What vegetable did your parents have to make you eat?
Mike Johansson - Editor 258-2722
mikej@rochesterinsider.com
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“Swiss chard — it's probably still the only vegetable in the world that could make me hurl just by looking at it.”
Charity Elmore - News Editor 258-9899
charitye@rochesterinsider.com
“My mother used to try to make me eat okra and boiled cabbage. She's a good cook, but even she couldn't make these veggies edible.”
Polly Davis Doig - News Editor/Production 258-9897
pollyd@rochesterinsider.com
“Hops and barley.”
Melissa Lyon - Art Director 258-9895
melissal@rochesterinsider.com
“I was a weird kid; I liked almost all veggies, except for onions, and they never made me eat those.”
Lisa Hughes - Photo Director
lisac@rochesterinsider.com
“My parents didn't make me eat anything. They made sure I had one bite, and it could be small, but that's all they made me do.”
Elizabeth Grant - Executive Assistant 258-9888
elizabethg@rochesterinsider.com
“My parents never forced me to eat anything, actually. They just encouraged me to try different things.”
Marcia Greenwood - Copy Editor 258-9878 marciag@rochesterinsider.com
“Winter squash. Icky poo.”
Todd Clausen - Copy Editor 258-9883
toddc@rochesterinsider.com
“Why be so picky? Just put it in front of me, and it's off my plate."
Pam Cowan - Reporter 258-9886
pamc@rochesterinsider.com
“Peas. The texture is terrible, and the taste is worse. I'm gagging just thinking about them.”
Tim Karan - Reporter 258-9887
timk@rochesterinsider.com
“Oh, my parents knew better than to even try.”
Tibbs Ahlberg - Advertising Manager 258-2476
tahlberg@rocheste.gannett.com
“Lima beans … still won't touch them.”
Tracy Abbott - Advertising Sales 258-2723
“Lima beans.”
Jared Sabado - Advertising Sales 258-2338
jareds@rochesterinsider.com
“Broccoli. It was a good try, Mom and Dad!”
Christine Ward - Advertising Sales Assoc. 258-2238
cward@rocheste.gannett.com
“Anything green never went over well with me.”
