# Will someone please explain to my children.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 31, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-someone-please-explain-to-my-children/210572 "2003-10-31T02:13:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-someone-please-explain-to-my-children/210572/1 "2003-10-31T02:13:57Z")
…that the crunchy burnt bits are the best part of a steak grilled outdoors over very hot coals? I fixed a bunch of beautiful sirloin filets this evening, with seared outsides and insides that were reddish-pink and juicy, and both my kids sawed off the luscious flavorful outer part and just ate the succulent inner meat. Kids. I swear. ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-someone-please-explain-to-my-children/210572/2 "2003-10-31T02:40:27Z")
Hmm. Well, I don’t eat cows, sheep or chicken - but I know what you’re saying. My kids won’t eat bread crusts or apple/potato skins, which are the best parts! Sorry, man! 😃 I’m sure you’ll get some carnivore responses! Disclaimer: my 6 & 8 year old boys eat whatever they want, including animals. They will make that decision on their own when they are much older. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-someone-please-explain-to-my-children/210572/3 "2003-10-31T02:45:03Z")
Hey, if they dont want their crunchy bits, that’s THEIR problem. In the GMRyujin Kitchen, those are known as “Flavor Crystals”. ---
**Author:** ![Sanscour](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f475e1/32.png) [@Sanscour](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sanscour)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-someone-please-explain-to-my-children/210572/4 "2003-10-31T02:50:30Z")
[Monty Python] “Don’t you even take the bones out???” “If we took the bones out it wouldn’t be crunchy, would it?!??” [/Monty Python] ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-someone-please-explain-to-my-children/210572/5 "2003-10-31T02:56:41Z")
Gee, I’m not a father yet, but the way I see it, it’s just more steak for Dad. If they’re eating adequately to maintain their health, then who cares what their taste is in meat? Heck, it’d tempt me to char the steaks even more next time. They’ll learn eventually how to appreciate a proper steak. Kids’ tastes are different from adults’. My grandfather used to raise his own beef and cut huge steaks with one-inch thick white fatty rinds on each one. Now as an adult male, I know that the fat on a steak is the tastiest part, but to a child, this is the height of oogie. My grandfather forced his daughters to eat every bit of that white, gristly fat. And I know the way 6-year olds are. They probably ate all of the lean meat, and left just the fat. Then grandpa noticed, and told them they had to eat the fat, too. They the girls cried, ate one piece of fat, cried more until the fat was stone cold, ate one more piece at their father’s demand, and eventually went to bed without dessert because they would not eat any more fat. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-someone-please-explain-to-my-children/210572/6 "2003-10-31T02:59:55Z")
Bet they wanted ketchup on 'em too. I say they eat escargot for the rest of the week! At least you got 'em to eat steak. My son will eat beef only if it’s a grilled cheese sandwich. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-someone-please-explain-to-my-children/210572/7 "2003-10-31T03:11:04Z")
Hey, just ask for the burnt pieces they don’t want. ---
**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-someone-please-explain-to-my-children/210572/8 "2003-10-31T03:34:08Z")
I have no comment on the meat, being a vegetarian, but just remember: Whatever your kids learn to eat at 8 or 10 is what they’ll eat TONS of when they’re 12 to 18. Get 'em hooked on the cheap stuff, they’ll appreciate the good things in life when they grow up. [parent to 6 kids, 4 of whom are teen-agers] ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-someone-please-explain-to-my-children/210572/9 "2003-10-31T04:04:09Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by NoCoolUserName \* > \*\*I have no comment on the meat, being a vegetarian, but just remember: Whatever your kids learn to eat at 8 or 10 is what they’ll eat TONS of when they’re 12 to 18. Get 'em hooked on the cheap stuff, they’ll appreciate the good things in life when they grow up. > > [parent to 6 kids, 4 of whom are teen-agers] \*\* I have to commend you on being a veggie like me, but: SIX kiddos? Oh, my. 😉 We’re talking mac & cheese, right? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-someone-please-explain-to-my-children/210572/10 "2003-10-31T06:23:39Z")
My twin sons (nine years old next Sunday) have learned from their mother that anything too well cooked is horrible. I doubt whether either of them has ever actually _tasted_ blackened toast or crispy steak, but they won’t eat it. I don’t remember having such an aversion to well cooked food, but I’m not concerned. I’m sure they’ll grow out of it. ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-someone-please-explain-to-my-children/210572/11 "2003-10-31T06:30:32Z")
Perhaps the kids read [this](http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2000/nov2000_report_barbequer.html). ---
**Author:** ![DAVEW0071](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e19b73/32.png) [@DAVEW0071](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DAVEW0071)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-someone-please-explain-to-my-children/210572/12 "2003-10-31T12:37:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by don’t ask \* > \*\*Perhaps the kids read [this](http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2000/nov2000_report_barbequer.html). \*\* Ah, but I marinaded the steak in teriyaki sauce. So there. Besides, I’m of the school of opinion that says you’re going to die of something eventually, so if you don’t overdo anything, you can get a lot of enjoyment out of life and not substantially increase your risks. Besides, carcinogens are known flavor-enhancers. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-someone-please-explain-to-my-children/210572/13 "2003-10-31T14:57:23Z")
From the article linked above: > [@](#): > > A good dose will give a rat cancer within weeks. What the article doesn’t mention is the follow-up to all that hubbub. I found [this link](http://www.beyondveg.com/tu-j-l/raw-cooked/raw-cooked-1e.shtml) from a vegetarian website that indicates the risk is quite low. I also contend that as we humans have been eating cooked meat for a very long time we have actually evolved a bit of an immunity to these particular carcinogens. Oops! I forgot, this is MPSIMS, not GQ … sorry about the cite! ---
**Author:** ![GrizzRich](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7ba0ec/32.png) [@GrizzRich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrizzRich)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-someone-please-explain-to-my-children/210572/14 "2003-10-31T20:37:08Z")
**MORE FOR DADDY!** ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-someone-please-explain-to-my-children/210572/15 "2003-10-31T22:26:16Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ChiefScott \* > \*\*Bet they wanted ketchup on 'em too. \*\* Oh _YEAH_!! Don’t you just hate it when you spend hours and many dollars on some wonderful gourmet meal and the little scroats go and pour ketchup (tomato sauce here in Aus) all over it? Kids are such philistines sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2003, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-someone-please-explain-to-my-children/210572/16 "2003-10-31T22:51:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by don’t ask \* > \*\*Perhaps the kids read [this](http://www.lef.org/magazine/mag2000/nov2000_report_barbequer.html). \*\* wow. They are still around? I thought they would have been drummed out of business for quackery long ago. Do they still have the creepy skinny guy as their spokesperson? IIRC, He had an equally creepy looking wife. What were their names again? Dirk or something like that?