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26 October 2007

I'm a bad father →[More:]I just gave my kids toasted cheese sandwiches for dinner and made them a spider for dessert.

But then, I figured there was wheat in the bread, dairy in the cheese and, with the on-going dispute as to whether the tomato is a vegetable or a fruit, the tomato sauce counts as one serve of both vegetables and fruit. More dairy in the icecream and the green softdrink satisfies the "eat your greens" command. Right? That's not so bad, is it?

post by: dg at: 04:01 | 18 comments

Like how the wedge of lime in the top of a Corona counts as one of your five-a-day.

posted by matthewr 26 October | 05:28

You're not a bad father, you're just training their bodies to deal with the survival-level eating they'll go through at college at some point.

posted by chrismear 26 October | 05:55

^ exactly!

posted by chewatadistance 26 October | 07:45

What chrismear said, and plus some of my favorite food-memories as a child involved toasted/grilled cheese sandwiches (especially with tomatoe soup) in cold weather. Bad father my left foot.

posted by CitrusFreak12 26 October | 07:48

Think of it as being a temporary, stand-in uncle for the day. Being a bad father^* is when jaffles and spiders are the norm for tea.

^*My inner eight year old says that "bad"="awesome" here.

posted by GeckoDundee 26 October | 08:49

You clearly need to listen to Bill Cosby's routine on "Chocolate Cake for Breakfast".

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 26 October | 09:11

That's what I thought, TPS.

You're only a bad father if you forget to feed the kids, or give them gummy bears or popcorn. My husband has been known to feed them: nothing, an apple, a yogurt, popcorn, or gummy bears for breakfast or lunch. Don't be so hard on yourself. The goal is to keep them alive. If they're still breathing, you're doing well.

posted by LoriFLA 26 October | 09:52

some of my favorite food-memories as a child involved toasted/grilled cheese sandwiches (especially with tomatoe soup)

Ooooh. Same here. My dad always made us grilled cheese and tomato soup for Saturday lunch. It's still one of my comfort foods.

posted by elizard 26 October | 10:00

Oh, I loooove Bill Cosby: Himself. That dude was so funny back in the day.

*grooves*

"Dad is great!"

*grooves*

"Gives us chocolate cake!"

posted by Atom Eyes 26 October | 10:53

Dude...my child is eating cheerios off the floor. Cheerios I scattered on the floor on purpose. (What? They're whole grain and it's good for his fine motor skills!) You've got nothing to be concerned about.

posted by jrossi4r 26 October | 12:41

i ate Apple Jacks off the floor. It was my sister's idea.
i believe the game was called Cow.
It did not damage me as much as the rest of my childhood.

posted by ethylene 26 October | 12:48

Tomato soup and grilled cheese sammiches are the most awesomest of comfort food. Funny how they are for so many people.

By the way - why are floats called "spiders" in Oz? Float I get - ice cream floating in liquid. Spider doesn't compute.

And, if IIRC correctly, that although the tomato is technically a fruit because the way it grows, it is legally a vegetable in the U.S. for some reason I can't remember.

posted by deborah 26 October | 13:28

it is legally a vegetable in the U.S. for some reason I can't remember

Ronald Reagan. Ketchup counts as a vegetable under the funding requirements for school food programs.

posted by mudpuppie 26 October | 13:36

Mmmmmm!!! Toasted cheese sandwiches! My mom sometimes abused us that way, thank gods.

posted by taz 26 October | 14:14

Before reading all the way through, I thought you were calling yourself a bad father for serving an acutal spider to your children by accident. Compared to that, grilled cheese and tomato soup are the cat's pajamas.

posted by youngergirl44 26 October | 15:28

heh, my son still recalls fondly the day I just said the hell with it and made him chocolate chip pancakes with syrup and coke to drink for breakfast. He has never been so happy, before or since.

posted by mygothlaundry 26 October | 15:50

See, I'm always causing trouble at my place because I refuse to give the kids this sort of food... my wife sometimes will (as a 'treat') but I always kick up a huge fuss.

I'll go to my grave saying "You can't serve pancakes with chocolate spread for breakfast and PB&J for lunch!"

posted by chuckdarwin 27 October | 04:50

My mom sometimes abused us that way, thank gods.
Yeah, mine too - more evidence that those who are abused as children go on to become abusers themselves.

posted by dg 28 October | 15:44

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