Foods you don't/wouldn't feed to your kids

So, a couple days ago my 4 year old and I were discussing alien life forms and she started telling me about a commercial she had seen featuring two aliens trying to eat something.  I asked her what they were trying to eat and she said:  "It was flat, and a rectangle, and it had sugar sprinkles on it". 

It was a pop tart.  My child has never eaten a pop tart.

It got me thinking about what other food icons she has never been exposed to.  I know she's never had Spaghettios (or any other canned pasta product).  I've never given her any type of Hostess snack cake.  She didn't know that WALL-E's cockroach was eating a "twinkee".  She's never seen a twinkee.

We do our best to avoid "fruit chews" since her dentist explained that those and fruit roll ups are major cavity culprits.

Now, I'm not trying to pat myself on the back.  We eat our fair share of chips and chocolate and other such foods light on the nutritional value.  I'm just wondering about other folks.  What foods from your childhood would your kids not recognize?

That as got to be the cutest thing I have heard all week! I would have been like "Sweetie, it's alien food, that's why people aren't supposed to eat it!".

I remember when I was little I was really excited because "Annie" was coming out and I wanted to go to the theatre to see it. My mom asked where it was playing, and I (very excitedly) answered:

IT'S COMING TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU!!

(giggles)

Original Post by no_audience:

That as got to be the cutest thing I have heard all week! I would have been like "Sweetie, it's alien food, that's why people aren't supposed to eat it!".

 

I remember when I was little I was really excited because "Annie" was coming out and I wanted to go to the theatre to see it. My mom asked where it was playing, and I (very excitedly) answered:

IT'S COMING TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU!!

 

(giggles)

 LOL!

I'm 21 and have never wanted children, but if I had to take care of some, I would never feed them soda, those chewy sweets, black pudding, jelly. And I didn't even recognize any of the american food you mentioned :)

I know I first ate some unhealthy salty snacks when I was about 6 at someone's birthday. At my birthday parties we would have cheese sliced in cubes, vegetables, fruit, different kinds of nuts and mini sandwiches, and none of the kids would eat them. Their parents did, though, it was like a banquet for 30+ year-olds, not a child's birthday party!

I am 28 (almost 29) years old and I have NEVER eaten a Twinkie.  I dont generally care for "Creme-filled" things.

Well, for the most part my parents and sisters are on board with the no sugary ceral rule. We didn't eat sugary cerals until we were in Junior High! So, until he's about 7 years old, my family would be the only people who would be giving him cereal. No sleep overs at friends houses until then!

As for the sodas, my side of the family is on board there as well. But I know that grandparents are designed for spoiling kids, so a cookie or a piece of pie at their house won't be teh end of the world.

I want these things to be treats, something special. Not everyday, ho hum stuff.

I avoid high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated oils. Most snack foods have them. Foods that contain those nasty ingredients signify special occasions like vacation when we visit my sister and she likes to share her sons snacks.

We never buy cookies. Partly because my son is allergic to eggs, partly because if they are in the house I have little self control, and partly because I try to keep his sugar intake low. When I bake cookies he thinks they are super special.

My son does get some snacks though...like the whole grain goldfish crackers and one storebrand graham cracker I found doesn't contain hydrogenated oils. I try to stick with brands I trust like Kashi and Trader Joe's. Sugar is still the culprit so they are limited.  

I don't give my son fruit juice because I like that he enjoys water so much.

I wish I didn't buy sugary yogurt but I do. Now that he's had the vanilla flavored he doesn't like the plain kind.

When my oldest was only three, she went to visit her aunt and uncle for the first time.  We live really far away from all of our relatives.  When offered a cookie, she didn't have a clue what it was.  (No TV either at our house.)  I was teased a bit about it.  It is a lot harder to "shield"  the following siblings though, because by then the older ones have been introduced to junk food somewhere along the line.  I've seen mothers not allow their little ones to eat the cake or drink the punch at a birthday party.  Unless there is an allergy reason, that might be a little rough. 

The worst thing that my kids eat is cold corned beef hash from a can.  Yeck and double yeck!  They do not get it from me.  My husband has a stash of camping food and they think it is some kind of treat.  Looks and smells like cat food.  I also can not stand the sight of an over-easy egg.  But Dad likes to cook up a grand weekend breakfast.  I guess he's their parent as much as I am, so I try not to get too grossed out.  At least they eat healthy most of the time!

My son is 5 and he is the worst eater ever so I can honestly say he's never had anything from a can, juice, chips (which are my down fall!),candy,pasta or any type cereal. He does love cakes and cookies though.  The only things I really don't want him to have are soda, t.v dinners and meat from a can.  He is vegan now so I really don't have to worry about him eating twinkees or stuff like that because it usually has milk in it.  He calls any drink thats not water dirty(other then soy milk) so maybe him trying soda won't happen for a long time.

My son is 17 months and has tried most foods, so long as they're reasonably healthy and the sugary things are only special treats. e.g. if we go for a pub lunch we'll let him have pudding, which is usually icecream or some sort of sweet sponge cake, but we don't have desserts at home so after his meals at home he has fruit or yogurt. They sometimes have cake/flapjack/jelly at nursery too, and I can't really stop him having it there, especially when all the other children are eating it. In any case, I figure that it's still reasonably healthy and across the whole week they only have something like that on one day... He has baked beans, occasionally has tinned spaghetti hoops, he loves sausages (from our local butcher so I know they're good quality) and will eat as much pizza as me (but this is thin-crust British supermarket pizza, not deep-pan, loaded with cheese pizza). He particularly likes spinach & ricotta pizza, which is fine by me! He eats fruit by the ton too, and will opt for fruit instead of a biscuit on occasion... He only drinks water, he doesn't like it if we put a splash of juice in it, and he doesn't like sparkling water (the bubbles go up his nose!) so I don't think he'll like fizzy drinks either! I'm an 'everything in moderation' mother, as someone else described themselves, and to be honest I think this is the best way to be - your child grows up with an understanding of what is healthy and what is a treat, developing a good relationship with food along the way.