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Adult and child foods? A British thing?

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StandardRussian66 · 27/01/2018 16:15

I got bitched at yet again today by the group I meet with for lunch occasionally.
They find it very strange that my 3 year old eat “adult food”.
I have lived in 4 countries and have only ever come across this in Britain.
It is very strange?
Why would child’s only eat plain food?
My DD had calamari, for reference, incase that is odd. I am part Japanese so she is no stranger to fish.
Aibu to find it equally strange that some toddlers were still being fed mashed food?

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LemonysSnicket · 27/01/2018 20:58

I rarely was given food from the kids menu growing up, I’d generally get somethingoff of of the adult starters with some green veg on the side.

The constant ‘nuggets, burger or bolognaise’ kids menus at restaurants is ridiculous and I know many adults ( early 20s) who are still stuck with these tastes.

stuffstuffeverywhere · 27/01/2018 20:58

Sure he'll cope fine. He eats anything.

I just have this weird compulsion to not feed my child utter shit that is really bad for him. It's really strange... almost like I want to give him the best start in life....

You know, before he buggers off to uni and main lines pot noodles for three years.

Sugar, salt, soya, Marge, trans fats, palm oil, corn syrup... who cares, as long as your child is eating 'adult' food....

ILikeyourHairyHands · 27/01/2018 20:58

Wingless strictly squid is of the molluscom class but it's a cephalopd.

LemonysSnicket · 27/01/2018 20:59

Though, yes, I also doubt they ‘bitched’ at you ... no one is that rude to comment on what you’re feeding your own child.

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StandardRussian66 · 27/01/2018 21:00

They were definitely rude. It’s funny, because I was actually there.

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StandardRussian66 · 27/01/2018 21:00

Maybe because I’m a rude arrogant Russian it was ok to say this things.

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ILikeyourHairyHands · 27/01/2018 21:01

Standard I never worried about salt, I just gave the DCs what we had. You are right about the British, they are completely confused, fucked up, and misinformed when it comes to food.

LemonysSnicket · 27/01/2018 21:01

Maybe it’s because calamari has one of the highest rates of child choking ?

It’s chewy and they could very easily choke on it - it’s not advised for toddlers tbh.

Chienrouge · 27/01/2018 21:02

I don’t worry too much about it stuffstuffeverywhere because we tend to eat in decent restaurants where fresh food is cooked from scratch. That’s how we cook at home too. So if the odd bit of margarine sneaks into an otherwise healthy diet it’s not the end of the world.

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StandardRussian66 · 27/01/2018 21:03

What? Why is that relevant? That is a 3 month old baby.

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stuffstuffeverywhere · 27/01/2018 21:06

So?

Salt can be dangerous. Not to mention the long term health implications.

Eltonjohnssyrup · 27/01/2018 21:07

There was a Victorian notion that certain foods overexcited the senses and could lead to 'passions' like lust or anger and women were advised to avoid them and they normally weren't given to children. On the whole that was rich foods and foods which are harder to digest like red meats.

If some people think this still it may be a hangover from that. But I can't say I've come across it much. People who tend to feed their kids chicken nuggets and burgers every day tend to eat the same themselves.

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StandardRussian66 · 27/01/2018 21:09

That’s really cool elton I will read about that.

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PerfumeIsAMessage · 27/01/2018 21:14

Gosh, stuffstuff, salt can be bad for you????,Who knew???

You do know that some of us on here have successfully managed to raise children to be actual teenagers whilst feeding them as well?

Your ds your first by any chance?

What's with all the poncing calling squid calamari anyway?

kateandme · 27/01/2018 21:16

we were bought up to eat what mum and dad ate.no special food only smaller.if we got fussy over something they would do a splitting a bit of we jad to try/eat. waffles,chip dino drumsticks were for treats or when we were out and got to have that food it wasn't a kiddie set of foods.
I do remember often thougn in restaurant with a few of mum and dad friends we would be up at the front with our lovely lamb shanks piling on the veg,mint sauce and Yorkshire and rhey would be asking for their smiley faces bean and chips.to me that's sad for them because there own choices are limited and becoming a fussy adult you miss out on so much choice out there!

RoseWhiteTips · 27/01/2018 21:19

anothersuitcase

when we came to Scotland dd struggled with the limited kids options on menus or school dinners, and I've had parents say its weird she eats spinach/fish/pickled plums but not baked beans or British sausages. Like we're bizarre for feeding her veg?!

*Course she did hmmAnd you clearly love people commenting on her love of pickled plums so you can act all bemused about it, and British sausages are just sausages

Feeding her more than vegetables given the classification of some of the listed items for bemusement and so on. Haha

RoseWhiteTips · 27/01/2018 21:21

anothersuitcase

when we came to Scotland dd struggled with the limited kids options on menus or school dinners, and I've had parents say its weird she eats spinach/fish/pickled plums but not baked beans or British sausages. Like we're bizarre for feeding her veg?!

Course she did hmmAnd you clearly love people commenting on her love of pickled plums so you can act all bemused about it, and British sausages are just sausages

Feeding her more than vegetables given the classification of some of the listed items for bemusement and so on. Haha

londonrach · 27/01/2018 21:23

Abit strange. Everyone i knows child either eats off their plate or ordered smaller one depanding on age. Might be just who you eating with.

stuffstuffeverywhere · 27/01/2018 21:23

So... you're children survived to adolescence so everyone should do, as you did?

I was simply making the point that not all adult food is actually good for children and is in some cases, worse for children than for adults.

This does not mean that I feed my DS nuggets and chips every night. Far from it.

RoseWhiteTips · 27/01/2018 21:24

Russian but semi Japanese? Aha

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StandardRussian66 · 27/01/2018 21:25

Why is that funny Rose? Confused

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DullAndOld · 27/01/2018 21:27

is that not a possibility Rose? Confused

read up on the Japanese diaspora if you are confused by this.

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