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Post by Firebird on Jan 23, 2014 10:33:28 GMT -5
This is a really interesting thread. I know the balance of power is totally different with a kid vs. an adult. Just curious how you all feel about food trickery -- or alternatively, not confessing that the dish contains something you know they hate, but probably wouldn't notice.
DH does most of the cooking, and I'd be fine with being tricked (to my knowledge, he's never done that - but I wouldn't mind). Especially with veggies. There are probably plenty of veggies I dislike on their own but don't mind in a stir-fry or pasta and I'd love to get more veggies into my diet. I'm not sure whether I'm picky or not. My dad's side of the family has a famously bland palate so I basically just wasn't exposed to a ton of variety growing up. I thought I hated Chinese food until I was in college! How is that even possible?! So these days, I'm very willing to try new things and I even like a lot of stuff I thought I didn't. I still tend toward blandish, though, and there are only a few veggies I like (I try to make up for variety with volume - I eat a ton of broccoli because that's the veggie I like best). DH is an excellent cook - other than his cilantro-laden salsa ( ) I like pretty much everything he's ever made me. We're working hard at making sure Babybird has healthy foods at every meal. She's a pretty adventurous eater so far, which I love, and she doesn't have a problem with veggies. My big thing with her is to make sure everything on her plate is reasonably healthy. That way, she can eat whatever she likes and she's getting some sort of nutrition even if she doesn't want to eat all her broccoli.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jan 23, 2014 10:41:39 GMT -5
I hate cilantro. Foul, nasty stuff. And Whole Paycheck thinks everything needs to be swimming in it.
Some stuff is just out because I am allergic to it. Other stuff I have texture issues with but I wonder if its an allergy thing. I think raw tomatoes are nasty but I'm allergic to tomatoes so....
I am definitely the picky person in my house. I am willing to try new things and preparation methods. The running joke is we haven't had to order pizza yet.
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Post by Firebird on Jan 23, 2014 10:46:28 GMT -5
I hate cilantro. Foul, nasty stuff. And Whole Paycheck thinks everything needs to be swimming in it.
Me too. It's the one thing you couldn't possibly hide in a dish and have me not notice. One bite of anything with any cilantro whatsoever and I gag.
I heard somewhere that there is some gene that determines whether cilantro is intolerable or tasty to you. Most people either love it or hate it.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 23, 2014 10:46:48 GMT -5
I read there's a genetic component to whether or not you like cilantro.
It tastes like soap to me, which according to the article I read means I'm missing the code that helps you like cilantro.
DH isn't missing it apparently because he looks at me like I'm nuts when I say cilantro tastes like dish soap.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jan 23, 2014 10:49:26 GMT -5
It could be genetic, my brother and I both hate the stuff.
Preparation is key. Boiled brussel sprouts are gross. Baked in the oven is delicious.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jan 23, 2014 10:55:35 GMT -5
It could be genetic, my brother and I both hate the stuff. Preparation is key. Boiled brussel sprouts are gross. Baked in the oven is delicious. Could be so on the cilantro - none of us, mom included, ever liked it. I think it was Chiver who had a good oven recipe for Brussels sprouts. If I remember right, she used olive oil, a bit of garlic, salt and pepper. I also pan-sear them, using the same ingredients. Sometimes, I'll add in chopped shallots as well. I can eat these alone, or tossed with new potatoes cooked the same way.
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Post by bookkeeper on Jan 23, 2014 11:00:14 GMT -5
Buffet restaurants are great for introducing picky eaters to new foods. Try a little and if you don't like it-move on. I used this tip on my kids, and they usually came away with a couple of new foods they liked each trip to the restaurant.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 23, 2014 11:01:45 GMT -5
Wegmans has started selling shaved brussel sprouts so you get more of that roasted nutty goodness! YUM-O!!!
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 23, 2014 11:02:52 GMT -5
Buffet restaurants are great for introducing picky eaters to new foods.
They're also great for pregnant ladies. I had so many food aversions the first time around DH would take me to a buffet and say "find something you can eat".
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Jan 23, 2014 11:04:38 GMT -5
It could be genetic, my brother and I both hate the stuff. Preparation is key. Boiled brussel sprouts are gross. Baked in the oven is delicious. Could be so on the cilantro - none of us, mom included, ever liked it. I think it was Chiver who had a good oven recipe for Brussels sprouts. If I remember right, she used olive oil, a bit of garlic, salt and pepper. I also pan-sear them, using the same ingredients. Sometimes, I'll add in chopped shallots as well. I can eat these alone, or tossed with new potatoes cooked the same way. I was informed by my husband and my oldest son that those "little cabbages" are never to be seen in our house again. Somehow, they fished them out of their vegetable soup and decided that it's against their religion to eat them. I might give it one more try, but anytime I cooked them, they came out bitter, so.....
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Jan 23, 2014 11:05:57 GMT -5
Buffet restaurants are great for introducing picky eaters to new foods. Try a little and if you don't like it-move on. I used this tip on my kids, and they usually came away with a couple of new foods they liked each trip to the restaurant. That is such a cool idea. My kid loves salad bar in Ruby Tuesday - he still only picks out the things that he already likes, but still
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jan 23, 2014 11:14:39 GMT -5
Could be so on the cilantro - none of us, mom included, ever liked it. I think it was Chiver who had a good oven recipe for Brussels sprouts. If I remember right, she used olive oil, a bit of garlic, salt and pepper. I also pan-sear them, using the same ingredients. Sometimes, I'll add in chopped shallots as well. I can eat these alone, or tossed with new potatoes cooked the same way. I was informed by my husband and my oldest son that those "little cabbages" are never to be seen in our house again. Somehow, they fished them out of their vegetable soup and decided that it's against their religion to eat them. I might give it one more try, but anytime I cooked them, they came out bitter, so..... Try adding a little sugar to the salt and pepper mix, and either roast or saute. At certain times of the year, they do seem to be more bitter. I have no idea why. Could be the soil they are grown in, but I've noticed that, too.
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Post by whoisjohngalt on Jan 23, 2014 11:16:39 GMT -5
Nancy, I buy them frozen in TJ.
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Post by doxieluvr on Jan 23, 2014 11:48:45 GMT -5
When we were first married I eliminated everything my husband liked. After alternating peas and zucchini for 3 years, I told him to suck it - I was going to have a variety of vegetables. He could eat them or not. Now his favorite is Brussel Sprouts and second favorite is asparagus - two veges he absolutely swore he hated. He even started to eat green peppers, or at least not complain when he had to eat around them. I need more variety than picky eaters do. I can't live my life doomed to a handful of items in any given category. Everyone is just going to have to stretch themselves, or find something else to eat. My dh had a similar opinion. He only lasted about a month alternating between burgers, pizza and chicken. i eat lots of cereal and sandwiches.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jan 23, 2014 11:52:42 GMT -5
Nancy, I buy them frozen in TJ. Never bought them frozen, but I'll take a look at a frozen package and check the origin. Brussels sprouts sold here are almost always of U.S. origin, but even the ones I get at the farmers markets here are not local. Sprouts grow in Zones 4-7, and in Zone 8 in the winter. I am in Zone 9. So there is a pretty big range, which means the soil conditions can vary. Now you have my interest piqued on this, so next time I go to a market, I am going to ask. Or maybe we can get Caiwau to find out for us, since he is in the business.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jan 23, 2014 12:27:04 GMT -5
I use fresh brussel sprouts too.
I clean mine and throw them in a ziploc with some olive oil, salt and pepper and freshly grated parmesan if I remember. They get dumped on a baking sheet and roasted in the oven. My brother suggested steaming them which I promptly vetoed! I suppose I have to try them that way at some point since it appears he likes them steamed.
I've tried lots of interesting things at home. The landlord was born and raised in Vietnam. Unless it is something I'm allergic to, I try to take at least a bite. I draw the line at the tongue and tripe soup though.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Jan 23, 2014 12:33:40 GMT -5
Wegman's brand frozen ones say they are from Canada. Bird's Eye says they are from Belgium.
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Post by Peace77 on Jan 23, 2014 12:49:08 GMT -5
Sometimes the younger, fresher vegetables taste better. I was able to convince 1 man that baby carrots are better. He tried them and liked them.
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Post by muttleynfelix on Jan 23, 2014 13:38:01 GMT -5
DS is going through a really picky phase. He use to eat pretty much anything, now pretty much everything is "nasty" (which we tell him he is not allowed to say, so he comes up with some other excuse - its too hot, its too spicy, I'm not hungry). We are currently making him sit until DH or I are done with supper. We don't make a big deal about it, but we don't cater to him either. We know he has eaten in the past at least most of what we put in front of him, he just is being 4. When he whines excessively, then we say well you must be tired, go on to bed and we will tuck you in. (We tell him to stop whining, but then he just starts to cry, tell him to stop crying and he cries harder). This is a new thing and has happened twice in this week, after 5 minutes he has come back and said well, I guess I am hungry. At that point, he can eat what is on his plate. Even if I asked him before supper right now what he wants, he may not eat it at supper.
But DS doesn't piss me off like my Grandma and Great Aunt did the last time they visited. I cleared the dish I was making with my mom - pork, sweet potatoes, Green Beans onions, and rice - that it would be something my Grandma would eat. No sauce on it, Grandma likes pork, no big deal... right? OMG the drama. "Well, I don't like sweet potatoes, I don't eat Green Beans, well, give me a little bit of it, it is pretty good, but it is too healthy" Shoot me. They will be back in a week. I have NO idea what to cook, because nothing I cook is acceptable to them.
I was a picky eater growing up, but I didn't complain about it. I just didn't eat it. I overcame my pickiness. I visited my Grandma (the one on the other side of the family) as an adult and she had made chili which I don't like. But no way in hell was I not going to eat it in front of her.
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Post by swamp on Jan 23, 2014 13:46:31 GMT -5
But DS doesn't piss me off like my Grandma and Great Aunt did the last time they visited. I cleared the dish I was making with my mom - pork, sweet potatoes, Green Beans onions, and rice - that it would be something my Grandma would eat. No sauce on it, Grandma likes pork, no big deal... right? OMG the drama. "Well, I don't like sweet potatoes, I don't eat Green Beans, well, give me a little bit of it, it is pretty good, but it is too healthy" Shoot me. They will be back in a week. I have NO idea what to cook, because nothing I cook is acceptable to them.
You don't cook. You tell them, "since you don't like whatever I make, I've decided to let you be in charge of dinners."
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Post by zibazinski on Jan 23, 2014 13:47:32 GMT -5
You tell your grandma she can't pull that shit in front of your kid or in your house. Geez, if any of us had ever done that in my grandmas house, we wouldn't be alive to have acquired opinions as to likes and dislikes of foods.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jan 23, 2014 13:51:55 GMT -5
But DS doesn't piss me off like my Grandma and Great Aunt did the last time they visited. I cleared the dish I was making with my mom - pork, sweet potatoes, Green Beans onions, and rice - that it would be something my Grandma would eat. No sauce on it, Grandma likes pork, no big deal... right? OMG the drama. "Well, I don't like sweet potatoes, I don't eat Green Beans, well, give me a little bit of it, it is pretty good, but it is too healthy" Shoot me. They will be back in a week. I have NO idea what to cook, because nothing I cook is acceptable to them.
You don't cook. You tell them, "since you don't like whatever I make, I've decided to let you be in charge of dinners." Or hand them a stack of takeout menus and say, "Here, these places do a great job. Oh, and they take cash or credit." Grandma and Great Aunt sound like cretinous control freaks. I would never, as an adult, say those things to another adult in whose house I am a guest. I understand little kids lack control, and just say what they are thinking, or repeat what they've heard. Adults ought to know better. It's called manners.
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Post by Phoenix84 on Jan 23, 2014 13:53:23 GMT -5
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Post by swamp on Jan 23, 2014 13:56:39 GMT -5
a special snowflake who doesn't like very many foods.
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Post by zibazinski on Jan 23, 2014 13:59:25 GMT -5
I've always wondered how picky eaters get overweight?
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Post by zibazinski on Jan 23, 2014 13:59:45 GMT -5
Eating just carbs?
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Post by muttleynfelix on Jan 23, 2014 14:05:22 GMT -5
You don't cook. You tell them, "since you don't like whatever I make, I've decided to let you be in charge of dinners." Or hand them a stack of takeout menus and say, "Here, these places do a great job. Oh, and they take cash or credit." Grandma and Great Aunt sound like cretinous control freaks. I would never, as an adult, say those things to another adult in whose house I am a guest. I understand little kids lack control, and just say what they are thinking, or repeat what they've heard. Adults ought to know better. It's called manners. Well, we live in the boonies and taking Grandma and Great Aunt to a restaurant is even more frustrating because they can't decide what they want. We went out for lunch with them the last time my parents brought them to visit and it was a nightmare too. Basically anything to do with food and those 2 is a nightmare. Yes my Grandma is a control freak. She tells me repeatedly how my kids are feeling. It pissed me off at Christmas when she wouldn't shut up about my kids not feeling well. "No kidding Grandma, DH and I have the flu too. DS is actually doing significantly better than DH and me. I've called the doctor for DD what else do you want from me?" UGH!
Anyway, my Grandma will be 90 and her manners left her about 5 year ago. Apparently good manners don't apply once you hit 85.
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Post by NancysSummerSip on Jan 23, 2014 14:09:33 GMT -5
Then they shop and bring their own food. No one, age not withstanding, can make you feel like crap unless you let them. You have enough to do, Mutt, without the addition of a 90-year-old kid in the house.
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Post by zibazinski on Jan 23, 2014 14:10:01 GMT -5
That's too bad. Does she have dementia? Was she always rude?
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Post by milee on Jan 23, 2014 14:12:35 GMT -5
I've always wondered how picky eaters get overweight? Again, I refer you to my sister's husband. The guy who ate off what we called the "white list" of white bread, popcorn, pizza, potato chips, chicken noodle soup, flour tortillas and cheese. No joke, that's about all he ate for years. Every once in a while, he'd eat a bean burrito or chips and salsa, but that was rare.
Eat that stuff 24/7 for decades and see what it does to your waistline...
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