AIBU to be mildly annoyed with DH

[Kirk1]

I want my children to be open about food. I'll occasionally be adventurous and try new things, sometimes they work out, sometimes they're not so successful! Last night we had purple potato mash, (not a success! Looked like blue Play-Doh!) and DH says in front of the DC,"Don't try new foods on us"

He critcises his own Dad for being conservative with food "Won't eat any of that foriegn muck!" and is quite happy to eat chinese, Thai, Italian etc when we're out. I dont' want the kids to have an excuse to turn their noses up at stuff just because they've never had it before. (Calvin and Hobbes style = "Ugh, never had that before, not eating it") So am I unreasonable to be irritated about this?

You are not unreasonable!

the rule in my house is if you don't like it just leave it to the side of your plate.
You have to try everythign but you don;t have to eat it all.

Before I can comment, I need to know more about the purple mash? How was it purple? Is it a special colour of potato that I haven't seen yet, or was it mixed with something purple like beetroot, or did it have food colouring?

D

OK, have just googled purple potatoes, I assume you mean it was these, in which case YANBU.

D

YANBU

It's important that your dc's have an open relationship with food and a good example is the best way to start this....

DH should talk to you in private f he has a problem.

What a bizarre thing for your DH to say. Has he done similar before?

My DH actually used to be a chef, but has a few weird food foibles - but he is in absolute agreement that we do not pass these on to our kids. Eg he doesn't criticise or make 'yuk' faces at things he doesn't like.

Excuse my ignorance, but what are purple potatoes?

YADNBU. Luckily for me, my DH will eat anything (except currants and cuttlefish), so will happily eat fish which I loathe. Thanks to this, DD will tuck into octopus, squid, cockles, mussels etc.
I don't like a lot of food that those two do, but neither he nor I would ever say or make faces at dinner.
I just wish she'd be more receptive to ordinary food like chicken or lamb.

We have two rules in our house;

that you are not allowed to pass comment on food on other people's plate i.e. I hate peas their so yucky (dd's are 5, 3 and 1!)

and also the girls have to have a "brownie bite" (named at brownie camp many moons ago ) of everything ( =1 teaspoon).

Your DP was being a twat and setting a really poor example to the children.

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Loved the Calvin and Hobbes reference!!!

I LOVE Calvin and Hobbes and got all the books!!

Sorry it's a Daily Mail link, but they have the best pictures these potatoes

The water went an odd shate of turquoise, and the mash looked like purple Play-Doh. Tasted fine, but the texture was a bit floury and unpleasant.

I don't mind DH saying "lets not have that again" but Don't give us new foods" is a bit much!"

That is awesome is there anywhere else i can get them as our local sainsburys is only small. My DD would find it hilarious to eat purple spuds!

I agree Kirk1, saying 'don't give us new foods' is really a bad message to send. It's fine to not like something after trying it, not fine to not try anything just because it is new.

If we all did that all the time, we would stil be eating roast dinners and cheese sandwiches for every meal.

D

YANBU.

My boys will eat almost anything, dd less so. Dh very fussy. I got fed up of not having things because he didn't like them so I just make what I want and give it to me and the kids and sometimes sneak things on to dh's plate. Don't care if he won't eat it but get annoyed if he complains as the kids will copy him.

I am not fussy, grateful that I can eat what and when I want as wasn't fed as a child.

YANBU

Our rule is you don't have to eat everything but you DO have to try everything.

My DD has gone from human dustbin (ie will eat anything) to "but mummy I don't like xxxxxx" since starting preschool (she eats there on some sessions as it's daycare) - drives me nuts but we try not to show it. Like others here, we ask her to try it but if she doesn't like it, no big deal.

If it´s potato, it´s hardly new, is it?

YANBU

We had it on Sunday, it was delicious; my husband who is French and v. conservative regarding food, said it was the best mash he'd ever had!!

btw purple spuds are fine boiled - only time I've ever had them was on an 11? workmen's 5-course lunch in 'France profonde' ie not sophisticated like what it is in Paris.