Scramble Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 After an interesting phone call from my friend, I have discovered she has no idea what olives or grapefruits are Are the any people on here who do not know what they are If so, I'm sorry if I've offended you. It's just my friend is very clever, abnormally so, and especially since she's taken Food Technology it made me giggle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 I am intrigued as to what she thought that they might be!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Do I know? Are they a type of edible animal? It amazes me, when my friends daughter was over a few weeks ago, she had no idea what a broad bean was, the Kohl Rabi I could understand, but a Broad Bean I watched a Jamie Oliver programme a few years back, and was amazed when children didn't know carrots, leeks and other simple stuff, but they were little ones not teenagers. I mean an olive and a grapefruit are not that unusual. I hope your friend is managing her 5 a day JJ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scramble Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 (edited) yes she is She's addicted to apples apparently My other friend though She allergic to most fruit; strawberries, apples, cherries (her favourite ), pears, peaches and she has mild asthma. She still sneakily eats strawberries though as she loves them I yell at her though At least she can have oranges which she adores. Debs...what's a broad bean? Edited August 4, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 She probably thinks that means 5 apples edit - cross posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 But yet startlingly accurate Lesley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scramble Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 We're okay our parentals are fruit and veg worshippers We like to be healthy though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Yey Chichi and Mum for instilling healthy values into you and your sister I am doing the same for my God Daughter, she had a toy kitchen for her birthday, and people bought her toy fast food, so I went straight to the early leaning centre and bought toy vegetables Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scramble Posted August 4, 2009 Author Share Posted August 4, 2009 (edited) Very good of you Debs Edited August 4, 2009 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fur 'n' Feathers Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 What's that in the jar that we keep in the fridge We think we might have olive oil in our veins We'd suggest introducing your friend to Kalamata olives.... life will never be the same again..... and then on to a range of queen olives, stuffed olives, olives with garlic, olives with lemon (don't bother with pimento!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redhotchick Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Overheard in Netto on Saturday Lady shopper #1 "Oh look, Dairylee Triangles with chives in" Lady shopper #2 "What's chives?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlo Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Thinking about it, last year DD had a friend round who would have been 11 at the time. I don't do chips too often but I did do proper ones. "These are great," she said. "What are they made out of?" She honestly did not realise that chips were potatoes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackiepoppies Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 ........ when 3 1/2 year old was shopping with me in Sainsburys and kept returning to the olive buckets......you know....where you fill up little pots and then go and pay for them?...... How do you put said grandson on scales and tell the cashier he's your 'little pot'.........minus the stones he's given to grandma to dispose of Jx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Snowy Posted August 4, 2009 Share Posted August 4, 2009 Olives are a sticky topic in our family. Following a visit from our niece (in her 20s), she went home and told her parents that we had turned posh because we ate olives Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Blimey, we must be right toffs then! My two lads are addicted to them, since they first had solids they have loved olives. Waiters in pizza restaurants are regularly gobsmacked to have them order pizzas with double olives on top... It's my fault. When I was pregnant with them I ate loads of olives! I used to run a food club after school and it was amazing how many teenagers had never seen onions, potatoes and carrots with their skins on... we would like to start up a veg plot now, to go alongside the KS4 business enterprise that produces hundreds of bedding plants every summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurpleTree Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 My oldest is brilliant at recognising fruit and veg, he can even name some of them in Welsh, although he probably wouldn't know what an olive is as neither me nor hubby like them. He definitely knows what a grapefruit is though, his face was a picture when he tried some for the first time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagazer Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 When we go out for a meal we have to order YS his own dish of olives to stand a chance of having some ourselves, yummy. I was in Sainsburys the other day and the lady in front had a punnet of nectarines and the chap on the till (about 20 odd) asked her what they were. Surely he should of known his products? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Grapefruit are widely available but maybe noone in her family liked them and although I know what olives look like in various guises - I am afraid I do not like them at all. Tried them again at a french market - No No No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Olives grapefruit I may have to go and buy some! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scramble Posted August 5, 2009 Author Share Posted August 5, 2009 I love both White, Pink or Red Grapefruit? I like them all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickvic Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 I like all grapefruits too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 OH went through an obsession with Pink Grapefruit where he'd have one every morning He always does this with breakfasts, its been Crunchy Nut Cornflakes, Fruit toast etc etc, at the moment its porridge I'm not a fan of either olives or grapefruit, about the only fruit fruit and veg I don't like funnily enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scramble Posted August 5, 2009 Author Share Posted August 5, 2009 I have crunchy nut cornfalkes Must be a Welsh thing I didn't used to like olives for ages and then, one day, I loved them Same with Salmon really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Chick Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 I LOVE Salmon, its so versatile aswell, goes well with nice creamy sauces, tomato based sauces, Marinaded in Asian spices, char grilled with some Jack Daniels dip, the options are endless. Oh, I want some salmon now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
