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Post by Chocolate Lover on Aug 24, 2015 14:33:30 GMT -5
I don't think it's all that unusual. I will not ever....not ever....eat a tomato raw. Not on a sandwich and not on a plate cut up. It's horrible. However, I love Italian food and the tomato sauce on/in them. I suppose it's partly a textural thing, but a raw tomato and tomato cooked in some kind of sauce are two different things to me. My oldest DS, who will eat practically anything else, is like that. Tomato sauce, ok. Raw tomato? Nope.
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Post by Wisconsin Beth on Aug 24, 2015 14:46:28 GMT -5
Mine eat their trees raw. And plain. or at least they do about 1/2 of the time. the remainder of the time, they don't like trees. DS only likes the "tree" parts of the broccoli but he LOVES green beans.... both with as little salt/butter as possible. The other day I cut up a pineapple and he tried to tell me pineapple is yucky. I have a rule that he has to take one substantial bite and I'll take it away if he doesn't like it. Well he ate all the pineapple chunks before even touching his beloved blueberries! Can't get this kid to eat tacos or quesadillas filled with anything besides cheese. Kids' tacos are meat, cheese and sour cream/greek yogurt. We have a brief flirtation with "dragon tacos" from the book "Dragons Love Tacos" but it didn't last. So now when we're cutting up peppers for our tacos, we make sure to leave some in strips and the kids will eat them as a side dish. Right now, they're eating cheery tomatoes right from the vine. But heaven forbid we put them in their tacos. Kids are just odd. We don't make fun of their eating. And most of the time, we don't make a big deal about it either.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Aug 24, 2015 14:59:03 GMT -5
I don't think it's all that unusual. I will not ever....not ever....eat a tomato raw. Not on a sandwich and not on a plate cut up. It's horrible. However, I love Italian food and the tomato sauce on/in them. I suppose it's partly a textural thing, but a raw tomato and tomato cooked in some kind of sauce are two different things to me. My oldest DS, who will eat practically anything else, is like that. Tomato sauce, ok. Raw tomato? Nope. I'll eat raw tomato on a sandwich/burger and in a salad, but I agree that raw tomato and crushed tomatoes cooked and seasoned are completely different things.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Aug 24, 2015 14:59:45 GMT -5
Gwen amazes me sometimes when it comes to what she will eat vs what she won't. I can't get her to eat any potato that isn't in french fry form but she will eat brussel spouts and parsnips by the truckload.
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Post by lexxy703 on Aug 24, 2015 15:52:04 GMT -5
I've NEVER been able to get away with the "chicken is ham" thing with Gwen. Nor have I been able to do the "happy little broccoli tree" thing either. Damn kid is too darn smart for her own good. That's the fun part about DD not liking plain ground beef/hamburger. She's loves beef tacos. She'll eat 1/2 of my fast food hamburger. But if I make hamburgers at home. Nope, not gonna eat it. Or ground meat in spaghetti. Nope, but she'll happily eat meat balls. I kinda get her Beth. I do not like ground beef in spaghetti. I'll eat ground sausage or meatballs but really prefer not to eat ground beef. And as a kid my mom's burgers were never as good as fast food burgers.
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Post by andi9899 on Aug 24, 2015 15:56:03 GMT -5
I don't think it's all that unusual. I will not ever....not ever....eat a tomato raw. Not on a sandwich and not on a plate cut up. It's horrible. However, I love Italian food and the tomato sauce on/in them. I suppose it's partly a textural thing, but a raw tomato and tomato cooked in some kind of sauce are two different things to me. My oldest DS, who will eat practically anything else, is like that. Tomato sauce, ok. Raw tomato? Nope. Thing 1 doesn't like cooked carrots. So if I make a soup or something that has carrots in it, she gets her bowl first and takes out the carrots and puts them in a bowl for me. Fine by me, I love carrots.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Aug 24, 2015 15:58:02 GMT -5
My oldest DS, who will eat practically anything else, is like that. Tomato sauce, ok. Raw tomato? Nope. Thing 1 doesn't like cooked carrots. So if I make a soup or something that has carrots in it, she gets her bowl first and takes out the carrots and puts them in a bowl for me. Fine by me, I love carrots. LOL! another of his quirks, soups shouldn't be sweet so there should be no carrots in it. Or not many. The favorite cooking method for carrots at my house is roasted. You almost have to fight for your share.
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Post by wvugurl26 on Aug 24, 2015 17:22:22 GMT -5
I don't think it's all that unusual. I will not ever....not ever....eat a tomato raw. Not on a sandwich and not on a plate cut up. It's horrible. However, I love Italian food and the tomato sauce on/in them. I suppose it's partly a textural thing, but a raw tomato and tomato cooked in some kind of sauce are two different things to me. My oldest DS, who will eat practically anything else, is like that. Tomato sauce, ok. Raw tomato? Nope. Raw tomatoes in any form are nasty. I will eat salsa though. Fresh pico is iffy. Tomato anything else I like. I think it's a texture thing but I also wonder if it's triggering an allergic reaction faster/worse in raw form. Based on the numbers for my tomato allergy test, tomato anything should almost kill me. The only thing I get is hives if I eat too much tomato stuff.
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Post by MJ2.0 on Aug 24, 2015 17:43:30 GMT -5
DS picked at my hibachi style "lo mein" with broccoli, so I caved and gave him a mini bagel with cream cheese and green beans.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Aug 25, 2015 9:35:03 GMT -5
My oldest DS, who will eat practically anything else, is like that. Tomato sauce, ok. Raw tomato? Nope. Raw tomatoes in any form are nasty. I will eat salsa though. Fresh pico is iffy. Tomato anything else I like. I think it's a texture thing but I also wonder if it's triggering an allergic reaction faster/worse in raw form. Based on the numbers for my tomato allergy test, tomato anything should almost kill me. The only thing I get is hives if I eat too much tomato stuff. I think this is the issue with kids sometimes as well. My son wouldn't eat watermelon or hot dogs as a kid. I asked why he didn't like them and he just said "feels funny in my mouth"
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Post by zibazinski on Aug 25, 2015 14:07:21 GMT -5
I think the fact that your DD behaves around others and saves her "moments" for you means you absolutely have to get a handle on this. Congrats on the first step. You have a right to be treated with respect as well. I view is as I wouldn't accept this behavior from a stranger, why my own kid?
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Post by Pants on Aug 25, 2015 14:44:37 GMT -5
Enh. It's frustrating but really common for kids to save their acting out for their parents. They have intense feelings and have been aggressively socialized not to act on them in public. So they act out around the people that HAVE to love them. (Interesting that these patterns are often opposite in "good" families than families where something is off or broken.)
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Post by zibazinski on Aug 25, 2015 16:41:15 GMT -5
Yup, I was around one of those beautiful families yesterday at the doctors office. All I could think was how sorry I was for their teacher to be. Mummy talking in her sweet baby voice repeatedly asking her little darlings to behave and not tear up the office or disturb the other patients. Sigh
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Post by swasat on Aug 25, 2015 17:58:24 GMT -5
Zib, do you ever, EVER, come across a kid you don't find bratty?
All you talk about is "how bratty kids these days are".
I refuse to beleive ALL kids these days are bad. There are some great kids around. In fact, that's the comment we get about my DD from school and friends and family. That she is. GREAT kid, really well behaved. She just reserved her behaviors for me.
But you just seem to never come across a "good" kid. Is the world that much if a dark place these days that our next generation is doomed?
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Post by zibazinski on Aug 25, 2015 18:26:43 GMT -5
I'm wondering. My friends that are still teaching are pretty discouraged. I think the nice kids just do their thing so the not so nice just stick out more. But seriously, repeating your moronic baby talk voice hoping everyone thinks you're a good mom as opposed to taking them outside the office and reminding them firmly to settle down, sit still, and talk in inside voices, is not a crime. Time and place is a valuable lesson too. They weren't babies/toddlers btw.
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Post by zibazinski on Aug 26, 2015 10:13:57 GMT -5
I don't think parents need to yell, scream, or beat. But removing temporarily the offending child from the situation and reminding them of the behavior expected is not a crime. It's not like my kids were perfect quiet little angels. They ran and yelled like banshees, outside with the rest of the kids. Inside and in public, they used inside voices and if they needed to sit and not bother others, they did just that. Not forever but long enough.
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Post by swamp on Aug 26, 2015 10:31:11 GMT -5
Enh. It's frustrating but really common for kids to save their acting out for their parents. They have intense feelings and have been aggressively socialized not to act on them in public. So they act out around the people that HAVE to love them. (Interesting that these patterns are often opposite in "good" families than families where something is off or broken.) I have one of those kids. DD is as sweet as can be at school, friend's houses, dance class, skating, etc. I consistently get compliments on how well behaved and polite she is.
She is a royal terror at home.
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