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Tricks to get kids to eat.

Posted by mommyme, February 1, 2008 at 8:38 AM

What tricks did your parents do or you do to your kids to get them to eat anything?

My Dad would sit next to me at the dinner table and just as we sat down he and I would arm wrestle and he always won. Then I would quickly eat my vegetables (brussel sprouts, broccoli, green beans) then we would arm wrestle again and I would win. This trick worked for a long time. But even after all that I love brussel sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, most vegetables. I guess it wasn't all bad.

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Yucky foods of the past

Posted by mommyme, January 31, 2008 at 10:34 AM

What was the one thing you did not like to eat when you were little but will now? For me it was sour cream I hated the stuff until I was about 17 now I use it alot. My daughter (8 yrs old) hates whipped cream. Any type of whipped cream and some things that aren't like creamy pies, but she loves ice cream. I just wonder if she will grow out of this.

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Does anyone know how to make pork fried rice?

Posted by mommyme, January 16, 2008 at 9:56 AM

My husband is trying to make pork fried rice and is only making a mess. A local restaurant that closed made one he loved and he is trying to copy it. It only had: rice, pork, water chestnuts, bean sprouts and spices in it. If you have any secrets to making this please help. My kitchen can't take much more.

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Dining with kids

I have a 10 and an 8 year old. They both are great at restaurants, in public in general. I have been taking them to places ( reastaurants, museums, zoos etc) since they were days old. My oldest will order from the kids menu but in certain places she prefers the adult menu. Like Applebees she will eat the chicken alfredo. My youngest likes black beans which at Chilis is on the kids menu. Both of my kids have loved spaghetti since they were little but on occasion will get just noodles with butter and parmesan cheese.

Another thing my girls love is salad. If I get a salad they help eat it. Many times we order them their own.

I believe manners is something that has to be refined constantly. you cannot go into anywhere and expect your kids to know exactly how to act. If we are going somewhere they haven't been I explain what it will be like and how they should act. I also do this when we take their friends out with us. Not that their friends are unruly but when you get a group of 8-10 years old together it is far too easy to get giggly.

I also do not let them take a video game in the restaurant. If I know the place doesn't cater to kids I will bring pads of paper and pens or color pencils to give them something to do. They love to draw and after they create the masterpiece they can easily become part of the conversation by explaining what they drew. Everyone is happy, including the other patrons of the restaurant

mommyme at 11:58AM on 07/22/08

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Decals for your appliances?

I use Stik-ees. They are static stickers that have a great range of themes. You can go holiday, seasonal, animal or just shapes. My daughters love them and they stick to the fridge, dishwasher or windows. When I am not using a set I put them in a photo album. Remember the old ones that you have to pull the plastic back and put the picture under? That is the ones I use but I don't put them under the plastic just right on top. It really livens up the room. :) :)

mommyme at 1:05PM on 04/18/08

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Watching food shows for the chef, not the show.

I know I may stand out from the crowd but I like Racheal Ray. I would watch her 30 minute show and her $40 a day show and she had another (tasty travels or something). I like her personality. I can say though I did try one of her recipes and I hated it but it may just be my personal preference not her recipe.

I also agree with LoCo I enjoy Alton he is very creative in his show. And you can learn about why things do or don't work.

mommyme at 2:08PM on 04/13/08

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Thanks To The Serious Eaters

@Listener. I haven't been with SE for very long and I don't post very often, but I too love to read the comments. I will even read about finding food in other states that I have no plans on visiting in the next 10 years. But the comments are very fun and encouraging.

Welcome aboard, sit back, relax and enjoy the ride. :) :) :) :)

mommyme at 2:03PM on 04/13/08

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What do you drink?

I make an raspberry iced tea and it is great. I got the recipe online somewhere and it uses tea bags, water and frozen concentrated raspberry-ade. My husband even liked it (which is something because he only likes colas and mountain dew).

mommyme at 3:51PM on 04/09/08

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A change of heart concerning Sandra Lee.

I did see the Chefography but still do not like her. I personally went through alot and know many others who have also. I just do not like her personality, recipes, her show in general. This is not to be mean to her but I just don't like her. I also find it distrubing that coincedentally everytime I flip channels and pass her show she has some alcholic drink in her hands, is making one or is talking about how great a certain drink would be with what she is making. I personally do just as Karen suggests, I change the channel. But that is just me.

mommyme at 3:48PM on 04/09/08

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Racial Tipping point

I also tip according to service. I was at a restaurant with a friend and had terrible service. I was going to leave without a tip. She had a better idea. She left 2 pennies. That way they knew that we didn't just forget to leave a tip. The wait staff knew we left a bad tip for bad service. I think it is a great idea.

Also, I will speak to the manager if I had great service. I have never been a waitress but I have worked sales and you always hear the bad even if it is the customers that are the problem. So I make sure to let the manager and/or headquarters know when I had great service.

Once I asked a waitress to get the manager. The poor girl was terrified. She didn't think she did anything wrong but I wanted the manager. After I spoke to the manager about how great she was the waitress came back and thanked me and told me about her feelings about getting the manager. She also said that the manager went into the kitchen and announced over the kitchen speaker system that this waitress received a glowing comment. It made the waitresses day and mine.

mommyme at 9:25AM on 03/22/08

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What do you do with a box of graham crackers?

I put peanut butter and jelly on them. Also I have used pudding of any flavor, applesauce, and frosting. My kids and I also made mini gingerbread houses with them. During the holidays there was a gingerbread flavor, these were great.

P.S. if you are in a pinch and really want s'mores you can make them in the microwave. Just put the chocolate and marshmallow between the crackers and put in microwave for a few seconds. The marshmallow puffs up and melts. The marshmallow will get hard if not eaten quickly but if you really need a s'more ( or a school experiment in our case) it works great.

mommyme at 8:42AM on 02/18/08

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Sandwich Lover? Let's build!

I just finished eating a fried egg sandwich on wheat toast with cheese and mayo. :) I had a craving for a BLT last night. Also, on Saturday I had a grilled cheese sandwich with mustard. The cheese was all melting .

As you can see there are many great sandwiches on my list.

mommyme at 8:31AM on 02/18/08

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Comfort Food Fest!

I'm with you in Michigan (southwest), my husband makes the best beef barley soup. He makes a huge pot of it and it will be all we eat for two days. It's the best. He also adds a lot of white pepper so it warms you from the inside.

mommyme at 10:09AM on 02/11/08

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Thanks To The Serious Eaters

Hi Listener! Until last week, I never even heard of SE. Now I have jumped in with both feet. I feel more commoraderie with SE folks than some of my
"in-the-flesh" friends. Welcome aboard but beware: I haven't emptied my dishwasher, did a load of laundry or cleaned my house since tuning in!

Josdean at 10:24PM on 06/20/08

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A change of heart concerning Sandra Lee.

@illeatyou - It's no good, I think it'd just form two Sandy's. And she'd be so mad she'd douse us with "vin-a-ga-rette"

embolini9 at 8:10PM on 06/16/08

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A change of heart concerning Sandra Lee.

Sandra Lee: the world will only be safe once she is cleaved in two.

illeatyou at 7:50PM on 06/16/08

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Watching food shows for the chef, not the show.

I have woven an entire food blog around the game (forgive the pun, but it's my personal take on the Kevin Bacon game for '08) of working an ancho-chile crush on Bobby Flay into every entry:
http://happyhoarfrost.blogspot.com/2008/03/bobby-flay-apple-of-my-ribeye.html
I am not a food hussy, but I do enjoy working that theme--HOWEVER, I had the delicious & bizzarre fortune of spending some time with Duff Goldman (The Ace of Cakes) in his bakery this weekend--and I'll tell you what, that man is as fascinating a dervish in real life as he is on his show. MORE SO. He's the new object of my confection--because he's got the cake going on beneath the fondant.
http://happyhoarfrost.blogspot.com/2008/04/duff-goldman-bucket-full-of-fundant.html

HappyHoarfrost at 11:04AM on 04/30/08

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A change of heart concerning Sandra Lee.

@chiff - LMAO; I'd love to see her with Flay or Batali and watch them yell at her when she suggests "shortcuts".

BITTER at 9:48AM on 04/24/08

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Watching food shows for the chef, not the show.

I think Alton Brown is a cutie - smart and funny, too.

I love to watch Giada eat. She seems to genuinely enjoy food.

My all time favorite Food Network show was The Two Fat Ladies. I can't say I'd ever eat anything they cooked but they were a delight to watch.

I can not stand Rachel Ray's contrived hand-waving and pointing. I look at the description of the show and if I like the sound of something, I'll get the recipe from the web site. And if I hear her say, "e-v-o-o-extra-virgin-olive-oil" one more time, I'll scream!

In the first Lyon in the Kitchen episode I watched, in which he was making chicken Marsala, he mispronounced Marsala every time he said it. He said Ma-SAH-la. I haven't watched that show since.

heisey at 8:30AM on 04/20/08

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Watching food shows for the chef, not the show.

I'm a straight woman but I like watching Giada because she's so pretty and it always looks like she's enjoying herself. And Those are definitely real. She moves like she's been keeping them out of the spaghetti sauce all her life. I like Alton because of his brain--although he looks better without that scraggly beard he wears on Iron Chef, and sort of astonishing in leathers, as on that "Open Road" series.

They say Mario was a fiend with the ladies when he was single. Hm.

annien at 5:55PM on 04/18/08

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Watching food shows for the chef, not the show.

Mario Batali is not my idea of good-looking, but I love his personality. I can watch him endlessly. And I love watching Jamie Oliver, too.

minstrel at 5:37PM on 04/18/08

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Decals for your appliances?

Appliance decals make me think of those car magnets...

woodenspoon at 2:25PM on 04/18/08

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Watching food shows for the chef, not the show.

When I first read the title of this post, I thought you might be talking about how some shows have too much drama. Many have contended that Top Chef focuses more on the drama than the food, and now that I think about it, they probably have Padma to lure in some guys...

Hillary
Chew On That

Chew on That at 10:41AM on 04/18/08