Trying to get my kid to eat Japanese food.

[Pushka]

I like my brussel sprouts.Only one veggie I wont eat-chokoes.

I don't think chokoes were meant to be used as a vegetable in its own right but as a filler - I think they can even be used in apple pies.

 

[Anna]

I dislike Brussels sprouts and chokoes. But the ones I won't ever eat are broad beans and fennel.

Broccoli, on the other hand, I love so much that I have been known to eat it even at breakfast.

When I was a kid it was zucchini and mushrooms that had us groaning and writhing at the table, but now I don't mind them.

 

[Pushka]

Avocados weren't around much when I was a child but now if I don't have at least three in the fridge I think the fridge is bare.

I like broccoli too but breakfast?

 

[Rallo]

So what method is that? And if they were amazing then why do people use them as an example of their "hate" vegetable?

Served dripping in butter :mrgreen:

 

[Katie]

I have read that kids have more taste buds than adults, so tastes can be/are more intense for them. I can't remember the source of that information or if it's valid.

I think the assorted BBQ chicken options are a good start for Japanese food, along with rice. I thought about sushi rolls (my 6.5yo loves them, and would eat them sitting in the trolley when she was little), but I'm not sure how easy it will be to get the western style fillings in Japan? (like tuna salad)

 

[UP4014]

I was raised to either eat what I was served or go without. Why isn't this done now?

Or sit there until until your finished. But myself I'm not for forcing people to eat things they don't like, let them grow into it.

I draw the line at whale.

M

 

[Pushka]

Or sit there until until your finished. But myself I'm not for forcing people to eat things they don't like, let them grow into it.

I draw the line at whale.

M

That's what my parents did. I ended up not eating it but hiding food in the serviette and throwing it away later. It's just a stupid idea.

 

[Hvr]

Or sit there until until your finished. But myself I'm not for forcing people to eat things they don't like, let them grow into it.

I draw the line at whale.

M

Yeah they tend to blubber a bit when they know what it is.

 

[simongr]

My wife was amazing when boygr went onto solid foods - he gots of purees with different flavours so flavours weren't strange to him. He wolfs down sushi (better than I do) and the only thing that gets refused is mashed potatoes - which I can understand...

 

[Pushka]

My wife was amazing when boygr went onto solid foods - he gots of purees with different flavours so flavours weren't strange to him. He wolfs down sushi (better than I do) and the only thing that gets refused is mashed potatoes - which I can understand...

I have a new generation of babies being born in my circle - ie babies to nieces, nephews, friends of son etc. And each generation discovers something completely new and different and radical. Uh huh. The only thing completely new and different is that they buy all those organic foods in ready to heat containers, whereas we cooked all our own vegies and used ice block trays to freeze them in for tiny portion sizes. Exactly the same concept, and I am betting, waaay cheaper than now.

Mashed potato pushed through a ricer and mixed with butter, grated cheese and warmed milk is a killer dish!

 

[Rebekkap]

I was raised to either eat what I was served or go without. Why isn't this done now?

Perhaps because people have realised it's cruel? I have several foods I really hate and I can't think how horrible it would be if someone forced me to eat them or starve. I would never do that to another person, even if they were a kid.

 

[Rebekkap]

So what method is that? And if they were amazing then why do people use them as an example of their "hate" vegetable?

Try them halved, pan fried in butter with bacon lardons and croutons, with a bit of balsamic drizzled over them. Taste sensation! I think most people hate Brussel sprouts because if they're even slightly overcooked they are disgusting. Ad they're so frequently overcooked!

 

[serfty]

Try them halved, pan fried in butter with bacon lardons and croutons, with a bit of balsamic drizzled over them. Taste sensation! I think most people hate Brussel sprouts because if they're even slightly overcooked they are disgusting. Ad they're so frequently overcooked!

Meh, bad memories and still can't come at them.

(I used to covertly line them up on a ledge under the dining table. Growing up, we had to "consume" everything on the dinner plate.)

 

[Pushka]

Meh, bad memories and still can't come at them.

(I used to covertly line them up on a ledge under the dining table. Growing up, we had to "consume" everything on the dinner plate.)

Ooh, I'm not the only person who hid their uneaten food then.

 

[Rebekkap]

Ooh, I'm not the only person who hid their uneaten food then.

We had a Labrador - I never had to hide uneaten food, I could just quietly drop it under the table and it would disappear!

 

[drewbles]

Try them halved, pan fried in butter with bacon lardons and croutons, with a bit of balsamic drizzled over them. Taste sensation! I think most people hate Brussel sprouts because if they're even slightly overcooked they are disgusting. Ad they're so frequently overcooked!

That's pretty much how Meat Mother in Richmond cook them... did you steal it from them or did they steal it from you?

And yes. If you cook them to mush they're awful. They need to be 'al dente' almost. I love them just boiled (but have to be fresh, not frozen ones).

 

[JohnK]

I'm not sure why its hard to understand why people don't like Japanese. I don't like seafood so my choices are limited. People say to me I have to like lobster/crayfish/prawns etc. Well, I don't. I struggle to swallow it when I've tried it.

Raw or cooked?

Raw is just wrong regardless of what it tastes like....

 

[serfty]

Ok, to get this back on topic, how do Japanese eat them? Tempura or teppanyaki, maybe with wasabi?