Comments on: More obstacles to gardening: Family membersThis is a journal, of sorts, of an organic garden in SW Michigan. "Ut sementem feceris, ita metes."By: El- January 25, 2008 Angie: Keep up the good work with the kids. I hear you on the allergies issue: there probably really is something to the idea that if they're avoiding something, it might be for their own good. But, as you know, left to their own devices, it would be cereal all the time, like your poor husband! So! Time to be the Tough Mom. Rob: The one thing parenting has taught me is that so much of child development is cyclical, and that includes eating preferences. I nearly cried when the kid said.http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/01/24/more-obstacles-to-gardening-family-members/#comment... By: Katie- January 25, 2008 Aww cute kiddo! I would imagine kids are easier than husbands when it comes to food. That, in itself, is highly ironic.http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/01/24/more-obstacles-to-gardening-family-members/#comment... By: teem- January 24, 2008 Funny, all my years in Europe I never once encountered a picky eater - adult or child. No raw tomatoes - that's bizarre beyond my comprehension. On the other hand, I never met anyone who would have proudly called themselves a "foodie". Twin compulsions toward infantilism and manic conspicuous self-consciousness Food choices as identity It all makes me nauseous. I think as Americans we're predisposed to be unable to simply enjoy (or dislike) anything, quietly and discreetly.http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/01/24/more-obstacles-to-gardening-family-members/#comment... By: Sugar Creek Farm- January 24, 2008 My husband is the proclaimed "I don't eat raw tomatoes" type. But over the last couple of years I have brought him around to where he at least likes fresh tomato salsa, and panzanella salad. Just don't put a slice of fresh tomato on his burger!http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/01/24/more-obstacles-to-gardening-family-members/#comment... By: Meg- January 24, 2008 That is one cute little kiddo! So far my aversion to spicy food and eggplant makes me the pickiest eater in this house, though we've yet to experience feeding a kid. Last summer we had a picnic and my friend's four-year old spent the whole time in the garden, with the rule that he had to come ask us before he ate anything he didn't recognize. He would come get us and lead us to some particular tomato vine or baby cucumber and ask, "Meg and Kelly, can I EAT THIS" while doing that little kid...http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/01/24/more-obstacles-to-gardening-family-members/#comment... By: rob- January 24, 2008 Way to go with avoiding the baby food trap. It is so wrong that our society pushes factory food products on kids from the start. We never gave our daughter any either, she eats what we eat. Or tries it at least, though sometimes we have to make her an egg instead --an egg from "her" chickens, of course. I think she ate all our peas last year, right out of the garden. She won't touch them cooked though.http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/01/24/more-obstacles-to-gardening-family-members/#comment... By: farm mom- January 24, 2008 I actually have a household of picky eaters (It's in Eric's genes I swear!) Eric could eat cereal 247 when we met (was, in fact). He's gotten better, and the kids are slowly getting worse as they age. Aden used to eat pretty much everything from the garden, but now she puts her nose up to most of it. (and can you guess what she wants all the time Cereal!) And Ethan used to be my little everything eater and now he too is getting picky. Although he will at least try everything offered. And they...http://fastgrowtheweeds.com/2008/01/24/more-obstacles-to-gardening-family-members/#comment... |