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Have your children had some funny MOOsings about the origin of their food? Share with Cadbury for chance to win a £300 voucher NOW CLOSED

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JustineBMumsnet · 23/06/2017 09:43

Teaching your children about where their food comes from, and how it makes it from there to the table every day can be a great way to make dinner time more exciting. But Cadbury want to hear about the times your DC have been left to figure things out for themselves, and perhaps drawn some … interesting conclusions.

Whether they’ve developed an elaborate story about where milk comes from, or the look of shock and awe when they realise that their porridge oats were once growing in a field has been priceless, the everyday facts we take for granted can come as quite a shock when you’re a little one. So, if your child has come up with an inventive story behind why bananas are wearing jackets, or decided that fish fingers must have at some point been part of fish hands, share their ideas on the thread below.

Everyone who shares one of their child’s moosings by commenting on this thread will be entered into a prize draw where one lucky MNer will win a £300 Love2Shop voucher

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Have your children had some funny MOOsings about the origin of their food? Share with Cadbury for chance to win a £300 voucher NOW CLOSED
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UpOnDown · 23/06/2017 15:37

For some reason they thought milk came from chickens

GoodyGoodyGumdrops · 23/06/2017 15:49

Pre-school ds, talking about his favourite meal:
"...duck."
Pauses to think. "
The sort you eat, not the sort on the river."

Tequilamockinbird · 23/06/2017 16:02

DD didn't eat eggs. Until we went on holiday to Egypt one year and she specifically asked for eggs for breakfast. When I asked why she suddenly decided to eat eggs, she replied 'in Egypt, eggs will be from camels. I still don't eat chicken's eggs.'

Hmm ok then....

DrablittleCrab · 23/06/2017 16:20

Dd (just turned 4) "What do piggies make mummy?"

"They make sausages and bacon and pork dd."

"Oh, but it's not nice to eat people's pet piggies.... I don't like eating piggies mummy, but I like eating sausages and bacon!"

Leeanne2205 · 23/06/2017 16:58

My 3 yr old thinks cows are on farms to drink milk and pigs drink mud .

Quietvoiceplease · 23/06/2017 17:03

"Chick peas are strange, aren't they?" announced middle daughter, aged about 5.
"Why's that?"...
"They taste nothing like chicken, or peas".
She actually thought they were made from chicken but, in her defence, I couldn't fault her logic.
She then mused on butter beans and kidney beans and jelly beans...

Mimbletora · 23/06/2017 17:33

In Sheffield for some reason testicles are known as nuggets by children.

It gave chicken nuggets a whole new meaning when we discovered the euphemism they were using.Confused

UntilTheCowsComeHome · 23/06/2017 19:03

DS1 when he was little
"I don't like peacorn"
Me "Do you mean the sweetcorn"
DS1 "yeah, but it's yellow peas that's why it's called peacorn"

dadap · 23/06/2017 19:22

"Mummy, isn't it sausage rolls are made from pig's willies?" Asked my 4 year old 😀

Bert2e · 23/06/2017 19:40

When ds1 was small he thought sausages were pig poos!

sharond101 · 23/06/2017 20:25

"If I was a sheep I'd eat myself" said my 3 year old. I asked why he said "Because their skin is covered in marshmallows!."

Lariflete · 23/06/2017 21:12

DD loved smoked salmon as a toddler and would eat as much as she could. When she finally tasted chicken she told us that she still liked salmon "but not as much as land salmon" Confused Grin.

LadyMonicaBaddingham · 23/06/2017 21:12

We were talking about how meat is farmed and how it is slaughtered . DS1 wanted to know if chickens were "killed with machine guns?" DS2 disagreed, claiming that they were "usually kicked to death". They're lovely boys really... Blush

SilenceOfThePrams · 23/06/2017 21:21

We've always been totally open about where food comes from.

But I think the moment which really brought it home was when we sat on the pier eating our fish and chips, immediately after going around the Sea Life Centre. Battered Nemo, anyone?

NeverTwerkNaked · 23/06/2017 22:46

My son is allergic to lots of food - as a result we used to get prescription milk and bread and egg replacer. ...as a toddler his "normal" was really brought home to me when he would play "going to the pharmacy to get food" instead of going to the shops Grin

He is also horrified that anyone would think it a good idea to make chocolate with cows milk when it can be made without it!

foxessocks · 24/06/2017 00:39

My dd thought milk comes out of cows bottoms and thought the word udders was hilarious when I explained!

voyager50 · 24/06/2017 08:58

I am vegetarian and he once asked if Quorn came from animals that didn't eat meat!

foxybingodotcom · 24/06/2017 10:48

When explaining that some sausages came from cows, my ds had a lightbulb moment - "aha! So Wee Willie Winkie's are their milkers!" (Teats)

Vegangelist · 24/06/2017 14:57

We have been very open from the start with our children, and neither will touch the horrors that come from the dairy industry.

Cows are milked against their will so that humans can take the milk intended for their calves. If we are taking the milk, what happens to the calf? Well, the calf will either be killed for veal if male, or if female, fattened up to become a milking machine to replace her mother. Her mother will be killed at around five years old, as this is when she will be worn out, having been artificially impregnated year after year (she won't lactate unless she has given birth recently) - cows would otherwise live for 20-25 years if left to their own devices.
Please, reconsider consuming this product of animal suffering and death.
www.whitelies.org.uk/animal-welfare/cadbury

Dairy milk isn't even beneficial to health - it is detrimental. I highly recommend people watch Cowspiracy and What The Health - both are currently on Netflix.

Bet I don't win the £300!

asuwere · 24/06/2017 16:11

DD was just wanting to bake something but I said we didn't have any butter (only marg!) She looked in the fridge then said we could just melt some cheese as that's just solid butter! She has now had a full dairy discussion instead of baking :)

Birnamwood · 24/06/2017 16:46

Today in Lidl they had some fresh pasta on sale. I picked a pack up and showed it to ds2 (5) who said 'oooh, fresh from the sea'

I burst out laughing and so did two other ladies who were stood nearby Grin

Hairq · 24/06/2017 17:01

When my son was tiny he saw a cow being milked and said "oh look, they're turned big that cow's taps on" Grin

Hairq · 24/06/2017 17:02

TURNING (autocorrect...)

TellMeItsNotTrue · 24/06/2017 17:18

Eldest had gone vegetarian (following an incident at a farm I mentioned in another Cadbury sponsored thread) and we were eating a vegetarian stew. Youngest was going through a picky stage and while eldest was eating and enjoying her food, youngest was picking it apart "what's this? What's that one?" etc. Asked what a chickpea was and the eldest got upset.

After calming her down a bit I finally got it out of her what was wrong "you promised me you wouldn't give me any animals, but you tricked me!" totally confused and said that the stew was vegetarian "it isn't, you said it had chicken peas in it"

It was very hard to keep a straight face, but I assured her that they weren't made of chicken and they were vegetarian, and showed her the tin they came in that said vegetarian. I still think of them as chicken peas now!!

JemIsMyNameNooneElseIsTheSame · 24/06/2017 18:55

3yo DS thought hot dogs were made out of cooked dashunds.