I imagine that if the portion size is the same, a reason for the nuggets is cooking time. I'm sure they cook faster, and probably match the cooking time of the fish for the combo fish/chicken meal.
I would speculate that there is less waste in manufacturing, since it is harder to get longer strips than shorter.
Really? No Bread bowls? Guess I won't go back there. Where else can you get clam chowder in a bread bowl?
Plenty of places in the NE. I'm guessing that's where it originates.
Hunger is the best sauce.
Not being flip
My 6 and 9 year old do have some things they do not like. My 6 year old can at times be downright stubborn. However, when presented with "these are the options on the menu, and thats all they have" she can usualy find something that she will eat. It may not be her favorite, shy may have much rather had fries, or *eck* nuggets, but what ever she has choosen is at least palatable. I also love the look of deliemma when she tries somthing that she has declared "looks yucky" and realized it is good. She gets this look of defeat on her face and then mutters "fine, its good"
-dave
I've experienced the same things with my kids. DD14 has always had trouble making decisions (of all kinds) but will eat lots of different things and be happy. DD9 is just the opposite, but if she fails to choose something, then she just waits until later to eat. Often she'll decide after everyone is sitting down that she'll have something after all. Or she'll see something that she likes later, and I have no problem with that either. She's getting better than when she was little, by the way.
You never encountered a child like me because when I was little I would have starved myself rather than eat something I didn't like and there was no bargaining with me about having dessert because I would have said "I didn't want it anyway."
When my kids are like that it means they aren't hungry enough to eat what is available at that time. Then they wait and eat later, and sometimes they are disappointed, because food is not immediately available when they want it. We only have a few rules, and one is no dessert without some substantial food, and if you didn't want it anyway, then OK, no skin off my nose!
Another rule we have is that if it is close enough to the next meal time, unless for whatever reason they haven't had anything for a long time, they just have to wait. I don't let them have a snack an hour before dinner, for example, unless it's a few baby carrots or an apple or something, but no candy, granola bars, left-over pasta or mexican food, etc.
Nooooo they be stealin mah chicken strips!
I prefer chicken to beef since it is usually leaner. Chicken strips are just plain awesome and belong on every menu!
I know everyone has been saying how greasy the burgers are at some places, but fried food is loaded with calories, and so even though chicken is leaner, you're probably not saving anything.
That's my daughter. She is almost skeletal, and hates almost everything. She will rather starve than eat something she deems disgusting. And will cry if I try to force her to eat things. However, she can eat 10 chicken nuggets at mcdonalds. :lol:
She has always had a hard time gaining weight and as a baby would put on a few pounds, then get sick and not eat for a couple days and the weight was all gone again. I'm trying to make her have a regular eating routine, but I still do have a little bit different rules with her than the other kids. If she says she's hungry I feel bad making her wait until dinner.
I'm not a trained professional, but I think that maybe your daughter has an eating disorder, and I'm sorry. It sounds mild, though, and it seems (to me, anyway) like you are coping with it appropriately. Have you consulted with a doctor or counselor on this? Maybe that would be a good idea if you haven't.
For most kids, however, who are of (more-or-less) normal weight, parents can unwittingly train the child to have bad habits, because they allow the child to use food as a weapon to get attention. I don't think that this is the case with your child, but I have seen it.
When I was little because I would only eat one thing and only at a certain time, my mom would cook me little baby lamb chops at 4p. My great grandma was a great believer is if a child is hungry, you feed them.
I think that's great. 4pm is a great time for a snack. Almost any time my kids are hungry I'll let them have something, preferably something healthy. One exception is on vacation, especially the World, where you can't always find something healthy right off. Then I let them have some junk they want. What the heck, we're on vacation. I wish I had as good eating habits as my DW has given my DDs (it sure didn't come from me!) I'd love to see fruit and yogurt stands all over WDW!:lol:
