Newbie here and another possibly very stupid question……

[CliffH]

All good advice above. Just one thing to add, I've read a couple of times that if you eat your protein, fibre and veg/salad before eating the carbs, (so basically eat the carbs last) this can also help to slow the BG rise, if any. Cheers

That reminds me of trying to get kids to eat at least some of the vegetables before scoffing the more interesting food on the plate 🙄

 

[Millyjack]

All good advice above. Just one thing to add, I've read a couple of times that if you eat your protein, fibre and veg/salad before eating the carbs, (so basically eat the carbs last) this can also help to slow the BG rise, if any. Cheers

Oh yes pigtech I’ve also read this, thank you

 

[Lisa65]

That reminds me of trying to get kids to eat at least some of the vegetables before scoffing the more interesting food on the plate 🙄

I still do this, a legacy of being a child who didn't like vegetables much, so I would eat them first to get them out of the way.

 

[CliffH]

I still do this, a legacy of being a child who didn't like vegetables much, so I would eat them first to get them out of the way.

I tended to leave them until last - and hope that I could melt my mum's heart by saying I was too full to eat all the veg.

 

[Leadinglights]

I tended to leave them until last - and hope that I could melt my mum's heart by saying I was too full to eat all the veg.

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My Dad was vegetarian which was considered to be very odd in the 50ie, we rarely had meat and meals were usually just vegetables,, cheese, eggs and rissoles (a sort of savoury nut sausage) so I have always liked pretty well all vegetables. It was a great shock when I went to primary school to have to eat this horrible meat stuff which was always grisly.

 

[CliffH]

My Dad was vegetarian which was considered to be very odd in the 50ie, we rarely had meat and meals were usually just vegetables,, cheese, eggs and rissoles (a sort of savoury nut sausage) so I have always liked pretty well all vegetables. It was a great shock when I went to primary school to have to eat this horrible meat stuff which was always grisly.

I sympathise! I remember the meat in school dinners (in the 1970s) being virtually inedible and I say that as a meat lover. My mum sometimes bought Birds Eye frozen rissoles, which I liked. In theory they had meat in them - but probably hardly any.

 

[Lisa65]

I sympathise! I remember the meat in school dinners (in the 1970s) being virtually inedible and I say that as a meat lover. My mum sometimes bought Birds Eye frozen rissoles, which I liked. In theory they had meat in them - but probably hardly any.

I have issues with the texture of certain foods and school dinners were a nightmare with the gristly meat and lumpy mash! I ended up crying more often than not, because the dinner ladies were trying to get me to eat it and I simply couldn't.

 

[CliffH]

I have issues with the texture of certain foods and school dinners were a nightmare with the gristly meat and lumpy mash! I ended up crying more often than not, because the dinner ladies were trying to get me to eat it and I simply couldn't.

I can imagine! In those days little or nothing was understood about sensitivities to food textures - and of course neither the staff nor the pupils tended to have much sympathy for anyone who didn't just eat what they were given

 

[Lisa65]

I can imagine! In those days little or nothing was understood about sensitivities to food textures - and of course neither the staff nor the pupils tended to have much sympathy for anyone who didn't just eat what they were given

At least now I can make sure my meat isn't gristly, and I don't eat mash any more 😉

 

[saffron15]

I have always eaten ( almost) everything including fish after we dissected a fish eye in biology. The only two things I wouldn't eat at school dinners were ' spam fritters ' and ' rice pudding ' not served together. I liked spam and I liked apple fritters but I loathed spam in the fritters. I loved semolina and jam but not rice pudding. As an adult
I love Spanish rice pudding. I think it was the skin I hated. I've never liked skin on custard. I'm of a generation where we didn't have fitted carpets, houses were cold except for sitting room and we spent a lot of time playing outside so we probably needed the calories. Only time I remember refusing veg was burnt sprouts. I was 10 and it made me gag. I cannot remember what was said either you cannot leave the table until you've finished what's on your plate or maybe no pudding until you've finished.

 

[silver minion]

I was quite a picky eater when young and didn't like any fat or gristle on meat. Drove my parents mad dissecting every piece of meat on my plate. Fortunately loved all my veg. I moved a lot when I was younger so attended 11 different schools. The standard of school dinners varied from mostly edible to downright disgusting grey sludge. I think so many of our attitudes to food are formed at an early age and being forced to eat something that makes you gag helps nobody. Mum was fairly progressive. She would put just a teaspoon of new food or food we weren't keen on. It was only a small amount to test and no fuss if we left it on the plate.

 

[Leadinglights]

I was quite a picky eater when young and didn't like any fat or gristle on meat. Drove my parents mad dissecting every piece of meat on my plate. Fortunately loved all my veg. I moved a lot when I was younger so attended 11 different schools. The standard of school dinners varied from mostly edible to downright disgusting grey sludge. I think so many of our attitudes to food are formed at an early age and being forced to eat something that makes you gag helps nobody. Mum was fairly progressive. She would put just a teaspoon of new food or food we weren't keen on. It was only a small amount to test and no fuss if we left it on the plate.

I had a rule when my kids were little that they had to try something before saying they didn't like it and if once they tried it then that was fine if they didn't. As a result they were both fairly adventurous with food. One of them became vegetarian as a teenager not because of flavour but texture of meat.