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”?
Well this 50 year old mom just looked over the comments a bit better and I’m thinking it’s great to freeze the crusts but what is this teaching our children?
My four girls ate and still eat their crusts. I don’t want them to think they can waste food.
Funny! I just had this conversation with my 7 year old this morning. He doesn’t like the crusts which we trimmed off, and he still left the edge of the bread.
Usually I collect the crusts in the freezer. Most of the time, they don’t have anything on them, or it’s so minute that it won’t affect the flavor of the bread crumbs.
I have always made them eat the crust.
Both my 18 month old and my 8 year old eat the crust (of whole wheat bread). Hopefully, they always will. I have MANY other battles to fight though.
I went back and forth on whether or not I would cut it off. To this day my 17 year old still won’t eat the crust, but she loves crusty bread dipped in olive oil and vinegar. Really???
Fun topic! And a great tip about saving crusts for bread crumbs or meatloaf. I’ll have to try that. At our house, we cut sandwiches for the little boys (5 and 8) into triangles and the kids eat up to the edge most times; my older boy especially doesn’t care for edges. I think it’s the texture, not the taste, because he loves the edge of grilled cheese! The 5-year-old will eat edges no problem, if he’s hungry. If he’s not that into his food, it doesn’t matter – he’ll eat whatever part he wants and that’s all. My big boy (i.e. hubby) will eat the crusts! But you know, I sometimes leave a corner if the bread has really tough crusts. I think sometimes I don’t chew well enough.
I cut the crusts off and save them. When I have a bunch I toss them with melted butter and cinnamon/sugar then bake them at 350 till crisp!
My older (5.5) son won’t eat the crusts of his sandwich. He only started this maybe 18 months ago? I got so annoyed with how much of the sandwich he left behind that I started cutting the crust off for my own peace of mind about wasting all that food. At least if I cut them off, then I can use them and he eats more of the sandwich. When I am not in charge of lunch, I don’t think my husband cuts the crusts off because it doesn’t bother him to throw them out.
No Way!!! Cutting off the crust is totally a gateway behavior to all sorts of picky-ness. I am not a short order cook, eat what you are given or wait until the next meal.
I never buy anything in the checkout line either, I’m such a heartless mommy!