Kitchen

[DiAnne]

I only made one dinner and my children were free to eat that or not.  I never made "special" dinners for the picky eater.  We lived in California so they were exposed to ethnic foods and a lot of variety.  They were both good eaters although I will admit my daughter used to make a little pile of the mushrooms she picked out of her food.

[depglass]

To this day my daughter will not eat vegetables except for salad.  She makes chili with tomato juice so there won't be any chunks.  This is because I made her try two tiny bites of new foods and the experience scarred her for life.  As for me, I was one of those liver and spinach eaters.  The only thing I wouldn't eat was egg whites and I still won't.

[drizzellla]

My son is 33. I don't know who he gets it from BUT he is still a picky eater. He will not eat tomatoes, green, yellow or red peppers, onions, eggplant, mustard, spinach souffle, you get the idea.

[ECBG]

I always cooked every meal, until they were after 15, 16, and we'd have pizza on Fridays.

I did a lot of stews with vegetables, homemade meatloaf (which I cooked in patties to cut down on time), roasts, pork chops, and every veggie under the sun including fresh green beans, and a lot of salads.

The only thing they didn't eat was stewed okra, but a lot of adults won't eat that.  Brussels sprouts became a fixture at our table when I began roasting them!

[patbz]

My son was a great eater; even ate (and relished) escargot and chicken feet (not together) before he was 10.  Grands, on the other hand are extremely picky (get that from their picky Mom).

[CelticCrafter]

My daughter was when she was young.

Not nearly as bad anymore but when you work in the restaurant industry you can't be.

She eats a few things now that I never served at home because I wouldn't touch it with a 10 foot pole.