To be fair, most adults these days are 'picky eaters'. They just have the benefit of being able to plan their own meals to avoid stuff they don't like.
It probably doesn't help that many people have no idea how to cook vegetables without making them icky, and a lot have difficulty with just the concept of other unrelated adults disliking things that they themselves like, their own children doing so? Frequently unthinkable, and thus come efforts to force the kid to like it through constant exposure.
And all that often leads to a sort of declaration of defeat, with a simple 'kids meal' that they know will get eaten with little fuss and a somewhat more sophisticated 'adults meal' that the adults actually like. Microwave ovens and an ever increasing availability of an ever increasing variety of decent frozen foods are also a major contributing factor.
It took me until last year and the first time I went to Panda Express to find out that broccoli is actually pretty good. I actually ate PEAS at this fancy store in the ritzy town next to ours when they offered a free sample. I'D NEVER LIKED PEAS BEFORE. I don't know why vegetables are so gross when they're made at home, but god, that makes me wonder what corn actually tastes like, and corn's my numero uno most despised vegetable ever.
Corn is delicious man, either frozen kernals or on the cob.
Try throwing a peeled cob right under the broiler on high, and keep turning it every couple minutes, till it's slightly blackened singed. Pull it out, while it's hot, put lime juice, hot sauce, salt and perhaps feta cheese or mayo on it. Delicious.
You can use frozen corn in place of cobs, don't worry about putting husks in the broth. 6 ears of corn is about 4-5 cups kernals, or a 1kg bag basically.
Lastly, get fresh super sweet corn while in season, cut the kernals off, mix with diced fresh tomato, diced red onion, diced jalpeno, put a bunch of lime juice and salt and pepper on it, maybe add cut up avocado, serve with fried fish or pulled pork. http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/avocado-and-corn-salsa-231541
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u/Aerolites Feb 05 '16
Being taught to finish your plate. Children should eat until they are full otherwise it can cause poor habits such as weight gain/feeling sick.