Dismayed!

[Snadger]

I looked in the fridge an lo and behold there was a bag of shredded cabbage from Tesco's! I pointed out to my Son who had bought it that I had an allotment full of cabbage!
My Sons reply was " But it's not shredded though is it"
Looked in the pan and there was these shapeless blobs of what I was told were frozen mashed potato...............what is the world coming to........once more, loads of tatties at lottie.........how have I brought up these kids (he's 26) who buy frozen smash and shredded cabbage. Grrrrrr
And there's worse!
Looked in veg boxes in bottom of fridge........Tesco's netted(probably Egyptian) onions both normal and red.
Last week I brought home about a stone of wonderful mixed onions red, white, and shallots from allotment...........none to be seen............chucked out as they had sprouted I was told!

Anyway, the upshot was that I told OH that in future I'd rather give the flaming veg from the allotment to anbody who could utilise it and that goes for the eggs as well!

God save us from pre shredded cabbage!

[BrideXIII]

* gives snadge a hug*

lost for words really.
I'll lend you my bratz, they wouldn't touch bagged veg now if they were starving.

[zazen999]

If anyone chucked my hard grown onions in the bin they wouldn't live to tell the tale.

Is this him rebelling?

[FionaH]

Throw out sommat I'd grown? I'd have their paws off!
Look on the bright side snadge at least hes cooking veg. My eldest thinks cooking is adding hot water to a pot noodle!
I tried, I really did

[zazen999]

My OH is trying to get his DD [11] to eat more diverse foods [she's really really fussy, anything that isn't white or has a spice added to it won't get touched], and stopped in front of the pot noodles this week, saying 'if we got her started on these noodles, perhaps she'd eat our noodles'.

One short sharp shock later, he won't be mentioning that idea again.

She'll start eating curries when she falls for a boy who likes curries, I guess.

[crazy_red]

Poor Snadger!

We try, but we can only do so much...

If it makes you feel any better, I caught my eldest, who was not only brought up with fresh veg, but is also a fully trained chef to boot, eating guess what not so long ago?

Yup, a Pot Noodle......

Beyond a certain age, I believe we can no longer be held responsible for their behaviour...

[PAULW]

SNADGER
You are not alone, I take the old dear shopping and if I dont watch her like a hawk we get to the checkout and she has a trolley full of veg,we have a freezer full of cauli and the next thing she has bought one because it was cheap I keep telling her mine are cheaper as mine are free, I think it is just a woman thing the need to spend money whether they need the thing or not.

[MaureenHall]

That's awful Snadger, big hugs for you. As a Yorkshire lass (originally) and from a poor family (didn't know it at the time) we all learned to make the most of what we had and what was available. I make the best yorkshire puddings ever (in my kid's opinions anyway) but all 3 now buy FROZEN YORKSHIRE PUDDINGS! Yuk, dry tasteless things that take as long to cook as homemade ones at 2 or 3 times the price. 1 daughter does now ask me what veggies I've got at the lottie and can she have some please

[Two_Sheds]

I have the same problem with nieces, inlaws, other half. If it ain't washed, chopped and bagged, they don't want it.

[HeyWayne]

What I want to know is how do you grow shredded cabbage!!

[Two_Sheds]

Well, I got lacy cabbage ... I guess if I left the pillarcats a bit longer, it'd turn into shredded cabbage

[snuffer]

I have a daughter in law who is a strict vegetarian. Her daughter from her first relationship has been raised to be a vegetarian. Here's the best bit. Neither of them likes vegetables and they only eat a little fruit. I could not believe it when, last summer, they told me that they didn't like strawberries. I had never met anyone that didn't like strawberries.

They seem to live on pisas (with veg. picked off), chips (which I'm sure wouldn't strictly count as one of your five a day), crisps, take aways and chocolate.

Can you imagine the problems encountered trying to cater for them when they visit?

[bobleponge]

I sympathise Snadger. However, my eldest was like that until about 25 or so, and he has now started to "experiment" with veg. Living here has helped, cos he has to eat what he is given, no take away's within 30 miles. But it certainly has been hard work. His sister, however, has always been fanatastic with food, and her 2 nippers now eat primarily fresh (farmers markets and granny's allotment) food. So much so that on her first birthday, first birthday mind you, she was walking with my ex wife back to her house, picked a weed from the grass and said "Gran, is this asparagus?"

[lynda66]

maybe you left too much leaf on top of the onions snadger .... son has a habit of buying frozen veg (my fault always have frozen veg in cos i'm lazy) so now i pull stuff out the garden, chop it up, freeze it, and voila frozen veg

you could buy an onion bag or 2, with a tesco label on them, and stick em in the fridge??

[piskieinboots]

What I want to know is how do you grow shredded cabbage!!

oh that's easy! you plant razor bladesjust under the surface and up it comes all shredded

Don't throw the food out Snadger, give it to someone with pigs - but do give No: 1 son a slap with a stonking great smelly kipper