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What kind of child doesn't like apple crumble?!

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BlowDryRat · 09/01/2022 16:57

Light-hearted, before people bash me over the head for not considering children with sensory issues etc.

DD has a friend over to play. Lovely. I said we'd give the child dinner. I'm making a chilli for everyone. Child says she'll try it but probably won't like it. Ok, I can work with that.

I threw an apple crumble together and was thinking of adding tomatoes and sweetcorn to the rice, do at least she gets something. No. Child does not like tomatoes or apple crumble.

The tomatoes I can understand, but surely everyone like apple crumble?!

I now have fish fingers in the oven. These are apparently acceptable.

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Vampirethriller · 09/01/2022 18:59

Mine won't if I call it crumble. She will if I call it pie.

Speakingmymind · 09/01/2022 19:01

MN is the home of picky eaters (SEN aside). Apple crumble is perfectly acceptable in the real world. Chilli maybe not as much due to the spicing.

riotlady · 09/01/2022 19:02

I would have struggled with apple crumble as a child, was very fussy about textures and didn’t like the “mushiness”. I like it now but still hate custard!

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Cherrytart23 · 09/01/2022 19:06

None of mine like it. One of my favourites though

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BlowDryRat · 09/01/2022 19:08

@HoldingTheDoor

🤯 I went on holiday a few weeks ago and crème brulé featured on the breakfast buffet every day. It was heaven and I miss it now I'm home.

Where is this heavenly place? I never eat breakfast but I'm willing to make an exception.

It was the TRS Yucatan in Mexico. It was fabulous for reasons other than the crème brûlée breakfasts too.
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CatAlice · 09/01/2022 19:09

My children were picky. Not now they are adults, they grew out of it by 14/15. We once went to stay with a friend who's children ate anything. Mine humiliated me at every meal. I had said they would eat spag bol - hers was different and they wouldn't eat it.
For pudding it was always fruit pie or crumble and I just knew before she put it in front of them they wouldn't eat it.
We were never invited back. I fear I failed as a parent Grin

confuseddotcom1234 · 09/01/2022 19:09

My eldest won't eat it and I wander if he is rally my child!!!

user2908143823142536475859708 · 09/01/2022 19:10

Cooked fruit? No thanks.

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BlowDryRat · 09/01/2022 19:10

@daisyjgrey

Tinned apples!!

I think I just heard my mother twitch.

I know, but it's a lot less effort than coring and peeling fresh ones (not so tasty though).
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Whatwouldnanado · 09/01/2022 19:17

Mine would eat it because they are meals they enjoy. They have also been taught it's rude to refuse food someone has been kind enough to prepare for you.

WineIsMyCarb · 09/01/2022 19:18

Fuck's sake @DementedPanda, what does that leave you with on a school night? Jam sandwiches? Don't tell me they won't have a jam sandwich, I'd have them bloody tested!

3mealsaday · 09/01/2022 19:30

@MsTSwift

Sadly seems some kids only seem to eat processed food 🙄 must be so unhealthy
I don't see it as my responsibility to make visiting children eat healthily though. Nor do I judge their overall diet by what they will or will not eat on a playdate.

The thing about processed food is that it tends to taste the same everywhere. Fish fingers and fries with tinned sweetcorn, for example (which most children can manage). So it's a good option if actually you just want everyone to have a nice meal together with no stress.

shoofly · 09/01/2022 19:34

Neither of mine would eat chilli or apple crumble. Or tomatoes (unless in sauce...)

CurlyhairedAssassin · 09/01/2022 19:37

OP, my eldest eats all sorts and requested a fine dining tasting menu for his 18th celebration. My youngest has some food issues, hates fruit, is not good with lots of textures. If that means you would hate my youngest coming to visit and love my eldest visiting then that's your problem, not theirs. Get to know these children and cook something you know they'll enjoy. Does it really matter if you cook beige food just one night of the week for your own child? It's not like you have to eat it....

FluffyBooBoo · 09/01/2022 19:38

My daughter really doesn't like cooked fruit. She'd be delighted with the chilli though!

lljkk · 09/01/2022 19:41

My youngest is quite fussy, wouldn't touch apple crumble or chilli. He barely eats anyway, I wouldn't worry about him going hungry.

One parent-playdate-host was appalled by DS. Just kept saying she couldn't believe how he was so fussy. She seemed quite stressed out about it, carried on a bit.

CurlyhairedAssassin · 09/01/2022 19:49

DS2 is fussy, as I've just mentioned, but he had a friend who was even fussier and he'd only eat certain brands of chicken nuggets, burgers, the burger buns had to be a certain type etc etc. I suspect he had a mild form of ASD actually as there were other signs too but he and DS2 got on like a house on fire. DS's friend was happiest with plain pasta, no oil, butter, sauce, nothing. His mum assured me it was ok to cook him this and not to feel guilty that it wasn't anything more. It was goppin' to me, but as a host, I just wanted to make sure he felt comfortable in our house and was fed, and he wanted to carry on coming to visit.

Being a good host is not just about cooking haute cuisine meals and making it nutritionally balanced. You cater for everyone and make sure everyone is happy and satisfied.

BatshitCrazyWoman · 09/01/2022 19:54

I hate cooked fruit, so crumble is a no from me. And sweetcorn and mushrooms have vile (but different) textures 🤢

NotMyselfWithoutCoffee · 09/01/2022 19:59

Mine would eat that on a good day, wouldn't eat the chilli on a bad day or the crumble if it was too tart.
Crumble needs to have a lot of sugar added to make it palatable.
Chilli obviously needs to be mild not spicy as children can't handle spice.

Caspianberg · 09/01/2022 20:07

As someone else said, it’s not about fussiness per say, more that different people make the same ‘meal’ very differently.
I love Bolognese, but can barely eat the one my mother makes! ( who boils mince then adds sweet corn and tin peas?!)

Processed food is fairly universal, so not so many differences between one and the other.

HardbackWriter · 09/01/2022 20:08

The problem with chilli is that there's a huge variation in what people actually cook when they say they're making chilli. My 3 year old will eat my chilli, but whether he'll eat anyone else's depends on how close it is to what he's used to. I never, ever have chilli if I'm eating out for that reason - you don't really know what you're going to get and it might be disappointing!

LadyLazarus40 · 09/01/2022 20:09

@Spitspotsput

Can take a bit of getting used to. Better than marmite but worse than ice cream
I have a 16 year old who doesn’t like ice cream and an 18 year old who doesn’t like crumble - both like pretty much everything else!
CurlyhairedAssassin · 09/01/2022 20:21

Oh yeah, I have a 16 year old who only decided he liked ice cream when he was about 8. Before that it was "too cold". Hmm He still will only eat it out of a bowl and not lick it on a cone. He does NOT like anything fizzy at all.

MargaretThursday · 09/01/2022 20:21

@Caspianberg

As someone else said, it’s not about fussiness per say, more that different people make the same ‘meal’ very differently. I love Bolognese, but can barely eat the one my mother makes! ( who boils mince then adds sweet corn and tin peas?!)

Processed food is fairly universal, so not so many differences between one and the other.

Yes, it's can also be about nervousness at eating with others potentially.

If I'm offered food at someone else's house, I will tend to err on the side of "no thank you" or "just a little".
I hate having a plate of food I can't finish. I have a relatively small appetite (which if you knew the size of me you'd be surprised) so someone's normal portion can be too big for me. I also have food issues, which mean the more I feel I ought to eat the less I can eat. My throat closes up and I really struggle.

So if I was at your house, I'd probably ask for a small plate of chilli, and say I didn't want apple crumble. Not that I didn't want pudding, but I know I can say "no thank you" to that without offense, and then I've just one dish to get through.

No offense to anyone offering me food when round at their house, but I really don't enjoy it however nice the food is. Sorry.

fairylightsandwaxmelts · 09/01/2022 20:26

I love apple crumble but I wouldn't touch chilli, even as an adult.