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”?
Ha! Ha! good topic for today. Of my 4 kiddos the younger 3 eat the crust with no problem. My oldest (age 7) does not. When he was younger I, like many on here already commented, cut the crusts off because he would waste so much sandwich if not. Now I’m wondering if I had just left it on there if he would have just started eating it. I no longer cut off his crusts and I make him eat the sandwich right up to the very edge (often meaning he eats some of the crust as well) with hopes that eventually he’ll get the point and just eat the whole thing. Everyone has battles they choose not to fight 🙂 Clara
Hi! My husband and I eat the crusts. 🙂 But when our grandchildren visit, if they don’t like the crusts I would cut them off and freeze them for meatloaf. If I have been asked to make special sandwiches for a tea or shower, I cut the crusts off and do that then, too. If I did not, I would at least throw them out to the birds . . . never a waste! 🙂 Can’t remember if my four kids did or did not like the crusts, but they are all very normal adults. 🙂
My three year old gets upset if I cut them off, so she keeps them. My two year old will eat his triangles to the crust, and wastes a lot, so I don’t mind cutting them off. We save them and then feed the birds with them. He does the same with apples and peaches, so I cut the peels off those and big sister eats them!
I have given in and cut the crust off for my older two. When I didn’t, they would leave behind much more than I would have cut off, so I felt it wasted less if I went ahead and did it for them. I make our bread in a bread maker, so sometimes the crust is pretty hefty. The most important thing to me is that they are eating whole grain bread. Every mom has to choose her battles.
I like crusts. We “fight” over the bread heel now. But when we were little, for some reason we liked to dunk our crusts – milk, koolaid, whatever.
The bread crusts themselves are not a moral thing, especially if you don’t waste them. It’s up to Mom what she allows. I think everyone has a few foods they don’t like. It’s concerning when food preferences are part of an overall pattern of “I WILL have it my way or I won’t do it. PERIOD.” (And Mom is miserable.) Or is your kid characterized by generally eating supper well and not being in a funk about everything put on his plate. By the way, all my kids like crust, though one strongly dislikes super-nutritious sweet potatoes. :^)
Our oldest son has now convinced his younger brothers that crusts are to be avoided at all costs. They used to not even notice the crusts, but not anymore. So, rather than have them waste at least half of a sandwich because of their crust phobia, I, too, trim the crust off before even putting the plate on the table! Great idea about saving them for bread crumbs!
My son eats it just fine; my two year old doesn’t. Great idea about saving the crust for breadcrumbs. I think in a year or two I will stick to my guns and not cut it off. Right now, she wastes too much if I don’t cut it off.
I guess I am the “mean” mom that made them eat the crust when they went through that stage. I refused to cut it off because I did not want them to start the habit of not eating it. Instead I gave them their sandwich and nothing else. They only got the rest of their lunch when the sandwich was gone. Now all three kids eat the crust with no problem. They may not enjoy it, but they eat it and there is no waste. (And yes I know I am in the minority here in the fact that I made my kids eat it )
I don’t cut the crust off, but I don’t make her eat it. I cut her sandwich/toasts in triangles because she eats more of the sandwich that way (it’s easier to get closer to the crust as opposed to when it’s cut in a square). Sometimes she eats the crust sometimes she doesn’t. I have bigger battles to fight 😉