want not, waste not
i remember when i was little, my parents instilled this attitude into me.. about never wasting food, and always finishing what i had on my plate. there would be times when i was around 4-5 years old, i would be so exhausted from a long day in school and sports afterward, that i would be too tired to finish eating and my eyelids would droop. rice and lentils happened to be one of my favourite foods, and a regular staple at my parents' house. when my mom would see me wavering, she would mix the food for me and make little bite-sized mounds of food, and arrange them on my plate.. and i remember counting them, and manfully struggling to get them down.
it might seem weird, and that it was like being force-fed.. but it was them teaching me to only take on my plate what i could finish, and eat all of it too. it was a good lesson, as to this day, i absolutely never return food from my plate, nor do i throw it away. i think that is a good thing to teach kids too.
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