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Gingham_Ribbon

sticher wrote: »

I think the problem is alot of children can't be bothered to chew meat and by the age of 6 or 7 are capable of finding some excuse or other why they don't want it. I work in a school lunch hall and the amount of children who become vegetarian at that age is surprising.

Spag bol, nuggets, etc don't require the same amount of chewing, so are ok, lol.

For me it wasn't that. It took a while to understand what meat was and when I realised, at about 6, I associated it with anything obviously 'meaty' like chops, anything on the bone or 'whole'. Minced or hidden in pies or quiches I didn't associate with animals for a little longer. Even when I became a vegetarian (just before I turned 16 I think - I did it for Lent) I made mistakes at first because I didn't realise what I was eating was meat.

Shineyhappy

Hi,

I went through the I won't eat any fluffy little animals stage when I was maybe a year older if not the same age as your daughter.

Just over 20 years later I am still a veggie. My parents were not supportive to start off with and at that time there werent the alternatives there are now. My mum used to make me eat nut roast and other vile alternatives in the hope I would rather have the roast chicken. That never happened and as a grown adult I can see why my mum did that, however had she tried to force me to eat meat I would now be very angry that she did not respect my choice.

I think if your daughter is serious about this you should try and support her if you go against her wishes she will not thank you for it later in life.

Ems*Honie

My little girl is 4 and went through a stage of asking where everything came from, inc the joint of beef in the shopping. She refuses it sometimes, but loves sausages and ham (I limit these, there not good for her) A friends daughter did the same with eggs when she discovered just what they were! My little one is anemic so I try to encourage her with red meats, and liver with in reason, but as I dont eat much meat myself I wont force her to. I top her up with spinach, beans, eggs etc. Make sure your little one is having plenty of vit c as this will help her absorb more iron so if she is missing out on some it wont be so bad for her!

Kit_Kat_Kate

She sound like I did when I was younger.:rotfl: I remember my Dad telling me if we didn't eat meat like pork then farmers wouldnt keep pigs, there would be so few they would be in zoo's!

Sharra

I'm veggie - my son is almost 13 and has been veggie all his life - he is definitely not 'pasty faced'. I really think you should respect your daughters wishes, even 6 year olds can be capable of some quite 'grown - up' decisions.
I understand that cooking a different meal can be tricky (I have this in reverse as my OH eats meat) but even if you want to cook from scratch for her, you can always stick a load of hm food in the freezer ready for each meal.
I also understand it must be frustrating if she picks and chooses what food she is 'vegetarian' about - how about having a discussion with her and explaining that if she really wants to be veggie, thats ok with you, but that means she can't have x,y and z food? After not being able to have some of the foods she likes, she might changer her mind and eat meat again. Either way, she will realise that you take her feelings seriously and respect her decisions.

ben500

sleepymy wrote: »

Just a not about quorn, it is a mushroom derivative so I'd be careful how often I'd serve it up, especially with those who don't get along with yeasty foods.

If trying tofu it's better frozen, then defrosted and the juice squeezed out between a couple of sheets of kitchen roll to make it more chewy and less jelly. It's lovely fried up in some olive oil & garlic before being added to stir frys etc.

Just another note about quorn, it tastes like shlt and even pigeons won't eat it.

ben500

Eating meat is not barbaric, it's natural, what is barbaric is producing meat, it is the natural order of things to cultivate or hunt food, evolution has allowed man the luxury to produce rather than hunt at the expense of the beast, there are very few examples in nature where one species is raised and nutured by another for slaughter. From the perspective of an ex slaughterman.

ben500

sleepymy wrote: »

Don't eat it then

Once once enough for a lasting and memorable lesson, I fully sympathised with the pigeons when they snubbed it but in the defense of quorn the seaguls didn't share their distaste and devoured it.

vansboy

sleepymy wrote: »

Please enlighten me as to what that phrase means. I've never heard it before *is intrigued*

Jusdt didn't want to create the impression that I'd try & over emphasise my opinions, by any unorthodox ways!!

I know I'm a bit barmy - but not TOTALLY over the top ...yet!!

VB

vansboy

& as we've got lots of interest going here, for the sensible eaters of dead aninals, perhaps you'd spend a few cliks of your time & have a read through what this guy has to say

http://www.vernoncoleman.co.uk

He's abit outspoken, but NOT a nutter. In fact plenty of his comments, regarding other topics are verrrrry true!!

VB