Childrens menus

[shellshock]

Originally Posted by 1969

Kids eat what parents allow them to eat. If my kid passes on white beans and kale tonight he won't eat.

Ahhh.... memories of sitting at the table for 2 hours til i finished my food.

 

[LA Guy]

Originally Posted by shellshock

Ahhh.... memories of sitting at the table for 2 hours til i finished my food.

I had a stay-at-home mom, and I regularly sat at the table for an entire afternoon. Eggplant and beef tongue were the contentious issues. I still hate tongue, but now love eggplant.

My son, now 10, doesn't eat anything well, and his table manners are atrocious. My daughter, under 2, seems to have a taste for fine cheeses (after school a couple of weeks ago, she wolfed down about about $7 worth of a sheep's milk cheese with a red wine rind, and wouldn't touch the mild cheddar; and she prefers expensive chocolate (Burdick's is her favorite, to cheap, though cheap will do in a pinch), and the more exotic fruits (kiwi and mangos are current favorites.) At restaurants, I encourage my son to order off of the children's menu, because I'd rather waste $10 then $20. My daughter often just ends up wantong to "share" whatever it is I am eating. I figure that this makes us both eat better.

 

[IUtoSLU]

Its a cultural thing. Ask a Guatamalan Mayan child to eat cheerios and milk for breakfast and they would probably scoff. People are so pushy for us to "respect other cultures", but then get so upset that we have a culture of our own.

 

[gdl203]

Are people in this thread really pretending they don't like burgers, pizza and chicken fingers?

 

[Joffrey]

Originally Posted by Mauro

WTF!?! is wrong with american and their God Blessed Children menus.
To me its basicly a cop out and is molding our youth to eat like ****.
My daughter is 5 and won't even look at the menu.
she would rather try the food on the actual menu then the childrens menu.

I don't understand the whole grilled cheese, hamburger, chicken nuggets ( tenders) menu.
Any thoughts???

Genius moment: Order off the adults menu for if you believe she can handle it. What she doesn't finish you take home with you to feed the Teger you keep in the crawl space.

 

[1969]

Originally Posted by shellshock

Ahhh.... memories of sitting at the table for 2 hours til i finished my food.

I don't make him finish it...if he doesn't want to eat it that's fine, but as long as the food is not something really spicy he doesn't get a second option.

 

[1969]

Originally Posted by gdl203

Are people in this thread really pretending they don't like burgers, pizza and chicken fingers?

Burgers and Pizza yes. Chicken Fingers are for rednecks.

 

[thekunk07]

was just going to start a thread looking for suggestions. all my kids eat are pizza, tacos, burgers, hot dogs and pbj. used to be adventurous, dunno what happened.

 

[acidboy]

Originally Posted by shellshock

Ahhh.... memories of sitting at the table for 2 hours til i finished my food.

couple of years back I was talking to a Malaysian mom (our daughters are pretty much the same age) and she was praising me coz my kid was attentive and listening to me. our conversation touched on the topic of dining, and she said her kids aren't allowed to leave the table until the plate is clean, and if they don't listen she "brings out the rattan."

 

[Mild Mannered]

Originally Posted by Mauro

I love liver and so does my 5 year old daughter.

So does my dog.

 

[globetrotter]

Originally Posted by gdl203

Are people in this thread really pretending they don't like burgers, pizza and chicken fingers?

I love chicken fingers, hate nuggets. and I live pizza and burgers but pretty much avoid both now

 

[Mauro]

MM- She eats dog too. Wanna bring him over for dinner?

 

[shellshock]

Originally Posted by acidicboy

and if they don't listen she "brings out the rattan."

gnarly. i remember a childhood friend's family having a wooden spoon if they were bad.
i just had spankings.

 

[Mauro]

Wooden spoon by my mom or grandma was a piece of cake.

I kid ate duck feet with noodles last night. She rocks!

 

[why]

My parents hit me with a wooden spoon. After a certain age I tried to grab them away and always ended up getting hit on the fingertips (ouch!).

My aunt used a ruler.