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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 276586" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Oh boy, do we know this one! easy child 2/difficult child 2 again, she was a terror for this. She would ask for a certain food, I would happily make it because at least she was eating soemthing - then she would refuse to eat it on consecutive nights (I cook in bulk because I had a full house which would eat in bulk. Sometimes we had leftovers, especially if she didn't eat her dinner or said she wasn't hungry).</p><p></p><p>Or I would cook chicken a lot (because it's cheap and because BF2 likes chicken A LOT!) and then easy child 2/difficult child 2 would say, "I've gone off chicken, we've had it too much lately." But she won't eat beef! Pork was too much like chicken and she was sick of chiecken. Basically, I was expected to do the thinking for her and work out what to feed her... a grown woman legally an adult.</p><p></p><p>She has now left home and living with BF2. They have to take responsibility for their own meals. BF2 cooks a lot of the time (chicken, of course!) and he still requests chicken when they come visit (I ask him to make the choice). easy child 2/difficult child 2 is now cooking more and AT LAST! using the cooking techniques I taught her (I also taught easy child, but she has since had to teach herself to cook, she never learnt from me).</p><p></p><p>A surprising aspect to easy child 2/difficult child 2 cooking - she makes a lot of soup, especially going in to winter.</p><p></p><p>What "rang her bells" with soup, was the story of stone soup. If you can get Jim Henson's "Storyteller" DVDs, look for "Stone Soup".</p><p></p><p>We acted out the story of stone soup and actually made some. We used rubbish - the chicken carcass almost picked clean; carrot peelings; onion peelings; some fresh herbs picked from the garden; some salt; water, of course. And of course, a smooth river stone to start it all off. </p><p>We did it together as I told the story. Soon easy child 2/difficult child 2 was scampering around the kitchen (like the miserly oldman in the story, who doesn't want to share anything, who is always trying to get something for nothing and who boasts that he will NEVER allow any freeloaders under his roof). She would rummage in the cupboards and in the fridge asking, "Will we put this in? What about that?" I actually did this once while we were on holidays, when the larder really was meagre because we had the bare minimum. THAT was a challenge!</p><p></p><p>You start with a pot of water, and the stone. You declare that you are going to make soup out of the stone. All you need is water. Of course, a bit of salt would be useful... and any old rubbish not likely to be needed (such as the chicken carcase, or an old ham bone, or scraps here and there...) the end result can be a delicious soup and it's always a little different depending on what you put in it. If your child is watching you make this, he/she knows exactly what has gone into it and so shouldn't be worried about the hidden nasty surprises (that used to be my problem as a kid).</p><p></p><p>Sipping the broth shouldn't be too difficult - any yucky bits deliver up their flavour but don't have to be ingested. So your kid doesn't like onion or garlic - no problem, they don't have to eat it. But the soup benefits from it with the flavour. And the child can drink just the broth, even strained if they insist, and they're still getting all the nourishment.</p><p></p><p>Never allow it to boil madly; it is best left with the surface barely moving, a very gentle simmer. And especially if boiling a chicken carcass, don't boil it for more than an hour (unless it's a whole boiler chook). This actually works to your benefit, when teaching a child, because they don't like to wait for too long.</p><p></p><p>Tasting as you go is also good - you ask yourself and also ask the child (as they do in the story) - "Is there anything else this soup could use?"</p><p></p><p>WHen easy child 2/difficult child 2 left home, she took the stone with her.</p><p></p><p>I don't think 5 is too young for this story/lesson.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 276586, member: 1991"] Oh boy, do we know this one! easy child 2/difficult child 2 again, she was a terror for this. She would ask for a certain food, I would happily make it because at least she was eating soemthing - then she would refuse to eat it on consecutive nights (I cook in bulk because I had a full house which would eat in bulk. Sometimes we had leftovers, especially if she didn't eat her dinner or said she wasn't hungry). Or I would cook chicken a lot (because it's cheap and because BF2 likes chicken A LOT!) and then easy child 2/difficult child 2 would say, "I've gone off chicken, we've had it too much lately." But she won't eat beef! Pork was too much like chicken and she was sick of chiecken. Basically, I was expected to do the thinking for her and work out what to feed her... a grown woman legally an adult. She has now left home and living with BF2. They have to take responsibility for their own meals. BF2 cooks a lot of the time (chicken, of course!) and he still requests chicken when they come visit (I ask him to make the choice). easy child 2/difficult child 2 is now cooking more and AT LAST! using the cooking techniques I taught her (I also taught easy child, but she has since had to teach herself to cook, she never learnt from me). A surprising aspect to easy child 2/difficult child 2 cooking - she makes a lot of soup, especially going in to winter. What "rang her bells" with soup, was the story of stone soup. If you can get Jim Henson's "Storyteller" DVDs, look for "Stone Soup". We acted out the story of stone soup and actually made some. We used rubbish - the chicken carcass almost picked clean; carrot peelings; onion peelings; some fresh herbs picked from the garden; some salt; water, of course. And of course, a smooth river stone to start it all off. We did it together as I told the story. Soon easy child 2/difficult child 2 was scampering around the kitchen (like the miserly oldman in the story, who doesn't want to share anything, who is always trying to get something for nothing and who boasts that he will NEVER allow any freeloaders under his roof). She would rummage in the cupboards and in the fridge asking, "Will we put this in? What about that?" I actually did this once while we were on holidays, when the larder really was meagre because we had the bare minimum. THAT was a challenge! You start with a pot of water, and the stone. You declare that you are going to make soup out of the stone. All you need is water. Of course, a bit of salt would be useful... and any old rubbish not likely to be needed (such as the chicken carcase, or an old ham bone, or scraps here and there...) the end result can be a delicious soup and it's always a little different depending on what you put in it. If your child is watching you make this, he/she knows exactly what has gone into it and so shouldn't be worried about the hidden nasty surprises (that used to be my problem as a kid). Sipping the broth shouldn't be too difficult - any yucky bits deliver up their flavour but don't have to be ingested. So your kid doesn't like onion or garlic - no problem, they don't have to eat it. But the soup benefits from it with the flavour. And the child can drink just the broth, even strained if they insist, and they're still getting all the nourishment. Never allow it to boil madly; it is best left with the surface barely moving, a very gentle simmer. And especially if boiling a chicken carcass, don't boil it for more than an hour (unless it's a whole boiler chook). This actually works to your benefit, when teaching a child, because they don't like to wait for too long. Tasting as you go is also good - you ask yourself and also ask the child (as they do in the story) - "Is there anything else this soup could use?" WHen easy child 2/difficult child 2 left home, she took the stone with her. I don't think 5 is too young for this story/lesson. Marg [/QUOTE]
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