Twice this week I have had conversations with people that make me wonder why in the UK we are obsessed with children's food and feeing children bland foods.
One friend told me that they were furious at their mother in law, as they had been for Sunday lunch at the weekend and had had to go to Tesco to get food in for their children (5,7, 10) because it was ridiculous that they were being offered the roast beef dinner.
Another friend was bemoaning cooking two different meals as she had to cook something the children would eat and something separate for her and her wife. She laughed and said she couldn't wait until they were old enough to eat curry (8 year old twins).
I despair at the sight of pub menus as it's always beige and chips for the children or a token tomato pasta unless you are in a really nice place. Is that really how people feed children?
I have literally never made separate foods with the exception of not giving my children steak pre teeth.
I'm genuinely intrigued what makes people feed their children separately. Is it that people really believe that children won't eat normal foods? Do people think you "shouldn't" give children spicey foods, or Game/ an olive / duck / stir fry?
Is it that they were weaned on plain things and are now fussy?
I'm not talking about the tiny portion of additional needs selective eaters.