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Skriven 2006-06-27 17:17:20 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 2460 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
Ärende: kids and fast food
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Hi Jim,

 RH> But they are usually not exposed to it at a young age.  At that age,
 RH> most of their parents are in the early stages of a career and eating
 RH> out as a family without bankrupting the wage earner will tend to send a

 JW> When I was a kid we simply never ate out.... period. My early food

Our times of eating out were rare; I can remember even into my late
teens my parents packing sandwiches if we were traveling during a time
when we'd have to eat.

 JW> memories are of spring strawberries eaten off the vine, garden fresh
 JW> peas, apples off the tree, venison in the fall, watching a neighbour
 JW> butcher a hog etc.

My dad used to give us a fresh (washed) stalk of rhubarb out of the
garden.  To this day I can eat it without sugar.

 JW> There was one exception: we made an annual trip to Ottawa as a sort of
 JW> cultural expedition to visit the parliament buildings or a museum. We
 JW> always had lunch at a nice place, usually one Mom remembered fondly
 JW> from her WWII days and we always ate supper at the Chateau Laurier, a
 JW> grand
 JW> old railway hotel and the best in the city for over a century. That is
 JW> where I first tasted sherry, oysters, lobster and French cuisine. I

We had rare times like visiting the World's Fair in NYC in 65.  But
overall, I was well out of the home when I had most "exotic" things.

 JW> first tasted Chinese takeout and KFC in grade nine when we moved to
 JW> Ottawa and pizza not until college.

Chinese take out--well after I was married, pizza (or rather a poor
imitation of it) while at home.  Pizzaria pizza was in college.  We also
had a student cook who made an out of this world pizza in college.


 RH> Also, as I mentioned earlier, if the kid(s) have no decent table
 RH> manners, they are more accepted at fast food places

 JW> I have a problem with children without manners and feel a rant coming
 JW> on which I will try to stifle.

I agree with you, but recognise that not all parents raise their
children as well mannered as you do Neekha or we did Rachel & Deborah.
Thus, I tolerate it in varying degrees, depending on time and place.


 JW> [Alex] also delights in picking strawberries in our yard and can
 JW> tell our berries from California supermarket berries by sight and
 JW> taste.

 RH> If the ones in your yard are like the little wild ones we used to
 RH> find, there is a definate difference.  The little wild ones are so much
 RH> more intense in their flavor than the big cultivated ones that look
 RH> pretty but have much less flavor.

 JW> We have two hothouse plants, one for each kid. One is the variety with
 JW> huge cone shaped berries and white hearts similar to commercial
 JW> berries. They are better though because they are fresh. The second is
 JW> a heirloom variety with smaller, sweeter round berries that are red
 JW> and juicy right through. Way better. Neither compare to wild berries
 JW> though which should be ripe soon (in the arctic July is strawberry
 JW> season not May). They are common everywhere. We have wild raspberries,
 JW> currants, gooseberries,

Sounds good.

 JW> cranberries and rose hips in our back yard, but not strawberries for
 JW> some reason.

 JW> And like Neekha she shares with pet mice and wild ants.

Get a horse!  Our neighbors had one and we found the best strawberries
in the fied where he was kept.


 RH> Cute!  Is she holding "tea parties" with them and her toys?

 JW> She just got her first tea set last week. So far I have been her only
 JW> guest.

Her circle of invitees will expand all too soon & you will be left out.
Those are the times you can be a fly on the wall observing the fun she's
having.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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