growing up we were told that we had to eat what was on our plates or that plate would be breakfast the next morning ... i would literally become ill on the nights we would have liver but i would eat it anyway cause cold liver for breakfast is worse ... i finially got to the point that if i cut it up tiny and smothered each bite in a ton of gravy and swallow quickly i could get the whole piece down without having to repeatedly leave the table ... my boys were raised that they had to at least eat two bites of whatever they thought they didn't like ... 9 times out of 10 though they found they did like the item and would eat it all ... lol ... kids sheeesh