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Stupid food rules you had to follow as a child

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Those spoiled kids today, eating sushi with an iPad in front of their faces, would be shocked to hear what kind of dictatorial regime their parents grew up in. Eating as many Brussels sprouts as you were old and then pouring yogurt over them. Yes… these are just a few of the stupid food rules you had to follow as a child. The fact that we’re still alive!

Foto van culinair journalist Sharon van Lokhorst

First a savory sandwich and then a sweet one, and only getting dessert once your plate was empty; how many food rules from this list can you check off?

Empty plate

I wasn’t allowed to leave the table until my plate was empty. So sometimes I sat there alone at the table for hours.. because I wasn’t hungry anymore or it didn’t taste good.. – Denise Groeneweg

Chips

I only got a small bowl of chips at 3:30 p.m. on Sundays. I should probably still do that haha! – Hubertine Kramer

By the cat

If I was being fussy (that was the exact word they used) with my food, I had to sit under the stairs by the cat (I quickly stopped when it actually had to happen). If I didn’t finish my plate, I had to sit in the hallway with my plate until it was empty. And I didn’t like very much food back then…. I hated this so much at the time, but now I can laugh about it so hard. – Daniëlle Wetser

Yogurt afterward

If you didn’t finish your plate, you got yogurt for dessert. The reasoning was that yogurt wasn’t tasty, but that was mainly what my father thought; we mostly thought we didn’t like it because of him. It really remains the most bizarre and illogical rule ever, as far as I’m concerned. – Laura Beljaars

Yogurt in it

If you hadn’t finished your plate when dessert came to the table, the yogurt/custard/pudding went onto your plate over the food, and then you had to eat it. We got dessert on the plate anyway, never in separate bowls/dishes. – Els Kobes

Healthy

Drink the cooking water from the endive; according to my mother, it contained lots of iron and vitamins. Grrrrr. – Marian de Vos-Weber

Sandwich filling punishment

A sandwich with too much filling: no filling on the next slice of bread. – Babs van Nuil

Brussels sprouts according to your age

As many Brussels sprouts as you were old. Those things are inedible, so every year it became a bigger drama. If I dragged it out long enough, I had to continue eating in the front hall as punishment. Great, front door + letterbox = Brussels sprouts out the door. – Astrid de Bruijn

Weekend treat

Biscuits during the week and one stroopwafel on Sunday (and I didn’t even like it). – Marin van de Velde

Savory, sweet

We first had to eat a sandwich with cheese or sausage, and then we were allowed a sandwich with a sweet topping. Brown bread every day, and on Sundays we were allowed white bread – Karlijn Derksen

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