Thread: As a kid, what food were you made to eat at mealtimes that you hated?

Originally Posted by Mendip

have always eaten all foods apart from currants, raisins and sultanas... none of which were the types of food a parent would force you to eat

didn't you get sultanas in your school diner curries?

Can you imagine Chitty's kids seeing this thread in ten years time?


"Chicken, beef, pork, turkey, lamb, eggs, veg, pudding, pasta, rice...."

They'll experience their first food without a yellow discount sticker on when they leave home....only joking Chits

Originally Posted by malmomike77

They'll experience their first food without a yellow discount sticker on when they leave home....only joking Chits

It took me a second that one.

Imagine them being on a Mediterranean holiday with their first serious boyfriend/girlfriend and they order octopus...

Originally Posted by Mendip

I have always eaten all foods apart from currants, raisins and sultanas...

Jeez that's a strange one, have quite honestly never met anyone of any age who didn't like them. Did some kid at school with a pet Rabbit prank you?

^^ i don't imagine it'll be placed in front of them looking like a grannies blurter

...growing up in an Italian-influenced household, I liked everything that was put in front of me...the family was served only what everyone liked...

Originally Posted by malmomike77

^^ i don't imagine it'll be placed in front of them looking like a grannies blurter

Originally Posted by tomcat

...growing up in an Italian-influenced household, I liked everything that was put in front of me...the family was served only what everyone liked...

Not especially difficult given that Italians, being particularly narrow-minded when it comes to food, like few other things apart from mamma's/nonna's cooking.

Originally Posted by hallelujah

being particularly narrow-minded when it comes to food

...well, you may have a point as we were never served sprouts, liver, brains, offal or other Brit specialties...

Originally Posted by tomcat

...well, you may have a point as we were never served sprouts, liver, brains, offal or other Brit specialties...

Then it appears you weren't eating true Italian...

The Italian Love for Cooking with Offal | Hardcore Italians

liver, sprouts and green peas.....

someone was ragging on meatloaf....I rather like it. Meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy is comfort food to me.

Originally Posted by Topper

someone was ragging on meatloaf

That was me. Meat should NEVER be in a loaf. Loaf of bread ok. Loaf of meat....I'll pass. I hated the texture, how it looked on a plate. It used to really make me queezy but Liver with onions was the worst of all. I'd walk in the door and smell it and go back out. My mom used to make me PBJs for dinner when they ate that crap.

Originally Posted by Stumpy

My mom used to make me PBJs for dinner when they ate that crap.

I was forced to clean my plate, but thankfully my mom always provided a bottle of Heinz 57 to smother the liver in.

Originally Posted by Topper

I was forced to clean my plate, but thankfully my mom always provided a bottle of Heinz 57 to smother the liver in.

There wouldn't be enough Heinz 57 for me..

The other one I forgot about was Yams which are essentially sweet potatoes for us Merkins.

Onions

I hated pizza as a child! My family would go out occasionally to eat at Shakey’s Pizza and I would cry. I wanted to go a drive-in restaurant and have fish and chips or barbecue.

Love pizza way too much now.

Not a thing mentioned on this thread so far that I wouldn't eat.

All in moderation, mind you.

-happy(gut-bucket)

Originally Posted by hallelujah

Sunday dinner: boiled potatoes and sprouts.

I'd clear the good stuff and then be left with these, and so began the weekly battle of my mum and dad telling me to eat them before I could leave the table and me spooning minuscule amounts in to look like I was making an effort.

I just thought of this while I was eating some boiled potatoes that I had made, but I've never once eaten a sprout in my life.

The things even smell like farts when they're being cooked!

Yup. Brussel sprouts for me too. Sickening taste

Love those things as an adult. They are even nice raw in a salad.

I still hate those stinking rutabagas, though.

Runny egg yolk (mine had to be cooked broken & over easy)
mashed potato - But boiled were fine so mine were removed prior to mashing.
Ate everything else, including liver, kidneys, hearts, tongue, Brussels sprouts etc

Is it only me that wasn't abused as a child?


We were never forced to eat anything we didn't want to.


Thankfully animal feed like livers, kidneys, sprouts, quiche and fokin' octopus were never on the menu.

Originally Posted by Edmond

Is it only me that wasn't abused as a child?


We were never forced to eat anything we didn't want to.


Thankfully animal feed like livers, kidneys, sprouts, quiche and fokin' octopus were never on the menu.

Sprouts were the one thing I held my ground on. Id accept the punishment of not eating it. Even my dad said they smell like an old pair of socks. Then he would just eat them as if he was being tough.