Re: Shelton's vs Applegate(I think that's what they are called)

[Guest guest]

Hi Janelle,

My son is very picky & won't touch the Applegate ones. The only ones he will

eat are the Shelton's Chicken franks. I think I tried the turkey ones some

time ago & he wanted no part of them; haven't tried the beef. But we all like

the chicken ones; those are good (to us anyway).

I don't know which ones you have but if they'll let you do an exchange maybe

you could try the chicken ones & see if they go over better?

Hope this helps somewhat. I've just received a bunch of new foods I'm trying

on & my other son will eat more of the gfcf foods than he will. It is

very frustrating!

Blessings,

Michele

(, ASD, 7yrs, Logan, 3.5 yrs)

[Guest guest]

Hi Janelle,

My son is very picky & won't touch the Applegate ones. The only ones he will

eat are the Shelton's Chicken franks. I think I tried the turkey ones some

time ago & he wanted no part of them; haven't tried the beef. But we all like

the chicken ones; those are good (to us anyway).

I don't know which ones you have but if they'll let you do an exchange maybe

you could try the chicken ones & see if they go over better?

Hope this helps somewhat. I've just received a bunch of new foods I'm trying

on & my other son will eat more of the gfcf foods than he will. It is

very frustrating!

Blessings,

Michele

(, ASD, 7yrs, Logan, 3.5 yrs)

[Guest guest]

How about using them in recipes (cut up in beans etc.). Another idea

I read about but have not yet tried is rolling them in GFCF pancake

mix and frying to make corndogs.

> Ok, my husband will have a fit if I don't find a way to get these

> hotdogs down the kids' throats. I bought 6 or 8 packs(can't recall,

> dont' want to recall!!) bc the Whole Foods Market is about 45 min

> from my house and I hate running errands, so bought a ton at once.

> Yikes. They ate the Shelton's slowly and with wierd looks on their

> faces the first time. The hot dogs look horrible and tasted even

> worse. Give me my nitrites! Then today I made the Apple whatever

> Farms dogs and they wouldn't even touch them. I did everything

short

> of forcing it down their throats and screaming " YOU WILL EAT ALL 6

> PACKS OR MOMMY WILL BE IN BIG TROUBLE " Just kidding. My dh will

roll

> his eyes as he does when I go overboard...teehee. What I am hoping

is

> that after waiting a few weeks they will taste good to them. The

> Applegate? tasted much better IMO, but I still wouldn't eat an

entire

> one. Isn't that funny how 30 some years of eating chemicals is hard

> to change? Any ideas on how to make them more child-friendly would

be

> great.

> Janelle

[Guest guest]

How about using them in recipes (cut up in beans etc.). Another idea

I read about but have not yet tried is rolling them in GFCF pancake

mix and frying to make corndogs.

> Ok, my husband will have a fit if I don't find a way to get these

> hotdogs down the kids' throats. I bought 6 or 8 packs(can't recall,

> dont' want to recall!!) bc the Whole Foods Market is about 45 min

> from my house and I hate running errands, so bought a ton at once.

> Yikes. They ate the Shelton's slowly and with wierd looks on their

> faces the first time. The hot dogs look horrible and tasted even

> worse. Give me my nitrites! Then today I made the Apple whatever

> Farms dogs and they wouldn't even touch them. I did everything

short

> of forcing it down their throats and screaming " YOU WILL EAT ALL 6

> PACKS OR MOMMY WILL BE IN BIG TROUBLE " Just kidding. My dh will

roll

> his eyes as he does when I go overboard...teehee. What I am hoping

is

> that after waiting a few weeks they will taste good to them. The

> Applegate? tasted much better IMO, but I still wouldn't eat an

entire

> one. Isn't that funny how 30 some years of eating chemicals is hard

> to change? Any ideas on how to make them more child-friendly would

be

> great.

> Janelle

[Guest guest]

My son wolfs both of these brands down, and without any condiments at all.

But I do think this is because it's been a year or more since eating any

other type of hot dog. But we had a very similar problem a year ago when

trying to substitute rice milk for cow's milk. It took about six months

before he willingly would drink rice milk or DariFree. I would just try

periodically every few weeks, and eventually the rice milk and DariFree began

to taste pretty darn good to him. Hope your kids adjust faster than mine did!

Debbie