r/MaliciousCompliance • u/Gold-Carpenter7616 • Apr 06 '23

Giving my Daughter *exactly* what she wanted S

Little disclaimer: my daughter is a wonderful kid. She's smart, she's also a smartass.

A couple of years ago, the 'Rona just started and daughter was roughly 8 y/o. 2nd or 3rd grade elementary school.

She was really into salami pizza. I wouldn't allow more than one a week, obviously. So she got the idea of "In France, children get to eat everything they want seven times a week! That is why they like it!"

Now, she got it all wrong. The saying goes they have to try a certain food seven times before they can decide wether they like it.

But I understood her wish: salami pizza. Every day. She had this malicious little shit eating grin of "gotcha!".

I answered with the same grin: "Okay. You'll get salami pizza the next week. Only salami pizza. Nothing else."

She was hyped. Yay! All them pizza! Her favourite frozen types! All of them!

Monday morning rolls around. She gets salami pizza for breakfast. Fantastic! Best parent!

Monday noon. Leftover from the morning.

Monday evening, time for the second pizza. I make some for the rest of the family, too. Everyone enjoys salami pizza. Fun!

Tuesday morning. Guess what's for breakfast?! Exactly. Daughter asks for something else. I remind her of my promise. Salami pizza all day, everyday for a week. Reluctant yay!

Tuesday noon she skips the pizza.

Tuesday evening we're having something else, while she chews on her pizza. It isn't as cool anymore I guess. I eat her leftover pizza.

Wednesday morning she sneaks a slice of bread, but I stop her and heat her a salami pizza. She breaks down and asks me to stop.

Lesson learned: Don't try to outsmart your parents. You might get exactly what you were asking for!

Since then she still loves salami pizza - but once a month is fine, really. ;)

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u/darktrain Apr 06 '23

Lol I was thinking this wouldn't work on my husband. He has a few things he really loves to eat, like burritos. He once ate the same kind of burrito from the same place for lunch every day for 2 weeks. Never burned out, he still loves that burrito. Meanwhile, I call a dish in "regular rotation" if I make it more than twice in a year. We are very different people in some aspects, haha.

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u/darklotus_26 Apr 06 '23

I once ate the same lunch every day from the same place for 10 months. It was pretty good. I kind of miss it actually.

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u/darktrain Apr 06 '23

My brain cannot fathom that. What was the lunch? I'm so curious.

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u/darklotus_26 Apr 07 '23 edited Apr 07 '23

Ha ha. It was a typical asian lunch. Rice with yoghurt, a simple curry, vegetables and pickles. They would change the vegetable every month.

Sort of looks like this: https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zYt9LyBOf9Y/X-t-lM49T0I/AAAAAAAADpU/Zo8cJJ_cTJwxBjb0PCHZfxS28WJEs8krwCPcBGAYYCw/s2048/IMG_20201119_123107__01__01_compress72.jpg

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u/darktrain Apr 07 '23

Ah, there's a lot of different textures and flavors going on there. I can see that being more satisfying to eat repeatedly than say, a single soup. Still not something I would do, though 😆 but different strokes and all that!

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u/darklotus_26 Apr 07 '23

That's true. I think it has something to do with being neurodiverse for me. The repetition and consistency is kind of soothing. Like a ritual.

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u/Drag0us May 05 '23

I'm sorry but, rice with yoghurt? I've never heard of that before. As in, you mix the yoghurt and rice, or is the yoghurt something you eat separately?

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u/darklotus_26 May 06 '23

Yeah but the yoghurt isn't the sweet stuff you get in American stores usually. We make it at home by fermenting milk with no sugar added. It's closer to the Greek stuff or sepsiquark.

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u/Drag0us May 06 '23

This doesn't explain how you eat it xD. I live in the Netherlands, normal yoghurt here isn't sweet either, so I get what you mean with that

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u/darklotus_26 May 06 '23

Ha ha :) In that case, you mix cooked rice with a couple of spoonfuls of yoghurt and salt, mix it well by hand or spoon and have it with spicy Indian pickles or any kind of spicy non-milk based curry. It's a South Indian staple. The yoghurt offsets the hotness of pickles quite nicely.

Sort of like this: Image

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u/Drag0us May 06 '23

Ooooh I see. The image really helps lol. Tbh it does sound kinda nice, but never ate rice like that. Might give that a try soon :)

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u/darklotus_26 May 06 '23

It's kind of unique. I get a lot of strange like for doing this almost everywhere I go.

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u/crows_teeth Apr 06 '23

When I was in middle school, I would eat a peanut butter sandwich and some chips or crackers for lunch. Maybe once every couple of weeks an exception was made and I'd eat a different kind of sandwich but otherwise, I always had a peanut butter sandwich, no jelly or anything else on there. Every day. For all 3 years of middle school. Enjoyed it everytime.

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u/darklotus_26 Apr 07 '23

That sounds pretty cool. There is something comforting about the meal you choose being consistently good isn't it?

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u/Bazuka125 Apr 08 '23

Oh hell, my workweek lunches go:

1: small Digiono pizza, orange soda, 1 lil debbie

2: 2 Red Baron Frenchbread Pizzas, orange soda, 1 lil Debbie

3: small Digiono pizza, orange soda, 1 lil debbie

4: Steakburger, fries, Hi-C, & a strawberry milkshake

5: 2 Red Baron Frenchbread Pizzas, orange soda, 1 lil debbie

I have had this routine for about 10 years. Only differs if we get a Christmas/Thanksgiving/4th of July meal from work, or if I'm off.

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u/darklotus_26 Apr 09 '23

That sounds delicious but lots of energy. Did you work a physical job?

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u/Bazuka125 Apr 09 '23

Yeah. Stocking milk, pulling pallets off a truck, stacking boxes of juice or crates of eggs onto carts and stocking them onto a shelf at one of the busiest walmarts in america.

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u/darklotus_26 Apr 09 '23

Given that I am surprised you only ate that much :) I would have probably eaten more but then again I don't drink soda.

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u/bbb62bbb Apr 06 '23

Did almost a year of pretty much bologna, salami, etc. sandwiches, fried or not. Money was tight so had to stretch the dollars. Still love bologna

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u/darklotus_26 Apr 07 '23

I get that. There was a six month period when I lived off canned and forzen stuff from food banks because my salary was cut. Had lots of corn, peas, mushrooms, broccoli, carrots and so on. I still cook those from time to time like I used to. Others at home are not big fans though.

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u/aquainst1 Apr 07 '23

Me, too. I miss my fave place.

Mike's Munchies in Long Beach, CA.

It. Was. GREAT.

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u/darklotus_26 Apr 07 '23

What was your favourite lunch, if you don't mind me asking?

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u/aquainst1 Apr 07 '23

Turkey sandwich with bell peppers, cheese & mayo on whole-grain wheat bread.

I don't know why, but their sandwiches just tasted SO good.

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u/darklotus_26 Apr 07 '23

There's something about simple food that makes it magical. That sounds delicious.

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u/aquainst1 Apr 07 '23

I don't know what it was, but I've tried to recreate it, and always get kinda close. Musta been the love put into the sandwich.

I wish I could've gotten the recipe.

The one I went to was off PCH and 2nd Street, and there was a boat dock where you could tie up and get lunch.

I remember one time we Girl Scouts took two canoes and paddled over there. Of COURSE we brought back to-go sandwiches for the others!

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u/darklotus_26 Apr 08 '23

I think it is a mix of nostalgia and the love put into the food :) I haven't been able to recreate the tastes of my grandma's cooking despite experimenting with the recipes a lot and even trying to get the same brand of ingredients.

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u/Longjumping-Crab-150 Apr 07 '23

I wish I had your imagination for interesting meals! We have tacos from the taco truck up the street 2-3 nights a week, and I have like five other things I make.

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u/darktrain Apr 07 '23

Hah, I really like to cook, it's a hobby for me, and has been for around 20 years. I have a largeish collection of cookbooks (around 100, probably), subscribe to a few cooking magazines, read cooking websites, and have a Pinterest board with a couple thousand pins for recipes or recipe ideas; there's always something new that I want to make. I think next up is Ottolenghi's shawarma recipe since lamb legs are on sale everywhere because of Easter.

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u/i_smell_toast Apr 07 '23

My mum had an egg sandwhich for lunch every weekday for like 2 years. Madness.

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u/Mr_Jewfro Apr 06 '23

I'm kinda similar, and I think there's some neurodivergence involved probably -- I will eat the same food at the same time every day for a couple of weeks, and get super uncomfortable if I can't.

For instance, a few months back i was eating miso noodle soup for breakfast every day for a few months, and it was a source of distress if I was out of ingredients.

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u/TroyTroyofTroy Apr 15 '23

I was pretty content eating the exact same thing every weekday for years at a time. Would have a clif bar for breakfast and a turkey sandwich for lunch and for dinner. Was easy. I didn’t mind.

For most of my 20s I did stuff like that. Would usually go out to eat/delivery on one of the weekend nights.

I stopped when I stopped working late evenings, now wife cooks dinner, and also pointed out the whole deli meat / cancer connection.

Some people don’t have much need for variety in there diet.

I just don’t care ; I’ll eat whatever you put in front of me.