Crusts or No Crusts?
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My three oldest children eat the sandwich, crust and all. My three youngest children treat the crust like they would the rind of a watermelon. They eat as far into the sandwich as their chubby cheeks allow and then they discard the rest.
Since I hate waste more than I am bothered by picky eaters, I have started trimming the crust from the bread before I make their sandwiches. I save the crusts in a bag in the freezer to use as bread crumbs at a later date.
What do YOU do?
Crusts or no crusts? Do you make your kids eat them? Or do you “cave”?
Of my four kids, only one still holds out on crust-eating (Yay!). I’m a firm believer in not removing the crusts. If she chooses to eat everything but the crusts, that’s ok, but you won’t find me cutting them off.
Honestly, I hadn’t thought about how I could save some waste by cutting the crusts off and using them for another purpose. Even so, I think I’m going to stick to my guns (so to speak) and continue having her handle the crust removal. I’m such a mean mommy 🙂
Noo! Never trim them and let them start the habit of not eating crusts. My own kids and kids at my house have no option, I run an in home childcare. You must eat the crust. Very few chips (think 3) with sandwich, more when crust gone.
My oldest will eat the crust but my 5 year old will not. After a long time of stubbornly refusing to cut off the crusts, I finally started cutting them off because she gets more sandwich in her that way. If I leave the crust and let her her eat up to that point, she leaves quite a bit of bread still attached to the crust. I’d rather get more food in her than fight the crust battle.
Mine have never complained about the crusts, so I have never cut them off. My brother and I never complained as kids either. I don’t know why some complain and some don’t….
This one had me laughing because I don’t like to eat the crusts! Well, I will sometimes now that I am older but many times I don’t – it just depends on what it is. My kids don’t normally eat the crusts, either. But, as long as they eat their fruits and veggies, I can live with them not eating crust!
My son (age 3) loves bread and so far we haven’t had any issues with crusts. But I do like the idea of saving the edges for making bread crumbs. I already do this with the heels of the bread loaf. Should he turn picky on me, I will definitely use this idea!
My mom used to tell us the crusts would make your hair curly- I’ll have to ask her why – can you guess we never ate the crusts?? My kids have never given me any trouble and I never told them what their gramma used to say to us!
@kris, my mom said the crust had more vitamins! LOL
I have 3 kids (9,5,17mos)and so far none have given me any trouble over eating the crusts. They all seem to be little dough babies in that they love bread!! Especially hm bread not long out of the oven with plenty of butter!!
great idea about saving them for breadcrumbs..I might just do that..both my girls are no crust kids and cannot even have it on the sandwich, I cut it off before giving it to them..then my hubby comes in 1 day and says “oh look finger sandwiches” now the girls love em..they eat the crust leftovers by themselves and then the sandwich! crazy kids!! 🙂
Two of my three sons have been crust avoiders until the last 12 months. The oldest who is 8 ½ does have a ‘thing’ about taste and texture. He isn’t afraid to try new foods but he does know what he likes and dislikes – and crusts were one of those things from a very early age. They didn’t make him vomit like bananas or mashed potato but he really just didn’t like them. His younger brother (6 1/2) just wanted to have sandwiches like his brother so it was easier for me just to cut the crusts off than battle with them over eating a sandwich. I didn’t see it as ‘caving’ in – I just made the decision that there were other battles to fight. I explained to the boys, however, that when we had sandwiches at other people’s houses they were not to make a fuss but either take or leave the sandwich as it was.
I have been told that this is indulging my sons in a way that will be totally detrimental to their future characters (seriously). But there are things that I like to eat and not eat as does my husband. I would no more serve up my children something I knew absolutely for certain they didn’t like to eat than I would him. So I bagged up those crusts and made lots of breadcrumb cookies (from the Tightwad Gazette) and English style bread pudding. I have to admit, though, we did just throw a lot away.
Then about 12 months ago my oldest son just decided he would like to try a sandwich with crusts. His tastes had changed, as tastes so often do for children, and his brother followed suit. Crusts are now part of our life again and I get to make a different kind of cookie!
@Baleboosteh, so fun that they worked that out on their own.