Argument over Billy Bear Ham

Exactly

Why would liver and bacon casserole make you want to claw someone’s eyes out? It’s a bit old fashioned now, like steak and kidney pie, but it was a normal meal for me growing up.

unless you’re veggie or something what’s the issue?

Ffs their child won't get sick from eating it once! My mil proudly told me she fed my kids liver and bacon casserole when babysitting and I had to resist the urge to claw her eyes out..instead I just fake smiled and thanked her for having my kids

My daughter has been eating Billy Bear meat since she was a child and she is 20 now and still loves it I'm male 66 I tried it a couple of times when I didn't have any corn beef left in the fridge I had to stop eating processed ham because I get IBS often just wondered what others think of younger children or grown up children eating Billy Bear meat all the time

I get Billy Bear ham isn't great nutritionally but neither's ham or any other sort of processsed meat with lots of nitrates etc. YANBU

My son lived on this stuff as a child ( extremely fussy eater ) and even now I. His 20s he still buys the occasional pack !!!! Won’t do any harm

If she feeds her kid hotdogs or sausages she doesn't have a leg to stand on.

It's threads like this that make me think I've been doing parenting wrong for the last 26 years. Not sure how my kids survived. But they did so...

Fuck me.

Is it the healthiest and most responsible choice available? No.

Is it poison? Also no.

The only correct response OPs friend should make is "thank you for having him".

What a palaver over fecking ham.

I agree - all parents impose their standards / values / beliefs upon their children to a certain extent. A large part of being a parent is about modelling behaviours, choices and values that you consider to be good ones, and this can include food choices, exercise habits, how they treat others etc. etc.

As the child grows and gains independence they will take responsibility for more of the choices themselves, but parents will usually still apply boundaries of some sort until the child is an adult.

Sorry, I was meant to quote the poster who said they respected op for not enforcing her dietary choices onto her children.

Most people do that to an extent surely. Their children are expected to adopt the parents or family normal to a certain extent in terms of what they're offered at least.

@FatOaf like you said significant quantities not one slice
And lets be honest everything they find bad for you , amazing out life expectancy has gone up really

@Thehundredthnamechange do you have fresh cooked chicken in all sandwiches then
As hame is processed met so is cornbeef, sausages , burgers , nuggets etc
You are obviously not relaxed if you eat none of these things
And you have to eat more than a slice to be at risk

@Maydaysoonenough but OP is bringing up her child to make his own choices , nothing wrong with that
She isn't enforcing her choices on him , i guarantee even vegetarians don't always feed their children all healthy things

My older ones practically lived on that stuff at one point. No harm done. I can't roll my eyes enough at some of the responses on this thread.

I used to moan at my DM giving my kids Billy Bear meat when they visited her . Sadly, my mum is no longer with us but I have a tall , healthy 24 year old DS and 16 year old DD, so no harm was done !! I think your pal should chill out a bit !Someone looking after and feeding your kids is something yi be grateful about ! I'm veggie too and as long as they are eating plenty veg , quality protein and fruit ,they should be fine !

I love a food thread on here.

Always full of parents who are horrified over the idea of processed food for their little darlings, but 99% of them don't see an issue with downing a bottle of wine in one go 🙄

Ham compatibility🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂

Mother!! Aargh!

Although the only response from the month we should have been "thank you for feeding my child". Anything less is just plain rude!

Sorry can't be arsed to read the full thread. Just astonished that vegetarians (presumably vegetarian because they don't believe in eating animals for moral reasons) would buy the worst quality meat available, produced from animals who live in vastly substandard living conditions! I'm not vegetarian but I always buy local, free range and well reared meat. It's really important to me and I'd rather eat no meat at all than crap!
Not having a go, just puzzled by the logic!

I mean, the key words there is significant quantities. One slice of bear face does not a significant quantity make.

Sure. Smoking one cigarette won't give you cancer either. Doesn't mean cigarette smoke isn't carcinogenic.

I mean, the key words there is significant quantities. One slice of bear face does not a significant quantity make.