Comments on: Glue and snouts for dinner! Why being picky is not a lifetime sentence

By: Minnesotamom

Minnesotamom — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:45:44 +0000

My mom and brother are uber-picky as well. Your kids may come out from under it…I sure did! I experienced all sorts of new things called “fruits” and “vegetables” in college, and now I include them in my family’s meals. I also got to try ethnic foods, from simple Mexican (yep, tacos were WAY out of my family’s realm) to more exotic Kurdish and Indian. And I like almost everything I try!

Now…you’ve made me hungry for some rhubarb crunch…

By: Megan@SortaCrunchy

Megan@SortaCrunchy — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:37:21 +0000

I do enjoy some tofu (prepared correctly) and I think cottage cheese is an acquired taste. But baloney? GROSS. Blech, yuck, yech, no. Despised it as a child and will not allow it in my home.

I wouldn’t worry to much about the culinary tastes of your kiddos. My parents abhor avocados and I don’t think I ate my first one until I was in college. I cannot get enough of them now! I would eat them daily if they weren’t so expensive (and I’m thinking calories more than dollars here).

By: Lori in Denver

Lori in Denver — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:45:59 +0000

I was just about to invite you over for tofu and tapioca. I guess I’d better think again…

Thanks for helping me find up!

By: JoAnn

JoAnn — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:03:12 +0000

Gretchen, you make me laugh!

We really aren’t picky eaters here, and we have a wide variety of foods in our repertoire. That being said, you may starve if you ever come over for dinner!

All of the foods you listed are foods we love!

I was raised in a good ol’ meat’n’potatoes farm household where the only spices were salt, pepper, and whatever fancy stuff goes in homemade oatmeal cookies. All our veggies were fresh from the garden. I thought kids who didn’t like spinach were weird until I saw what it looks like out of a can.

It wasn’t until I went to college that I discovered all kinds of wonderful foods, and I’ve never looked back. Luckily, my husband and I love the same wide variety of foods.

We are really lucky with Claire (3 yr old). She loves most of the foods we do…even things you wouldn’t expect! (Szechuan Asparagus is one of her favorites!!) For a while, she would play this game where she would pretend to be picky about the food, but in reality, she just didn’t want to eat them FOR ME. For DADDY, she’d gobble them up as if they were going out of style. Little booger.

I don’t force her to eat something she doesn’t like, but she has to TRY IT first. We’ve talked about The Green Eggs & Ham book more times than I can count.

Great post!

By: Dorci

Dorci — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:22:48 +0000

I have always been picky, especially about green food, but I’m better than I used to be. I still don’t like broccoli, lima beans or cucumbers. But I will eat a salad now, provided it has been slathered with a good dressing, preferrably balsamic viniagrette.

But I LOVE feta cheese! I make a pizza that actually has chicken, bacon, tomatoes, feta, mozzerella and fresh basil that is to die for. You would love it, Gretchen! Even my super picky son, who thinks that hot dogs is its own food group, loves feta cheese. He’ll eat it right out of the tub.

So yeah, if there’s hope for a picky girl like me, there’s hope for anybody. )

By: Mama Bird

Mama Bird — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:12:15 +0000

LOL! Tofu grows in the gutters of Boulder! Tofu – blech! Who says you have to eat Tofu when there are so many other GOOD alternatives for protein, like meat?! I came from a meat and potatoes family, but also one where we had to finish everything on our plates or we couldn’t leave the table. Made for some long nights. But, it also helped me develop a wider appreciation of foods. I don’t have many foods on my “won’t touch” list besides shellfish. Funny, I married a Cajun who likes to slurp raw oysters and suck crawfish heads – Yuck! I’m happy to let my daughter develop a taste for shellfish and more so that she can enjoy all that life has to offer, but I won’t buy it or prepare it. If hubby wants to, fine with me! Because when I’m shopping it just doesn’t cross my mind to buy things I would never eat. I’m sure that’s true for us all.

By: Shayne

Shayne — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:35:07 +0000

I have to constantly remind myself that my children’s currently picky taste buds will continue to grow and develop well into adulthood. Heck, after a lifetime of hating them, I just started to like green onions within the last couple of months!

I think it’s perfectly fine not to serve stuff you don’t eat yourself. In our house, you won’t ever find a tomato or pickle on your hamburger and there’s no watermelon either.

On the other hand, there are plenty of things that I do eat that the children haven’t developed a taste for (and that includes tofu!), but maybe they will someday–either from being exposed to it at home or because a girl who has captured their hearts makes them feel it’s all worthwhile. I know this happened with my parents and with my husband and me, too.

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By: Amber's Crazy Bloggin' Canuck

Amber's Crazy Bloggin' Canuck — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:30:44 +0000

Love this post. Why? Because I am notoriously picky. Of course, I don’t really think of myself as picky because I only buy what I want at the store but in the end, cottage cheese and hot oatmeal will never be on my shopping list.