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[quote=Anonymous]I think that people who react to buttered noodles are reacting to one or more of 2 things.

1) I think that there is a belief out there that you can prevent your child from becoming a picky eater by making sure that they never taste the foods that picky eaters like.  In their mind picky eaters eat chicken nuggets, buttered noodles, mac and cheese and a few other foods.  So, if they never let their child taste a chicken nugget or a buttered noodle they'll be "safe" from the horror of picky eating.

2) I think there is a belief out there that the way you can prevent picky eaters is by refusing to "short order cook".  Buttered noodles, or noodles with a sprinkle of parmesan are a pretty common "short order cook" food, in that usually they're served to kids because the kids don't like the sauce the adults are eating.

I don't happen to believe either things, and I don't have a problem with buttered noodles, although I don't happen to serve them often.  I did however, break pretty much every other rule for avoiding picky eaters, and yet have a child who eats almost everything proving, at least anecdotally, that there's a pretty big luck component when it comes to getting your kid to eat.[/quote]

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