Snacks-what do you give your 4+s?

Frith

P.S Isn't mushy peas and vinegar a Nottingham thing? I'm sure I saw them sold at the Goose Fair. (Yuck!)

bylromarha

ACEY wrote: »

I thought children *are* supposed to be given snacks?

Think it's the only thing that Gina Ford and Miriam Stoppard agree on!:rotfl:

Frith

bylromarha wrote: »

Think it's the only thing that Gina Ford and Miriam Stoppard agree on!:rotfl:

That they CAN have them or CAN'T?

zippychick

i think vinegar and peas is a chippy thing! i love vinegar and fried rice:o

Gingham_Ribbon

I'm Scottish. I'm not sure how common it was there, but my family all loved it.

bonty44

Gingham_Ribbon wrote: »

Great ideas.

My mum used to make us 'egg in a cup' which was basically chopped up boiled egg and butter in a mug. And home made mushy peas in a cup with vinegar. I still love that.

Please please please tell us how to make home made mushy peas!!!!!

bylromarha

ACEY wrote: »

That they CAN have them or CAN'T?

That kids should have snacks between meals.

RoxieW

Everytime I see this thread I think it says 'smacks - what do you give your 4+'s' lol - it makes me chuckle every time!

Hintza

Depends on how active the children are.

Assuming a fairly normal level of outdoor activities then they probably should have snacks. My youngest who is currently five is learning about good eating at school and is only allowed "healthy snacks". She sometimes asks "are you sure that is healthy?"

If she is having biscuits or slightly unhealthier snacks she knows "two is the limit".

But she does eat like a horse and is hungry when she comes home from school (teenagers only get worse) but then again she does have a very active life:-

She cycles to school everyday and has the following activities

Monday:- Rainbows
Tuesday:- Pony Club or Hockey
Wednesday:- Dancing
Thursday:- After school activities (football, rounders etc)
Friday:- Nothing
Saturday:- Swimming and Riding or Beating/Picking Up with the dog on the shoot in the afternoon
Sunday:- Rugby (her brother is at London Wasps so she has to play in her view ) and/or Riding

liney

I forgot about egg in a cup - my son won't eat it, but I love it Nanny used to give it me, with bread and proper butter.