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To Wish That Nursery Wouldn't Send "Difficult" Fruit Home With DD?

69 replies

MadameOvary · 30/03/2010 16:00

DD gets a fruit bag every week home from nursery. She saw the clementine, she wanted it.
Cue me spending ages attempting to prise off one centimetre of peel at a time with my very inadequate fingernails, only to be anbushed with a teflon-like coating of pith underneath which I managed to remove eventually after spraying myself with sticky, stinky zest.
And then, to top it off, the bloody thing had seeds in it, which pushed all my PFB buttons so I had to remove those as well.
At which point I realised it was probably an orange not a clementine and taking a knife to it would have been more sensible

TG the damn thing was edible. If DD had made her "sour orange" face I would probably have wept.

It's ok nursery, I don't have laundry or cooking or cleaning to do, I can spend half an hour peeling a sodding orange and wiping up the mess afterwards, can't I?

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SalAShus · 30/03/2010 16:02

YABU
Peeling is part of the anticipation of the yummy citrus fruit within

GrimmaTheNome · 30/03/2010 16:04

Next time, squeeze it instead.

waitingforbedtime · 30/03/2010 16:04

YABU chill out!

rubyslippers · 30/03/2010 16:06

an orange is difficult

Mouseface · 30/03/2010 16:08

YABU - at least she gets fruit!!

TheHeathenOfSuburbia · 30/03/2010 16:08

How old is your DD? Around 2, they start to find it exciting to peel the orange themselves, mummy just has to make the first hole...

Pikelit · 30/03/2010 16:10

Oranges are not the only fruit.

In a challenging sense, that is. For some reason, I'm reminded of the unique Italian method of eating a banana. Take ordinary piece of fruit. Make an interesting "performance piece" of the consumption.

YABU. But I think you know it.

serenity · 30/03/2010 16:13

After the Dcs were unreasonably impressed with receiving an Orange cut into quarters last time we ate at Noodle Time (or whatever it was called) I now only do 'restaurant Oranges' Skinning them is DHs job. I hate it

Anyway, YABU to moan that Nursery is sending fruit home, but YANBU to loathe peeling Oranges.

chitchat07 · 30/03/2010 16:16

I remember seeing a news (I use the term loosely!) story about children losing the skills to do things that their parents could, and one of the things they mentioned was peeling an orange. Thought they were a bit over the top but clearly not!!!!!!

MadameOvary · 30/03/2010 16:17

Lolol Pikelit! It was a performance piece by the time I'd finished
I was not being serious, just imagining the sheer poncery of calling the nursery and saying that!
I am really pleased DD gets fruit, would be nice if she'd eat the banana, the plum, the apple [sigh]

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MadameOvary · 30/03/2010 16:18

DD could not have peeled this orange, it was if it had been genetically engineered to be Impossible To Peel.

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MadameOvary · 30/03/2010 16:20

as if

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SloanyPony · 30/03/2010 16:32

Should be banned, unpeelable fruit.

FalafelAtYourFeet · 30/03/2010 16:35

How do Italians eat banana then?

Hullygully · 30/03/2010 16:37

Are you quite, quite mad?

MadameOvary · 30/03/2010 16:41

I was trying to be funny!
[notices tumbleweed]
[slinks away]

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meltedmarsbars · 30/03/2010 16:42

I want the italian banana thingie too! A link, please?

TinaEnglish · 30/03/2010 16:43

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Hullygully · 30/03/2010 16:44

Sorry Madame.

MadameOvary · 30/03/2010 16:50

S'ok Hully.
[Hopes no-one would actually be that much of a PITA]

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MadameOvary · 30/03/2010 16:52

Tina - I remember "Heads Down Thumbs Up" - how old are you?

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TinaEnglish · 30/03/2010 16:54

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TinaEnglish · 30/03/2010 16:55

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MadameOvary · 30/03/2010 17:13

Ah - I'm 40 next month. We are of a similar vintage then

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SouthDevonDelight · 30/03/2010 17:22

Tina you made me smile - Noodle Time is a chain of restaurants (hence OP referring to "restaurant oranges"!!!) but admit to liking your interpretation of Noodle Time during the working day much better