[Sca-cooks] Fussy eaters

[Micheal]

 You know I have to agree most of the time the picky eaters simply don`t 
know or have not even tried something new. Never had any problems getting 
most to eat unless their parents or family is near by. Then they must 
perform.
 Da
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jadwiga Zajaczkowa / Jenne Heise" <jenne at fiedlerfamily.net>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Fussy eaters


> > This is a fairly frequently visited thread on this list.  I have a
>>really hard time with it, because of the way I was raised.  When I was
>>growing up, one ate what was placed in front of one, and at least
>>pretended to like it.
>
> What I find interesting is that kids who won't eat unusual things at
> home will eat them for other adults that they know. There was a young
> lady at our Pennsic camp who 'didn't eat meat' (I don't mean a
> vegetarian, I mean a picky eater) and she ate everything that
> Christopher cooked.
>
> Our house picky eater (age 6, mom's a great cook, but she will eat
> nothing with sauces please, and her list of likes and dislikes changes
> every meal) ate *Cumin Chicken* at our last feast and asked for more.
>
> The question of picky eaters and what they will/won't eat is one that
> continues to boggle SCA Cooks specifically, but I think part of it is
> that we are so used to being that kind of helpful. I'm a subscriber to
> 'Heroic Stories' newsletter, which sends out little tidbits of human
> interest stories involving random acts of caring. There was one story
> reprinted recently about a couple cooking church camp dinner for 140,
> and the woman taking time out to cook a special sugarfree pie for the
> dessert of some diabetic and how pleased and touched the recipient was.
> People still write in to Heroic stories and say how cool that was.
>
> I've found that people will eat the feasts I've planned or helped plan a
> lot more easily that others think they will. If it smells good, and they
> are sat down in front of it, the aromas can suck them in...
>
>
> -- 
> -- Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, Knowledge Pika jenne at fiedlerfamily.net
> "'In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.' Well, for
> years I was smart. I recommend pleasant." - _Harvey_, by Mary Chase
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