Oct 22- How mom made me to eat spinach
By peachpurple
@peachpurple (13884)
Malaysia
October 21, 2017 9:02pm CST
When I was young , I hated vegetables especially spinach! Yuck! It just tasted bitter and the leaves kept sticking in between my teeth. Told mom that I hate spinach but she made me to eat the veggie.
Of course I cheated all the time, passed the spinach to my younger brother's plate and boy, how he yelled !
Then finally mom thought of a way. She said that if I eat spinach, she will let me watch Popeye cartoon show. Otherwise, no Popeye. Well, it worked!
I ate spinach for the sake of Popeye!
So, how did your mom encouraged you to eat veggies?
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18 responses
@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
22 Oct 17
oh, that is so cool, growing your own veggies save cost
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@hillhjill (23664)
• United States
22 Oct 17
Well I have never liked any kinda food that was green and my parents were not big into veggies anyway..but now today I eat them if there not green lol.
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@hillhjill (23664)
• United States
22 Oct 17
@peachpurple nope I don't think they could even break me with that lol..and my dad was cool my mom is somewhat cool..haha
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@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
22 Oct 17
@hillhjill oh gee... I wished my mom was as cool as yours
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@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
22 Oct 17
oh you got a pair of cool parents ! My mom insisted I have to eat green leafy veggies, or no Popeye
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
22 Oct 17
She just kept nagging me until I ate it or she would not give me anything else until I ate some. Now, I love vegetables, everyone of them, even the bitter ones. Tonight as part of my supper I ate a complete juicy leaf of bitter aloe vera. Thanks mom!
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@1hopefulman (45123)
• Canada
22 Oct 17
@peachpurple Great, spinach is very healthy. I eat spinach raw without cooking and love it.
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@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
22 Oct 17
i hate spinach but I managed to turn it into soup base that now my kids love it too2 people like this
@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
22 Oct 17
you got a cool mom, but do you eat veggies?
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@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
22 Oct 17
yes, she knew that Popeye could encourage me to eat spinach
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@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
22 Oct 17
@peachpurple
Yeah because he wants me to eat veggies.
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@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
22 Oct 17
@JustBhem wow, that is really scary and you wouldn't give in?
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@Ithink (9980)
• United States
23 Oct 17
@peachpurple Really, in fact I have to fight her for things like broccoli, carrots, green beans, well basically anything other then the spinach! lol My mom has made me eggplant different ways and I don't know why but I just don't like it.
@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
22 Oct 17
really? no encouragement? I don't like eggplant either but last year I started to like it after I tasted a recipe in a restaurant, I looked for the recipe online and made it. I think sometimes it is the recipe that makes one to like the veggie or not
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@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
22 Oct 17
It has never been a problem for me to eat spinach. Actually I like it a lot. Long time ago I just didn't like celery. But when we had to go to farm to labor for a week because of the school project. I had to stand it since there were no more nice food there. We worked a lot in daytime and therefore we had to eat something. Or we had to stay hungry. This is why I adjust to eat celery.
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@marguicha (215492)
• Chile
22 Oct 17
I did not like veggies until I reached a certain age. My mother said I HAD to leave the plate clean.
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@prashu228 (37526)
• India
22 Oct 17
Lol...it was not a problem to me. Your mother is smart.
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@peachpurple (13884)
• Malaysia
23 Oct 17
My dad never force me to eat anything i dislike but he did reminded me to finish up my food
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@much2say (53958)
• Los Angeles, California
22 Oct 17
I liked spinach growing up . . . my mom boiled it . . . then added soy sauce and sesame seeds (Japanese style). It was the only way I ever had it - and I guess I just happened to like it. I mostly ate all my vegetables, I wasn't too picky.
@sallypup (57927)
• Centralia, Washington
22 Oct 17
I can buy young spinach at the store here. That helps me to want to eat it cause it tastes better. My Mom mostly fed me canned veggies. I had to learn to like and appreciate vegetables when I moved out on my own. Then I learned how to cook for myself and how to feed myself in a nutritious way.
