https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:04:23 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate/page/2#post-614885 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:40:55 +0000 prettylizy 614885@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really, though there were a few things I genuinely don't like (still to this day.... I'm looking at you seafood!) and so she wouldn't push me to eat them as a kid. I'm a pretty well rounded eater though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate/page/2#post-614863 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 15:35:38 +0000 vnvdvci 614863@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never, though I'm glad for that now. I was one of maybe 2-3 non-white kids in my school and I always felt ashamed of the "crazy" chinese leftovers I'd bring at lunch. That sad schoolgirl flashback in My Big Fat Greek Wedding? That was me... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate/page/2#post-614606 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:42:49 +0000 blackbird 614606@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Mom did for my brother, but I would eat just about anything. He ate hot dogs, sandwiches, grilled cheese, pizza, hamburgers, etc whenever the rest of the family had regular food. If he sat at the table long enough, he got his way. </p> <p>I feel really strongly about not becoming a short order cook in our house!</p> <p>Eta: I read a book about french eating habits and I liked the idea behind: "you don't have to eat it all, but you do have to try it"....so you don't force your kids to clear their plate (which i think is a bad habit, anyways) but you make them try it. if not, tough shit, you go without! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate/page/2#post-614596 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 14:40:44 +0000 banana 614596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. We ate what she served us, period. If we didn't like the main dish, we can eat our rice and side dishes but we had to finish all of our soup. She also made us eat veggies every night (even if it's just a few bites). I LOVE veggies now so I can't even imagine not liking them. My son is a super picky eater right now so we try to cater a little to his needs, but not by much. We still serve him what we eat, but we'll maybe bake his fish instead of giving him steamed fish. Or we'll add some honey to his veggies. But we still serve him what we eat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate/page/2#post-612926 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:45:03 +0000 yerpie110 612926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely not! And on top of not catering, my brother and I were expected to eat everything on our plate and we were not allowed to leave the dinner table until we did so, nor were we allowed to reheat our food. I have childhood memories of falling asleep crying at the dinner table and expecting to at least wake up in my bed, but nope! Still at the table, still had to eat. This is why I am the least pickiest eater alive and can eat anything. Looking back, I appreciate my parent's efforts and do hope to follow in their footsteps, but not be quite as strict or intense about it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate/page/2#post-612908 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:38:14 +0000 mynoahbear 612908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, which is why I'm still a picky eater now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate/page/2#post-612889 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:28:21 +0000 Caly 612889@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! We were expected to eat what was served. I'm not at all a picky eater but a couple of my brothers were &amp; they survived. My mom would say "take it or leave it." </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate/page/2#post-612879 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:25:08 +0000 Mommy Finger 612879@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely not. My mom "didn't run a restaurant". I can't tell you how many nights I sat at the dinner table until bedtime b/c I wouldn't eat. The rest of my family were human garbage disposals. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate/page/2#post-612878 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:25:06 +0000 Necey 612878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My parents only cooked one meal too, and if you didn't like it, too bad, cuz you would have to eat it anyways! (Or hear the dreaded rant of ..."when I was your age, I wasn't this lucky to have ......" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate/page/2#post-612873 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:23:15 +0000 Freckles 612873@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Rubies: that was totally our family as well. I ate what was served, because i am sure i would get crap if i decided to make KD in front of my folks! </p> <p>As kids get older, i will follow suit and not cater to their tastes. We are the parents after all!! You don't like it, tough noogies! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate/page/2#post-612866 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:17:44 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 612866@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrsjazz: that's our family line too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate/page/2#post-612850 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 21:10:14 +0000 Maysprout 612850@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>She didn't really cater and make separate meals though I think she probably tended towards meals that got more positive results. There were a couple things that I really didn't like - mashed potatoes and some canned veggies. They still got made sometimes so usually I skipped over them. Since we ate dinner early we had a bowl of cereal before bed most nights so I just poured myself a bigger bowl on nights where I didn't eat as much for dinner. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate#post-612790 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:36:48 +0000 fussygal 612790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! I had to eat what she made, but she never really made anything I didn't like so it wasn't an issue :) But of course just by nature of being a kid I would fuss about some things (not wanting to eat ALL my vegetables) but I would still have to at least TRY everything on my plate. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate#post-612732 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:19:04 +0000 MsMini 612732@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not a chance! She made 1 meal, and if we didn't like it ... tough luck! We all have 1-2 things that we don't like, but we learned how to make it palatable enough to eat, or avoid it (mushrooms for my sister, ribs for another sister, and green beans for me). We didn't have to eat everything on our plates, but we did have to take a bite of everything. I plan on running mealtimes in my house the same way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate#post-612730 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:18:48 +0000 Penny Lane 612730@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! My Mum made one meal, and if you didn't like it you didn't eat. Or you cooked yourself toast. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate#post-612725 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:16:26 +0000 irene 612725@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>of course not! I didn't even know such a thing existed! We ate the same food as a family and I didn't know there was an option to refuse food until now! I was dumb!! But then I guess my mom did make a fried egg for me most of the time as I like to eat eggs. Occasionally she makes a special dish just for me too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate#post-612721 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:14:55 +0000 anbanan15 612721@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes. My mom made different dishes for me or would modify the one she was making to not include the things I didn't like. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate#post-612717 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:13:12 +0000 Mrs. Jump Rope 612717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom has never purposefully gone out of her way to cater to my eating habits (I'm a vegetarian), but she cooks so much and always has such a wide variety of food that there was always something for me to have. Their side dish could double as my main course, for instance.</p> <p>My nana, on the other hand, absolutely goes out of her way to make everyone's "favorite" at holidays... which makes for a huuuuuuge meal! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate#post-612712 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:09:52 +0000 MrsCastro 612712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Alivoo01: ditto</p> <p>when i was a kid, no!!! everyone got the same thing for dinner...funny things is that as an adult, my dad who was the cook, would make my favorite meals for me all the time when he knew i was coming over...or he would call me to tell me that he made a special dinner...i MISS my dad SO much!!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate#post-612649 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:39:44 +0000 mrbee 612649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They didn't cater to me... I tend to eat anything. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate#post-612599 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:16:00 +0000 mrs. wagon 612599@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes. I was the only one in my family who couldn't eat spicy food (still can't... It hurts!) and I didn't like Korean food. So usually my parents would broil a fish or something like that, and my veggie would be pickles. (I don't even like pickles!) as I got older it got easier because I could cook my own entrée so they could eat what they wanted. So if they were having a spicy Korean stew with rice I'd pan fry a chicken breast, microwave some frozen veggies and have that with rice. I ate a lot of Stouffers lasagna! </p> <p>Sometimes my mom would make Korean food without the spices, take out my portion and then add the spices, but usually this doesn't work too well with Korean food! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate#post-612597 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:15:07 +0000 BananaPancakes 612597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. You either ate or you didn't. Though once we were old enough, we were allowed to make our own cereal or sandwich. But there's no way my mom would make it for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate#post-612596 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:13:38 +0000 lovehoneybee 612596@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We were given a choice between what was being served or a peanut butter sandwich. I'm not going to cater to DS's palate...unless he decides to be a vegetarian, DH and I are both willing to do that (and do it half the time now anyway). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate#post-612576 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:05:25 +0000 autumnlove 612576@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Never, she made one meal. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate#post-612565 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 19:01:38 +0000 Rubies 612565@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom never catered to us! She made one meal and we all ate it. There were a few exceptions: There is one Korean meal I refuse to eat (sujebi and/or kalgooksu - both are dough-based noodle soups) and because it was the only thing I wouldn't eat, my mother would let it slide. </p> <p>But sometimes I suffered through dinner because I just didn't want to eat what was served but I didn't feel like I had any other option - I just knew that if I didn't eat what was served, it meant that I didn't eat at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate#post-612541 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:53:20 +0000 Mrs. J 612541@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Absolutely not--for me, at least. My brother and sister were very picky and sometimes allowed to not eat certain foods. I alwaus had to eat everything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate#post-612523 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:38:21 +0000 Mrs. Pen 612523@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Arden: I used to hate spaghetti! I loved the noodles but not the sauce... but eating them more often made me like it..</p> <p>And potatoes - used to hate potatoes unless they were mashed potatoes. But now I don't mind them (still not a huge fan of baked potatoes though). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate#post-612516 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:28:47 +0000 Sweet T 612516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, my mom cooked one meal. You either ate what she cooked or you didnt eat at all. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate#post-612483 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 18:00:44 +0000 GrapeCrush 612483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My mom yes, my dad no. My mom would make something however we wanted it. She said she didn't mind as long as we'd eat, and I'm super picky. When we were at my dads it was this is what I'm making, this is what you get. If always have to pick things out </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-parents-cater-to-your-palate#post-612458 Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:53:46 +0000 tysonja 612458@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>no... we weren't allowed to not eat it either -- but i guess it worked because i don't remember us ever not liking anything as we were older. </p>