Anonymous
06/13/2012 16:53
Subject: Are there foods you consider too good for kids?
Generally no, but I was serving strawberries with balsamic all week for dessert, and my husband finally told me that it was a $70 bottle of balsamic - somehow it didn't make it on to my four-year-old's next serving. Also, if we only have two really good chocolates, I will sometimes give her a hersheys kiss, but if we have three, she gets one too.
Anonymous
06/13/2012 16:47
Subject: Are there foods you consider too good for kids?
I would not waste oysters or beluga caviar and blinis on my kids.
Anonymous
06/13/2012 16:39
Subject: Are there foods you consider too good for kids?
I wouldn't use your exact words pp but I have the same sentiment as you. OP shouldn't have guests if she is incapable of acting as a gracious host.
Anonymous
06/13/2012 16:11
Subject: Are there foods you consider too good for kids?
Anonymous wrote:Please don't judge me for asking this question! I'm not really a selfish person...
My in-laws asked me to make a dessert for a brunch with some younger friends of theirs who are bringing their kids (10 & 6). I've made a chocolate ice cream mixture, ready to be churned. I took a taste and it is very, very good, thanks to top-quality cocoa, chocolate, grass-fed cream etc. Needless to say it's not cheap, either, and it crossed my mind that it may be entirely wasted on children who, I bet, get equally excited by the Good Humor truck! I contemplated turning this into an adult flavor with the addition of some good rum - but that means I'll have to make another option for the kids, which is more work for me. So I will share after all, with the consolation that it didn't all end up on my hips and thighs
Which made me wonder - are there foods you won't share with kids?
You are a pretentious asshole. Kids deserve the same quality food as you do - period.
Anonymous
06/13/2012 16:06
Subject: Re:Are there foods you consider too good for kids?
No, they eat what we eat at home and can order whatever they want when we eat out. I'm always amused by the waiter's expression when my eight year old orders filet mignon (medium, thank you, she says sweetly). She usually eats it all if she orders it. I've learned to recognize the signs of a major growth phase!
Anonymous
06/13/2012 16:01
Subject: Are there foods you consider too good for kids?
I will try to feed my kids as varied a diet as possible, including "higher end" things. That is how my parents were, and my sister and I eat everything *and* knew how to behave in a really nice restaurant from an early age.
Anonymous
06/13/2012 15:50
Subject: Are there foods you consider too good for kids?
No, I want my son to try as many foods as possible.
Anonymous
06/13/2012 15:48
Subject: Are there foods you consider too good for kids?
My son asked for a bite of lobster from my lobster roll - I put a chunk on his plate- he took a little bite, didn't like it, and I took back the rest of it, half bitten! No more lobster for my guy.
Anonymous
06/13/2012 15:48
Subject: Are there foods you consider too good for kids?
No. I'd rather my kids develop an appreciation for good food, and when we go to an expensive restaurant, or get expensive food at home, we budget for them to eat it. My kids have loved lobster and steak, among other things, since about age 4.
Anonymous
06/13/2012 15:17
Subject: Are there foods you consider too good for kids?
Anonymous wrote:Side note: I would like your ice cream, but not with rum. There are a lot of ice cream purists out there.
I am like this too! But I just generally do not care for any type of liquer (sp?) in desserts!
Anonymous
06/13/2012 15:06
Subject: Are there foods you consider too good for kids?
Side note: I would like your ice cream, but not with rum. There are a lot of ice cream purists out there.
Anonymous
06/13/2012 15:05
Subject: Re:Are there foods you consider too good for kids?
I agree with the PP's above - we never let our kids eat oysters with us, not that they'd want to anyway. Which begs the point, you may be worried about nothing. That is, the kids may really dislike your rich, sophisticated ice cream. We had childless friends come to dinner and they brought a beautiful cake from a very expensive bakery for desert. It was wonderful but not very sweet and definitely for a more sophisticated palette. The kids hated it (which was unfortunate in this case because the friends bought the cake with the kids in mind) and barely ate 2 bites each, to be polite.
Anonymous
06/13/2012 15:00
Subject: Re:Are there foods you consider too good for kids?
Once in a while I thinks it's okay to tell kids the adults are reserving certain foods to themselves. Foods I'd put in the category: expensive seafood like lobster, crab, oysters, really good steaks that cost an arm and a leg, elaborate restaurant dishes that kids probably won't appreciate.
Anonymous
06/13/2012 14:17
Subject: Are there foods you consider too good for kids?
Once a year, DH has stone crabs delivered, and we don't share them with the kids. We eat the stone crabs after they go to bed.
Anonymous
06/13/2012 14:13
Subject: Are there foods you consider too good for kids?
Please don't judge me for asking this question! I'm not really a selfish person...
My in-laws asked me to make a dessert for a brunch with some younger friends of theirs who are bringing their kids (10 & 6). I've made a chocolate ice cream mixture, ready to be churned. I took a taste and it is very, very good, thanks to top-quality cocoa, chocolate, grass-fed cream etc. Needless to say it's not cheap, either, and it crossed my mind that it may be entirely wasted on children who, I bet, get equally excited by the Good Humor truck! I contemplated turning this into an adult flavor with the addition of some good rum - but that means I'll have to make another option for the kids, which is more work for me. So I will share after all, with the consolation that it didn't all end up on my hips and thighs
Which made me wonder - are there foods you won't share with kids?
My in-laws asked me to make a dessert for a brunch with some younger friends of theirs who are bringing their kids (10 & 6). I've made a chocolate ice cream mixture, ready to be churned. I took a taste and it is very, very good, thanks to top-quality cocoa, chocolate, grass-fed cream etc. Needless to say it's not cheap, either, and it crossed my mind that it may be entirely wasted on children who, I bet, get equally excited by the Good Humor truck! I contemplated turning this into an adult flavor with the addition of some good rum - but that means I'll have to make another option for the kids, which is more work for me. So I will share after all, with the consolation that it didn't all end up on my hips and thighs
Which made me wonder - are there foods you won't share with kids?