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Nannyp
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Meal time rules when you were a kidI cannot remember what the rules were when I was young...although I am sure the emphasis on finishing what was on my plate was there. Oh, in fact, I remember, "Think of all those children starving in Biafra"
I also remember the rule (I think there was only one, but of course, I know I could be corrected  ) when Jo and Phil were young, and that was, if it was Sunday, you had to eat all the veg on your plate (and yes, including the brussels).
What rules did you have as a child, or did you make for your children?
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MissMuppet
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I don't remember any rules... 
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Nannyp
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Not the eat all your veg on Sunday rules Damn, I should have been a stricter mum 
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dingsy
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Both our kids were pretty good with food (poor Jennifer had pureed cauliflower as her first taste of solid food ) They both obviously had likes and dislikes, but the only "rule" was if a food was appearing for the first time, that they should at least try it. Not surprisingly, this lead to neither of them being faddy eaters-it was a simple strategy, but most times they found that they liked what they tasted. With the exception of mushrooms (Iain), and tomatoes (Jennifer). Will never forget father in laws face when he saw them tucking into black pudding for the first time!
I never made puddings or desserts mid week (cruel mother that I am), but if they finshed their meal, then they could have a biscuit or two.
I had quite a sraightforward approach to food with them I NEVER, not once, used packets/jars of baby food-surely one of the biggest rip offs known to man! We had a large kitchen, one end of which was given over to a play area for them, and often they would wander over and "help", or pinch bits of veg, etc.
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Manta Ray a l'Anglaise
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I can't remember . . . I read this earlier and have been thinking about it to try. My mum and grandma ran a wool shop and grandma used to cook the dinner on shop days (early closing Mondays and closed all day Wednesday) It was the main meal of the day at 12 o clock midday and then just tea - bread and jam at 4pm when I got in from school. I can't remember any supper so there probably wasn't any. Grandma's dinners were lovely and there was always pudding - very often milk. Highlights for tea was when somebody has visited the pork butchers and bought dripping. . . . . .I think I've always been a greedy pig
Getting my own children to eat - well they had their dislikes James hated liver - but loves it now, and then there's the funny story about the sheeps milk. . . . - another time. . . . and the homemade butter. . . . I've always cooked too - no instant or ready meals, and often in the past I've put a meal on the table that has all been home grown, including the meat, so my children grew up knowing the name of the animal we were eating.
I think I'm rambling now
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Nannyp
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Jo would eat brussels as a toddler and then moved on to dislike them as she became older. I suspect she likes them again now
I hated and still do, offal..and surprisingly, it was the one thing I was allowed to avoid as a child. Mum always did me sausages on Liver day
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Davbro
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I think the only rules were to use knife and fork correctly, no elbows on the table, eat what was put in front of you and no talking at the table.
The one thing I used to hate was Sunday teatime, to finish off it was always fruit cocktail with evaporated milk and bread and butter. This put me off eating bread for about 45 years and it is only latterly I have started eating it again.
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milkmaid
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my mum was an awful cook ,even being italian
we had to eat evrything and everything no matter what ,she used to make this bacon and cabbage soup ,it was ok but it was 4 days a week  ,my children had to try ,ali eats everything funny about tomatoes but will eat them
so does nonie
gizzy eats most things except scrambled eggs and fried eggs 
and kerry ates everything apart from tomatoes as well although will eat them sometimes we have a lot of puddings milk based it's what happens when you have 2 milking goats 
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caprice62
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my mum was also an awful cook her idea of roast chicken was to get a packet of lard open it up and squish it onto the chicken in the roasting tray and then add water cook until frazzled 
I wish that I had not forced my kids to eat brussels and liver cos thats all they bloody remember about their childhood 
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Nannyp
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Sounds awful, makes me pleased that Jo doesn't remember the rules
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SephieG
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Re: Meal time rules when you were a kid | Nannyp wrote: | I
What rules did you have as a child, or did you make for your children? |
I was born in the mid 50s and we always had to eat bread and butter with our meals. We were not well off, but at least we had butter rather than lard. The idea was that if you filled up on bread, you'd eat less other stuff, especially meat, and the leftovers would be the main part of the following day's meal.
We were never allowed to 'play' with our food and mealtime conversation was discouraged - hence, I hate dinner parties and cannot socialise over meals. I'm such a slow eater, if I stop to talk, everyone else ends up waiting for me, and the food's gone stone cold anyway. Out of politeness, I have to pretend I've finished and always go home hungry, as I can't justify having pudding/sweet, having left so much of the main course.
I don't recall ever being made to eat anything at home (different story with the sadistic dinner ladies at primary school though) They'd encourage kids eat their own vomit if it went on their plates instead of the floor.
They'd virtually force feed us. I remember when I was about 6, being made to eat cold, slimy hard-boiled eggs, gagging all the time, and the cabbage was indescribably stinky and horrible.
There was a neglected child in my class who was grubby, full of nits and dressed in rags and no-one wanted to be his friend - but he was always hungry. No-one wanted to sit near him at lunch time, but he hoovered up all the vileness that was dispensed on my plate, and I still pray thanks for his well-being wherever he is now. (and I only got nits the once!)
Anyway - that's another story
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Nannyp
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I too was born, in 1955...I remember some gruesome school meals, but eating at home wasn't so bad. There didn't seem to be enough, as I recall....I am convinced my mum had no idea (post rationing) how much a normal serving was
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Davbro
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I was born in the 1940's and had school meals all my school life, the odd thing was I enjoyed them mostly especially when I became a table monitor and could serve mine first. 
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Nannyp
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Oh yes, those table monitors were bloody greedy 
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SephieG
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At some time, in later primary years, I was a table monitor too, but that only meant you had to stack the plates and sit with them in front of you for what seemed like ages, and if there were any meagre leftovers, you were responsible for not making your table-mates eat up.
I do remember Rosie, who put her justifiably vilified smoked haddock in her pocket, to avoid the inquisition, and was only discovered by her horrified mother on the next wash day (which was at least a week away).
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Sylvia
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I'm also a 1940's child and went to a tiny village primary and junior school, the school dinners were, as I remember delicious. The one thing I did hate was, in the winter they use to put the school milk around the big pot bellied stove, ugh, warm milk, to this day I can only drink ice cold milk.
At home we had to eat everything on our plate and had to sit there until it was eaten, as no one was allowed to leave the table until everyone had finished you can imagine the stick the culprit got.
We were quite luck as we had an American camp set up in one of our fields and we used to supply them with fresh, which they paid for, but they also used to give us bars of chocolate, oranges and bananas. 
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