General Chat

When my children were toddlers (and older), there were missing carrots, and no runner beans or mange tout below 2 ft :-S
Having said that, one daughter grows her own veg, and her children eat them all the time (one grandson is actually a vegetarian), the other daughter feeds her children a lot of pasta.

I didn't want ti hi-jack the other thread.

I was in the local farm shop once and there was a mother in there with her daughter. I actually congratulated her because the little girl was creating merry hell because she wanted runner beans and the mother quietly explained that they already had some at home but the little girl could just have a few extra cherries.

No drama, happy little girl who wanted RUNNER BEANS when there were sweets in the shop.

Hence my post on the other thread.

It's also not about 'it's all my kids will eat' it is more they were never fed properly in the first place.

But some in receipt of the vouchers will work really hard to give their kids a balanced diet. Turkey Twizzlers everyone else!

I mentioned the other day,tightwad that I am, that I had fed us for several days with four sausages and some veg.

We watch the programmes about rich kids going to stay with poor families and have noticed that the poor families always eat cheap food, of course, and so do we, but even when there is a parent at home all day, they still eat frozen chips and pasta.

OH's brother was made redundant and elected to stay at home to look after the three children and his elderly mother. I will not lend them money but I am not so hard as to not offer help so we offered to give them a sack of spuds. If you have a sack of spuds you are set up to eat cheaply for a long time but his brother delined the offer because they don't eat many potatoes.They eat pasta and oven chips and pre-made meatballs, pizzas.

Whatever happened to carrots, cabbage, and all the yummy stuff we still eat with great relish which they may never enjoy?