrote:
>> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:40:37 +0100, Nathalie Chiva wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:27:11 -0600, Andy > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Were you a picky eater?
>>> Till the age of 12, yes. But that's because I was never hungry. I was
>>> stick-thin but very healthy, so my parents didn't worry. Then I
>>> discovered hunger (I still remember my first hunger pang, I had
>>> trouble identifying what it was!), and I started loving food and
>>> expanding my horizons. Now I will eat just about anything (the only
>>> stuff I don't like are bitter things - endives, amaretto flavoured
>>> anything, grapefruit, Campari, stuff like that).
>>>
>>> Nathalie in Switzerland
>>
>> that's the thing - most kids in the u.s. aren't going to wither and die if
>> they miss a meal.
>>
>> 'you don't like it? o.k., see you at breakfast.'
>
> Yep... that was the rule at my house when we were growing up. If Mom
> served it, you ate it or went to bed immediately without supper.
>
> The only time I missed a meal was when Mom made liver. I'd try like
> crazy to get some mouthfuls of potatoes and vegetables in before my
> father would ask "Are you going to eat that liver?". At that point, I'd
> put down the fork and head up the stairs to bed.
>
> I'd eat damn near anything else, but not liver.
>
> George L

o.k., maybe poorly phrased on my part. i certainly don't agree with being
sent to bed. more like 'eat it, don't eat it, it's not the end of the
world.'

i just don't understand why some parents get into a battle of wills with a
little kid. you're going to win, but what exactly have you won? the kid
already knows you're bigger and stronger. it seems a little petty to
muscle in on one of the very few areas the kid can actually exert some
control over events.

your pal,
blake

On Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:08:20 -0500, blake murphy
> wrote:

>On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:40:37 +0100, Nathalie Chiva wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:27:11 -0600, Andy > wrote:
>>
>>>Were you a picky eater?
>>
>> Till the age of 12, yes. But that's because I was never hungry. I was
>> stick-thin but very healthy, so my parents didn't worry. Then I
>> discovered hunger (I still remember my first hunger pang, I had
>> trouble identifying what it was!), and I started loving food and
>> expanding my horizons. Now I will eat just about anything (the only
>> stuff I don't like are bitter things - endives, amaretto flavoured
>> anything, grapefruit, Campari, stuff like that).
>>
>> Nathalie in Switzerland
>
>that's the thing - most kids in the u.s. aren't going to wither and die if
>they miss a meal.
>
>'you don't like it? o.k., see you at breakfast.'

When I say I was never hungry, I mean that I really had very little
appetite and could subsist on very little - and not appetite equals
not liking food, really. It has all changed since :-)

Nathalie in Switzerland

On Nov 12, 4:27*am, Andy > wrote:
> Were you a picky eater?
>
> I sure was. Beginning at 2-yo.
>
> Grew up mostly on bread and butter and milk.
>
> You?
>
> Andy
> Tallest of all known generations.

Hell no! Do I LOOK like a picky eater <vbg> heeheheh
Lynn in Fargo

Andy wrote:
>
> Were you a picky eater?
>
> I sure was. Beginning at 2-yo.
>
> Grew up mostly on bread and butter and milk.
>
> You?


Never *permitted* to be picky. The rule in our family was always: eat
what is in front of you or go hungry until the next meal(s). Not being
exceptionally stupid as a sprog, chose the former rather than the
latter. Don't have any food allergies either.

Arri London wrote:
>
> Andy wrote:
>> Were you a picky eater?
>>
>> I sure was. Beginning at 2-yo.
>>
>> Grew up mostly on bread and butter and milk.
>>
>> You?
>
>
> Never *permitted* to be picky. The rule in our family was always: eat
> what is in front of you or go hungry until the next meal(s). Not being
> exceptionally stupid as a sprog, chose the former rather than the
> latter. Don't have any food allergies either.

Did your dad make you sit there until all items were gone? I hated
Brussel sprouts when I was young, and of course, back then they were
cooked wrong. Boiled until soggy and gross.

I was stubborn, and step-dad was a.. well I don't want to discuss that.
But I had to sit at the table until they were gone. One time, I stayed
at the table over night, and when they were re-heated and served for my
next dinner, I gave in.

With my two kids, I only required they taste an item. If gross to them,
I just didn't make that item again for them. If the only veggies they
liked were green beans, and corn, I made sure that was part of their diet.

Bob

On Nov 12, 8:34*pm, Bob Muncie > wrote:

> I was stubborn, and step-dad was a.. well I don't want to discuss that.
> But I had to sit at the table until they were gone. One time, I stayed
> at the table over night, and when they were re-heated and served for my
> next dinner, I gave in.


Many a night my mother made me sit over a plate of cold, boiled
potatoes and peas until about......8 pm. Then she'd say "OK, get up"
- as she was eager to get the dishes done. Strangely enough, thoough,
the years I was 7 and 8 and ate everything in sight. (Hint: mongrel
dog resided with us at that time.)

Bob Muncie wrote:
> Arri London wrote:
>>
>> Andy wrote:
>>> Were you a picky eater?
>>>
>>> I sure was. Beginning at 2-yo.
>>>
>>> Grew up mostly on bread and butter and milk.
>>>
>>> You?
>>
>>
>> Never *permitted* to be picky. The rule in our family was always: eat
>> what is in front of you or go hungry until the next meal(s). Not being
>> exceptionally stupid as a sprog, chose the former rather than the
>> latter. Don't have any food allergies either.
>
> Did your dad make you sit there until all items were gone? I hated
> Brussel sprouts when I was young, and of course, back then they were
> cooked wrong. Boiled until soggy and gross.
>
> I was stubborn, and step-dad was a.. well I don't want to discuss that.
> But I had to sit at the table until they were gone. One time, I stayed
> at the table over night, and when they were re-heated and served for my
> next dinner, I gave in.
>
> With my two kids, I only required they taste an item. If gross to them,
> I just didn't make that item again for them. If the only veggies they
> liked were green beans, and corn, I made sure that was part of their diet.
>
> Bob

Stay away from that microwave. The metal in your head is really
screwing you up.

Rob

Bob Muncie wrote:
>
> Arri London wrote:
> >
> > Andy wrote:
> >> Were you a picky eater?
> >>
> >> I sure was. Beginning at 2-yo.
> >>
> >> Grew up mostly on bread and butter and milk.
> >>
> >> You?
> >
> >
> > Never *permitted* to be picky. The rule in our family was always: eat
> > what is in front of you or go hungry until the next meal(s). Not being
> > exceptionally stupid as a sprog, chose the former rather than the
> > latter. Don't have any food allergies either.
>
> Did your dad make you sit there until all items were gone? I hated
> Brussel sprouts when I was young, and of course, back then they were
> cooked wrong. Boiled until soggy and gross.

No...neither parent was dumb enough to do that. If we didn't want to eat
what was presented, we got nothing else until the next meal time.
>
> I was stubborn, and step-dad was a.. well I don't want to discuss that.
> But I had to sit at the table until they were gone. One time, I stayed
> at the table over night, and when they were re-heated and served for my
> next dinner, I gave in.

LOL sounds like you *both* were....
>
> With my two kids, I only required they taste an item. If gross to them,
> I just didn't make that item again for them. If the only veggies they
> liked were green beans, and corn, I made sure that was part of their diet.
>
> Bob

Our parents didn't cater to our tastes more than common sense required.
If we didn't like an item, they would cook it again if *they* liked it.
We always had the choice to eat or not. Never a separate meal or
'special' items other than for our birthdays. We ate everything our
parents ate, subject to (then) current medical opinion about when
babies/toddlers should be exposed to certain food items.

And never never ever arguments over food at the table! It was considered
so very bad-mannered we did not entertain the idea of rebellion LOL.
Worked for us. We all eat everything, no one has food allergies and we
are all superb cooks.

"Andy" > wrote in message ...
> Were you a picky eater?
>
> I sure was. Beginning at 2-yo.
>
> Grew up mostly on bread and butter and milk.
>
> You?
>
> Andy
> Tallest of all known generations.

You forgot to mention all of the recreational drugs that you consumed.