blake murphy wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:40:37 +0100, Nathalie Chiva wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:27:11 -0600, Andy > wrote:
>>
>>> Were you a picky eater?
>> Till the age of 12, yes. But that's because I was never hungry. I was
>> stick-thin but very healthy, so my parents didn't worry. Then I
>> discovered hunger (I still remember my first hunger pang, I had
>> trouble identifying what it was!), and I started loving food and
>> expanding my horizons. Now I will eat just about anything (the only
>> stuff I don't like are bitter things - endives, amaretto flavoured
>> anything, grapefruit, Campari, stuff like that).
>>
>> Nathalie in Switzerland
>
> that's the thing - most kids in the u.s. aren't going to wither and die if
> they miss a meal.
>
> 'you don't like it? o.k., see you at breakfast.'


Yep... that was the rule at my house when we were growing up. If Mom
served it, you ate it or went to bed immediately without supper.

The only time I missed a meal was when Mom made liver. I'd try like
crazy to get some mouthfuls of potatoes and vegetables in before my
father would ask "Are you going to eat that liver?". At that point, I'd
put down the fork and head up the stairs to bed.

I'd eat damn near anything else, but not liver.

George L