Hiding Ingredients from Kids or Adults

[sugarmamma]

Originally Posted by sophias mommy

LISA!!!!!! Now I know not to trust anything you make for fear of hidden nutrients

Originally Posted by BabyGirl Rosie

Me too Sarah!

WTH is wrong with hidden NUTRIENTS?!?!?

[sugarmamma]

Originally Posted by sophias mommy

LISA!!!!!! Now I know not to trust anything you make for fear of hidden nutrients

Lord knows we wouldn't want to slip a NUT past you. BTW..... You DO know what is in peaNUTbutter and jelly?? :

[sophias mommy]

Originally Posted by sugarmamma

WTH is wrong with hidden NUTRIENTS?!?!?

Someone can't take a joke

Originally Posted by sugarmamma

Lord knows we wouldn't want to slip a NUT past you. BTW..... You DO know what is in peaNUTbutter and jelly?? :

HEY! I ate that one almond. Remember?!?!?

I overwhelm my sandwiches with jelly so I barely taste the PB

[sugarmamma]

Originally Posted by sophias mommy

Someone can't take a joke



HEY! I ate that one almond. Remember?!?!?

I overwhelm my sandwiches with jelly so I barely taste the PB

I will have you shooting oysters by the Time you leave. Does mike like oysters yet? Lol

[sophias mommy]

Originally Posted by sugarmamma

I will have you shooting oysters by the Time you leave. Does mike like oysters yet? Lol

I'd be very impressed if you got me to even try an oyster. They're creepy!!! Mike doesn't like the slimy texture, so thats a no for him.

[BabyGirl Rosie]

Originally Posted by sugarmamma

I will have you shooting oysters by the Time you leave. Does mike like oysters yet? Lol

Oysters??! I don't think so. There is no way to his those things.

[chattiesmom]

What self respecting cook doesn't hide ingredients? Two funny stories....

When I was a kid I HATED sweet potatoes - I thought I'd rather starve than eat them. Well, my mother made the best pumpkin pies every Thanksgiving. I loved them until I found out that she sometimes made sweet potato pies and called them pumpkin pies for my benefit. After that, when mom would make pumpkin pies, I would always check the trash for the pumpkin can. If I didn't find it, I didn't eat pie.


When hubby and I first married -over thirty years ago - he would only eat Skippy or Peterpan Peanut Butter. During the time we lived in Michigan I regularly visited the bulk food store where they had fresh ground Kraft peanut butter. Not only was it the best peanut butter you've ever put in your mouth, it was about 1/2 the price of the two brand that Ron ate. So I did what any self respecting wife/mother would do. I saved a Skippy peanut butter jar and would buy the Kraft yummy Kraft pb from the bulk food store. As soon as I got home I'd put the Kraft pb in the Kraft jar. Ron ate the pb like it was going out of style. I did this for years. When I finally 'fessed up he refused to eat peanut butter for months. Needless to say, he didn't finding it amusing.

[sugarmamma]

Originally Posted by chattiesmom

What self respecting cook doesn't hide ingredients? Two funny stories....

When I was a kid I HATED sweet potatoes - I thought I'd rather starve than eat them. Well, my mother made the best pumpkin pies every Thanksgiving. I loved them until I found out that she sometimes made sweet potato pies and called them pumpkin pies for my benefit. After that, when mom would make pumpkin pies, I would always check the trash for the pumpkin can. If I didn't find it, I didn't eat pie.


When hubby and I first married -over thirty years ago - he would only eat Skippy or Peterpan Peanut Butter. During the time we lived in Michigan I regularly visited the bulk food store where they had fresh ground Kraft peanut butter. Not only was it the best peanut butter you've ever put in your mouth, it was about 1/2 the price of the two brand that Ron ate. So I did what any self respecting wife/mother would do. I saved a Skippy peanut butter jar and would buy the Kraft yummy Kraft pb from the bulk food store. As soon as I got home I'd put the Kraft pb in the Skippy jar. Ron ate the pb like it was going out of style. I did this for years. When I finally 'fessed up he refused to eat peanut butter for months. Needless to say, he didn't finding it amusing.

Why can't people just admit that they LIKED it??? Lol

[capt_noonie]

I KNOW RIGHT?!!

First time I tried sashimi my mom wouldn't tell me what it was. She and my sis were eating it and yumming and oohing and ahhing, so I asked what they were eating. She said just try and and see if you like it or not. I ate and and said it was good and asked what it was. She said Raw fish! I sat there for a second, and I thought, well that sounds gross, but I just ate some and it tasted good, so well I liked it! She turned me into a sushi addict, not a cheap thing to be addicted to.

And that leads me to oysters. How do you know it's gross if you've never had it? Sure it looks gross, but so does most seafood. I mean heck even beef and chicken are gross if you think about it. A drumstick? You're eating the leg of a dead chicken, ripping its meat off his bone for god's sake! LOL What a savage!

Now cilantro? That's just nasty.

[sugarmamma]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

I KNOW RIGHT?!!

First time I tried sashimi my mom wouldn't tell me what it was. She and my sis were eating it and yumming and oohing and ahhing, so I asked what they were eating. She said just try and and see if you like it or not. I ate and and said it was good and asked what it was. She said Raw fish! I sat there for a second, and I thought, well that sounds gross, but I just ate some and it tasted good, so well I liked it! She turned me into a sushi addict, not a cheap thing to be addicted to.

And that leads me to oysters. How do you know it's gross if you've never had it? Sure it looks gross, but so does most seafood. I mean heck even beef and chicken are gross if you think about it. A drumstick? You're eating the leg of a dead chicken, ripping its meat off his bone for god's sake! LOL What a savage!

Now cilantro? That's just nasty.

What about crab? Ripping the legs apart to eat the meat!! Lol

Cilantro is not nasty.

Michelle tried a raw oyster yesterday - she didn't chew tho - but she tried it !!!

[BabyGirl Rosie]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

I KNOW RIGHT?!!

First time I tried sashimi my mom wouldn't tell me what it was. She and my sis were eating it and yumming and oohing and ahhing, so I asked what they were eating. She said just try and and see if you like it or not. I ate and and said it was good and asked what it was. She said Raw fish! I sat there for a second, and I thought, well that sounds gross, but I just ate some and it tasted good, so well I liked it! She turned me into a sushi addict, not a cheap thing to be addicted to.

And that leads me to oysters. How do you know it's gross if you've never had it? Sure it looks gross, but so does most seafood. I mean heck even beef and chicken are gross if you think about it. A drumstick? You're eating the leg of a dead chicken, ripping its meat off his bone for god's sake! LOL What a savage!

Now cilantro? That's just nasty.

It's the slimy texture that makes me say gross! I don't like certain textures. For example, I hate bananas. Not the taste, just the texture.

Cilantro? Nasty?! I love it!

[sugarmamma]

Originally Posted by BabyGirl Rosie

It's the slimy texture that makes me say gross! I don't like certain textures. For example, I hate bananas. Not the taste, just the texture.

Cilantro? Nasty?! I love it!

So if the oyster is on a cracker, the texture changes. Will you try it?

P had a mortal fear of live snails yet now she LOVES them as food

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by sugarmamma

What about crab? Ripping the legs apart to eat the meat!! Lol

Cilantro is not nasty.

Michelle tried a raw oyster yesterday - she didn't chew tho - but she tried it !!!

That's exactly what I mean. People think sucking the brains out of crawfish is nasty, or eating raw fish is nasty. Why isn't eating the flesh off a chicken leg bone nasty?

I eat fish brains, nothing is really that nasty to me when it comes to food. I ate escargot out of the shells remember? I have photographic evidence. And it's the SHELLS that scare me.

BTW, go Michelle on the oyster! It's a start!

[capt_noonie]

Originally Posted by sugarmamma

So if the oyster is on a cracker, the texture changes. Will you try it?

P had a mortal fear of live snails yet now she LOVES them as food

Well cooking it will change the texture also. If you broil them, they become like a custard. Deep fry them too(which i think is a waste).

Oops meant to quote Rosie. But anyway I know what you mean. that's why I hate pea soup. I hate the texture of peas. Kinds of sandy. Just like over ripe apples, watermelon, bananas too!

[sugarmamma]

Originally Posted by capt_noonie

Well cooking it will change the texture also. If you broil them, they become like a custard. Deep fry them too(which i think is a waste).

Oops meant to quote Rosie. But anyway I know what you mean. that's why I hate pea soup. I hate the texture of peas. Kinds of sandy. Just like over ripe apples, watermelon, bananas too!

I think we decided the word you were looking for is "mealy"

Yes cooking oysters changes the texture dramatically. Then it is just like MEAT! Lol