Comments on: Food News Roundup: More On Picky Kids Around The World, Family Dinners, Local Food in Schools and the Like http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2007/10/17/food-news-roundup-more-on-picky-kids-around-the-world-family-dinners-local-food-in-schools-and-the-like/ Cook Local, Eat Global Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:50:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 By: philadelphia enquirer | Article find news http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2007/10/17/food-news-roundup-more-on-picky-kids-around-the-world-family-dinners-local-food-in-schools-and-the-like/#comment-49929 philadelphia enquirer | Article find news Wed, 09 Jan 2008 06:37:26 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/?p=800#comment-49929 [...] Food News Roundup: More On Picky Kids Around The World, Family Dinners, Local Food in Schools and the Like [...] [...] Food News Roundup: More On Picky Kids Around The World, Family Dinners, Local Food in Schools and the Like [...]

]]> By: Barbara http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2007/10/17/food-news-roundup-more-on-picky-kids-around-the-world-family-dinners-local-food-in-schools-and-the-like/#comment-43586 Barbara Wed, 24 Oct 2007 05:44:11 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/?p=800#comment-43586 Oh, Jumper. I don't know how patient I could be with that kind of behavior from an adult. I think I would lose my temper eventually. Which isn't nice of me, but man--wow. Neither is making a friend leave a restaurant and eat somewhere else because of a friggin tomato. I'd either lose my temper or just stop going out to eat with the guy. Or pull my own hair out in frustration. Oh, Jumper. I don’t know how patient I could be with that kind of behavior from an adult. I think I would lose my temper eventually.

Which isn’t nice of me, but man–wow. Neither is making a friend leave a restaurant and eat somewhere else because of a friggin tomato.

I’d either lose my temper or just stop going out to eat with the guy.

Or pull my own hair out in frustration.

]]> By: Jumper http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2007/10/17/food-news-roundup-more-on-picky-kids-around-the-world-family-dinners-local-food-in-schools-and-the-like/#comment-43551 Jumper Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:52:10 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/?p=800#comment-43551 I have a buddy that hates tomatoes like everyone else in his family, but he inhales salsa like a fiend. And yet he will freak out, I mean really freak out when they put tomatoes on his plate for garnish, like refuse the entree and will leave and go to another place to eat freak out. I can't count the times, we have been served and had to leave because he didn't want them to remake the entree without the tomato garnish, because he is convinced they will do something to his meal to get back at him for complaining. There are many Mexican places I can't go with him because he thinks they are out to get him. I have a buddy that hates tomatoes like everyone else in his family, but he inhales salsa like a fiend. And yet he will freak out, I mean really freak out when they put tomatoes on his plate for garnish, like refuse the entree and will leave and go to another place to eat freak out.

I can’t count the times, we have been served and had to leave because he didn’t want them to remake the entree without the tomato garnish, because he is convinced they will do something to his meal to get back at him for complaining.

There are many Mexican places I can’t go with him because he thinks they are out to get him.

]]> By: Laura http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2007/10/17/food-news-roundup-more-on-picky-kids-around-the-world-family-dinners-local-food-in-schools-and-the-like/#comment-43512 Laura Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:39:16 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/?p=800#comment-43512 I don't have kids, but I can remember moments of picky eating from my own childhood. The girl who used to declare a hatred of olives and pickles now finds them a treat! Although, canned black olives on pizza are still gross; same with floppy, flavorless pickles from fast food places and bad delis. I think often people will declare that they don't like something because they've only ever had yucky versions of that food. Kalamata olives are great, but I still don't order olives on my pizza because they're never the good kind. My partner and I love all types of fresh fruits and veggies. I hope that should we start a family someday, that love will be passed on either genetically or by example. I don’t have kids, but I can remember moments of picky eating from my own childhood. The girl who used to declare a hatred of olives and pickles now finds them a treat! Although, canned black olives on pizza are still gross; same with floppy, flavorless pickles from fast food places and bad delis. I think often people will declare that they don’t like something because they’ve only ever had yucky versions of that food. Kalamata olives are great, but I still don’t order olives on my pizza because they’re never the good kind.

My partner and I love all types of fresh fruits and veggies. I hope that should we start a family someday, that love will be passed on either genetically or by example.

]]> By: Diane http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2007/10/17/food-news-roundup-more-on-picky-kids-around-the-world-family-dinners-local-food-in-schools-and-the-like/#comment-43016 Diane Fri, 19 Oct 2007 21:33:55 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/?p=800#comment-43016 I don't really mind the idea of "sneaking" foods into other ones. I think the term is kind of nasty, but I like to think of it as bulking the foods up. And really, is making a sumptuous spaghetti sauce with eggplant in it "sneaking" it eggplant or is it an eggplant sauce? I like the idea of the latter. Adding prune puree to cakes to make them more moist and reduce oil? Fine with me. What I don't like AT ALL is trying to disguise something into something else - maybe that is "sneaking"? Tofu stroganoff - erp. Fake meats (TVP) - blecch. I don’t really mind the idea of “sneaking” foods into other ones. I think the term is kind of nasty, but I like to think of it as bulking the foods up. And really, is making a sumptuous spaghetti sauce with eggplant in it “sneaking” it eggplant or is it an eggplant sauce? I like the idea of the latter. Adding prune puree to cakes to make them more moist and reduce oil? Fine with me.

What I don’t like AT ALL is trying to disguise something into something else – maybe that is “sneaking”? Tofu stroganoff – erp. Fake meats (TVP) – blecch.

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