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I had to eat everything that was on my plate - but rarely did.
On a few occasions, I was given what I'd left for my next meal.
I still didn't eat it - so they gave up. But I would eat a few sprouts.
When my elder brother was home, he would eat my food for me :-D

My younger daughter didn't like anything with tomatoes from a very early age - and still doesn't! Neither does she like sauces, like tomato sauce, mayonnaise etc.
Or sprouts.
She had to eat one sprout at Christmas :-D

Elder daughter loves sprouts - her children don't.
They have to eat one sprout at Christmas too :-D

Elder daughter is a bit evil.
One boxing day, she told her children it was home made pizza for lunch - and she served up a sprout pizza!! . :-D :-D :-D :-D
It was lovely, crispy cheese covered sprouts - yummy!!

(she'd made a 'nice' one just for them, too)

Ah, but money was a lot tighter in those day, at least for most of that generation. They'd grown up during rationing and had to eat what was available or starve. Now they’ve the confidence to throw off the shackles and are live disgracefully. :-D

Under duress, we had OH's mother round for tea a while ago. She asked for another plate and said she didn't want to waste them so she put her carrots and parsnip on it.

Every month we have a friend out of her nursing home to have tea with us and go to the club quiz. She is eighty and has brought up five children. She won't eat carrots, parsnips, peaches, cabbage, blackberries.

These are the very women who made us eat what we were given, including carrots, turnips, cabbage, parsnip!