my mom cooked it, we ate or didn't, but there was no contengency... but then
my mom always had enough variety, that if one wanted to eat there were
always enough things to choose from... even on hamburger and fries nights,
not too often, there were hamburgers, hotdogs, two kinds of buns for each,
fries, you added your own salt and condiments, two/three kinds of cheeses,
chili and often grilled onions... also salad and spinach and green beans...

Lee
"Evelyn" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 16 Apr 2011 10:39:13 -0600, Tiger Lily > wrote:
>
>>On 4/16/2011 5:31 AM, Evelyn wrote:
>>> On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 23:31:14 -0600, Tiger > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 4/15/2011 2:29 PM, Julie Bove wrote:
>>>>> > wrote in message
>>>>> ...
>>>>>> man when my mom cooked we ate it or did without, we all had different
>>>>>> allergies, and with four of us she really worked at making food we
>>>>>> could
>>>>>> all eat as a family, once and only once did i snarl my nose at
>>>>>> something ,
>>>>>> my dad made me eat what seemed like a ton of black eyed peas, he
>>>>>> said, "if
>>>>>> your mother cooked it... the least you can do is pass it without
>>>>>> comment,
>>>>>> you are not allowed to disrespect her efforts for any reason..."
>>>>>> after
>>>>>> that if i had to hold my breath to get something passed me i did...
>>>>>> he was
>>>>>> not in the habit of making us take food we didn't want to eat,
>>>>>>
>>>>> I do not think it is proper to make a kid eat something with alcohol,
>>>>> if the
>>>>> kid refuses it.
>>>>
>>>> Julie, you know when you cook with alcohol, you ONLY get the flavour?
>>>> the alcohol 'burns off' in the simmering?
>>>
>>>
>>> I explained that to her.
>>>
>>> She allows Angela to tell her how to cook and what to put in it. It's
>>> her child, her deal. She can do what she wants.
>>>
>>> Evelyn
>>
>>lol
>>
>>teenlet doesn't even know when a splash of sherry goes into the stroganoff
>>
>>i do it for the flavour, and he likes it, and now that he's older, he's
>>more willing to 'experiment' with different foods KNOWINGLY this time
>>round
>>
>>tee hee
>>
>>kate
>
>
> When I had my kids at home (they are all grown up now) I would make
> stuff, put it on the table, and never discuss each and every
> ingredient with them for approval or disapproval. They either ate it
> or they didn't. If they didn't like it, I didn't make it again, or
> else made some other contingency plan when I did.
>
> I never felt it was right to force them, or to make a big deal out of
> it either. The less of a big deal about it, the more open minded
> they were. Fortunately they all eat everything now that they are
> adults, with the exception of my daughter who has always hated
> mushrooms.
>
> Anyone is entitled to an honest dislike or two. As for me, I
> absolutely cannot stand little green lima beans. I dislike them
> intensely. The big limagrands, the dried ones that make a wonderful
> soup are different. Those I enjoy.
>
> For the most part I eat everything... and that JUST may be my worst
> problem :-)