Comments on: Sustainable Dish http://www.sustainabletable.org/2009/10/sustainable-dish-15/ Celebrating local sustainable food, educating consumers on food-related issues and working to build community through food. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:42:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Dana http://www.sustainabletable.org/2009/10/sustainable-dish-15/comment-page-1/#comment-269420 Dana Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:25:14 +0000 http://www.sustainabletable.org/?p=3846#comment-269420 By the way, it's not very nice to detest people unless there's a darn good reason for it. People don't choose to be picky eaters, you know. I wish I liked all foods. I don't. It is what it is. I *have* expanded my palate as I've gotten older, but it's been a slow process and I have NEVER decided to like a food just because some adult (when I was a kid) bullied me into it. Sometimes it's a matter of being able to taste food chemicals in a way that a lot of people can't. Sometimes it's a texture aversion (this happens to autistics, but it happens to other people too). Sometimes you didn't grow up thinking of that food as "food", which colors your view of it. But we aren't picky just to annoy you, and our being picky doesn't hurt you, either. By the way, it’s not very nice to detest people unless there’s a darn good reason for it. People don’t choose to be picky eaters, you know. I wish I liked all foods. I don’t. It is what it is. I *have* expanded my palate as I’ve gotten older, but it’s been a slow process and I have NEVER decided to like a food just because some adult (when I was a kid) bullied me into it.

Sometimes it’s a matter of being able to taste food chemicals in a way that a lot of people can’t. Sometimes it’s a texture aversion (this happens to autistics, but it happens to other people too). Sometimes you didn’t grow up thinking of that food as “food”, which colors your view of it.

But we aren’t picky just to annoy you, and our being picky doesn’t hurt you, either.

]]> By: Dana http://www.sustainabletable.org/2009/10/sustainable-dish-15/comment-page-1/#comment-269419 Dana Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:22:50 +0000 http://www.sustainabletable.org/?p=3846#comment-269419 Did Fishscam really say whale blubber is not good for you? (Scroll down on the page.) Seriously? Wow. Tell that to the indigenous people who've subsisted on it for centuries, if not millenia. That alone tells me I can't trust them as a source. Did Fishscam really say whale blubber is not good for you? (Scroll down on the page.) Seriously? Wow. Tell that to the indigenous people who’ve subsisted on it for centuries, if not millenia.

That alone tells me I can’t trust them as a source.

]]> By: Sophy http://www.sustainabletable.org/2009/10/sustainable-dish-15/comment-page-1/#comment-269285 Sophy Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:59:15 +0000 http://www.sustainabletable.org/?p=3846#comment-269285 Thanks for the comment Mom, and thanks for only letting me eat what you made! I am very happy today that I was exposed to all types of food when I was little. There is nothing I detest more than a picky eater, nor is it healthy to be one. Eating all the textures, colors, flavors and smells is the best way to go. Thanks for the comment Mom, and thanks for only letting me eat what you made! I am very happy today that I was exposed to all types of food when I was little. There is nothing I detest more than a picky eater, nor is it healthy to be one. Eating all the textures, colors, flavors and smells is the best way to go.

]]> By: Barbara http://www.sustainabletable.org/2009/10/sustainable-dish-15/comment-page-1/#comment-269284 Barbara Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:53:44 +0000 http://www.sustainabletable.org/?p=3846#comment-269284 When my daughter (who also happpens to be the blogger) was 9 months old, her pediatrician told me not to bother with "kiddy" meals. As long as her father and I were eating a balanced diet, she could eat whatever we were having. It sure saved a lot of time and effort and the result was an omnivore with a healthy appreciation for all good things edible. Three years ago, a friend of mine's daughter who was expecting her first child, solicited parenting advice from all who attended her baby shower. I passed on the same bit of wisdom: Feed the kid whatever you're eating. That then-expectant mother now has two children and assured me just recently that it was the best parenting advice she ever had. I've been known to say (more than once) that food is one of life's greatest pleasures. Who -- at any age -- would want to miss out? When my daughter (who also happpens to be the blogger) was 9 months old, her pediatrician told me not to bother with “kiddy” meals. As long as her father and I were eating a balanced diet, she could eat whatever we were having. It sure saved a lot of time and effort and the result was an omnivore with a healthy appreciation for all good things edible.

Three years ago, a friend of mine’s daughter who was expecting her first child, solicited parenting advice from all who attended her baby shower. I passed on the same bit of wisdom: Feed the kid whatever you’re eating. That then-expectant mother now has two children and assured me just recently that it was the best parenting advice she ever had.

I’ve been known to say (more than once) that food is one of life’s greatest pleasures. Who — at any age — would want to miss out?

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