Heiress said:

not fizzy enough!

Anx said:

Perrier! Pellegrino!!

Heiress said:

not fizzy enough!

Anx said:

Fizz =

It's like drinking acid.

Heiress said:

eww! and EWW!

sparkling water makes me choke.

i do drink a lot of water. i have a brita pitcher at home and i usually have one bottle per day at work and another bottle when i go to the gym. i drink a lot. i should have a camel's hump.

sextonseven said:

quite good after a large, French meal actually.

or w/ scotch whiskey.

Anx said:

Fizz =

It's like drinking acid.

sextonseven said:

it makes me feel good after i've eaten a big meal, especially if i can get a huge, inhuman sounding belch out of the deal.

JustErin said:

OMG, me too! I have tons of OCD quirks though..I'm a mess.

Heiress said:

I prefer wine with a large French meal.

ZombieKitten said:

He's clever. He won't mix protein and carbohydrates.

As to the children, you're the mother. YOU teach them how to eat healthily. If you let them choose you're lost forever

i am the worst... i will fully admit to that
in fact i hate eating in restaurants for the most part
and i am very uncomfortable eating in front of new people

socially it can be a drag

Anx said:

I am in utter agreement.

I still haven't eaten a banana for that reason.

onenitealone said:

Oh the jokes...


Morning gorgeous

susannah said:

Well, I've stuffed enough.... no, I'll stop there.






Morning, sweetness! I haven't tried eggs either. And loads of everyday type foods. Baked beans.

CarrieMpls said:

U both make me sad.

I've been reading a lot about neurodevelopment, and one of the things I thought was interesting is that pretty much all tastes aside from sweet, salt, and fat have to be aquired.

HereToRockYourWorld said:

That's why we must teach our children to eat everything as our grandmothers did from an early age.
We musn't let children choose. They don't know what's good or bad just what tastes good for them.

Problem is today's young parents were the first generation to be spoiled so I'm very pessimistic about all this having a solution.

As one of todays young parents, I think I go overboard trying to give my kids what's good 4 them. It's actually my mom and in-laws sneaking them junk and soda.

I think that since we were spoiled, we see the error in it and are trying to correct that in our children.

I've been reading a lot about neurodevelopment, and one of the things I thought was interesting is that pretty much all tastes aside from sweet, salt, and fat have to be aquired. We evolved to be suspicious of foods that aren't obviously good for us, 'cause they might kill us. Sweet foods, especially, tend to be very safe.

Interestingly, though, the process of aquiring a fondness for a new taste can start in the womb and/or while breastfeeding. For example, if your mom ate garlic regularly while she was pregnant, you probably liked her milk better after she ate garlic, and you probably like it better as an adult. This happens in other species too.

Basically, we start to learn what's safe to eat from our parents before we're even born.

Cool, eh?
[Edited 6/14/06 9:11am]

HereToRockYourWorld said:

Cool & damn scary considering how so many adults are eating these days Fast Food moms-to-be, beware!