General Chat

I heard of that happening once and the teacher making them eat it again.

I never had to Sharron thank goodness
and my Mum.

No,Emma, worse than that.

What came up had to go down again!

Oh no Sharron, that's just horrible and so cruel.

What you could do Supercrutch is to shred or chop the sprouts for your grandchild and test the theory by saying she doesn't have to have the green balls, she can have the very special treat called Brassica oleracea instead ;-)

My cousins wouldn't eat the marmalade my aunt made so she sent it to Granny who gave them that orange jam they enjoyed so much.

Sprouts are OK at Christmas, but we don't have them at another time. Parboiled, sliced in half, quickly fried in butter and sprinkled with bits of crispy bacon, or chopped, blanched almonds. Frying lessens the 'bitter' taste.

Custard and blancmange are my bet-noir. That originates from school dinners when they stirred in the 'skin'. Yuk.

Our son was the worst when it came to vegetables. He wouldn't eaten green veg. Green = Bad/rotten. The only style of potatoes he'd eat were chipped or roasted. That started to change when he went into catered Halls at Uni. Either eat what was offered, or go hungry!

We'll fool her somehow, the sprout will not be a green ball ;-)

I still think it's texture not taste that determines likes and dislikes....

Mashed banana - hoovered up - progress to sliced banana - in mouth, removed with fingers (not spat out), examined and flicked, after a number of attempts, off fingers.

Pureed apple then progress to grated apple, repeat above.

Opposing: rusks - give whole for baby to suck and grind gums on - great, soak in milk, removed with fingers..lolol

My school meals were absolutely great, cooked on premises and honestly very good quality. NO choice. NO fast food and we served ourselves from trays/dishes/jugs at each table, portioned for 8.

My son now eats absolutely anything, eldest hates mushrooms so does youngest, strangely my sister was allergic to them.......coincidence?

Food for thought (great pun eh?)

My eldest loves tomatoes. Her younger sister has never liked them in any shape or form. This means things like any fresh tomato - of any colour - baked beans, tinned spaghetti, spaghetti Bolognese, or any stew with added tinned tomatoes. She also won't eat ketchup, brown sauce or mayonnaise.
Elder daughter also loves sprouts - younger sister won't touch them - neither will elder daughter's children.

As for vegetables, when they were young, we used to grow our own (but not sprouts). I was lucky to find peas and beans on the higher reaches of the plant!
I'd go to pull up carrots, only to find the carrot had been eaten, and the 'top' shoved back into the ground :-|

...they ate a lot of dirt......

:-D :-D

I used to prep a lot of surplus food for storage over the seasons.

There would be a large bowl of freshly boiled beetroot in fridge ready to be bottled.

We would hear the fridge door open and shut...youngest (then about 7) would be lurking, when asked what she was up to we would get the reply "nothing" and she would grin with dark red coloured teeth :-D

'The human imagination breaks free at Christmas, urged on by the desire to see our world as it isn't'. :-S

Genes play a large part in taste perception.

Google Supertaster for more info.

If you have the gene, fresh cilantro can taste like soap.

Rose

Cinnamon tastes like soap.

I never made my children eat anything - but I did always put the vegetables on the table for them to help themselves.
When they asked what something was I would look doubtful and say that I didn't think they would like it until they were older as it was grown ups food ;-)
Dishes of broccoli, cauliflower, sprouts, mashed carrot with swede etc disappeared before my eyes lol.

We learned quickly......... if mum said "this is good for you" we wouldn't eat it.

If she'd just put it on our plates & ignored us, we might have tried it......... then refused to eat it.

It took me years to realise that anything father didn't like wasn't put on his plate! :-P

Pizza and sprouts topping uuggrrhh .....what could be worse ;-)

My mum called them "fairy cabbages", worked for me.

Wasn't last nights Mog the cat advert for Sainsbury just wonderful?

Totally engrossing - much better than the penguins.

Dermot ???

Sharron, cinnamon toast is lovely.

I used to be able to eat cinnamon but recently have come to really dislike it and try to avoid anything with it in.