r/tifu • u/CompetitionExtreme36 • May 29 '24

TIFU by making my child vegetarian. S

I have a 6 year old son. We went to a fair a few months ago and there was a display of livestock that the public could pet.

Me, trying to be jolly, told him that he'd be eating them for dinner someday.

My son was shocked and asked me how was that possible. I told him that meat is made by killing animals and cooking them. He then asked me what all the meats were. I told him that it's chicken, beef, steak, sausages, salami and mutton.

Later that night at home, I noticed him seperating his dinner. He removed all the meat pieces from the rice and only ate the rice. My wife asked him what was wrong and he said he doesn't want to eat animals.

Thankfully, he's fine with milk and eggs. However, he continued refusing to eat any meat. A week passed and we went to the doctor. The doctor said that it's probably just a temporary phase and we should feed him vegetarian alternatives for the time being.

We now buy canned beans, lentils, greek yoghurt, olive oil, whey protein, soy nuggets and plant-based patties/sausages. We also order a cheese pizza for him.

It's been a few months now, and I've bought iron and B12 gummies for him. Even my wife and I are starting to go more vegetarian.

TL;DR: We went to a fair and there was a display where the crowd could pet livestock. I told my son he'd eat those animals soon, and he's a full blown vegetarian now.

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u/welshteabags May 30 '24

People can potatoes?

The world is a wild place

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u/dragonmuse May 30 '24

I never had canned potatoes until about a year ago. They work well for soups/stews etc imo. I don't remember how we ended up with canned potatoes but I am glad I tried them because we don't eat potatoes often and I always have extra going bad because I can only find the 5lb bags of them. Not cost effective to buy them to make something liked mashed potatoes, and I wouldn't buy them if potato was the star of a dish, but when something calls for a potato or 2, canned potato is great.

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u/ahuramazdobbs19 May 30 '24

Anything that can spoil is worth canning.

Potatoes may not spoil for a much longer time compared to other fresh produce, but they still spoil.

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u/welshteabags Jun 02 '24

I suppose a root cellar or cold storage isn't something available everywhere.