grandma education 101

When I was little, my parents, grandparents, practically grown-up people around me wouldn't let us (my sisters and I)  waste food. Not even a single tiny-bitty rice. My granny always chased me or finished it herself if she gave up. Their reason was varied:
The rice would cry or our rooster would die if I threw food away. Those were my grandma's weapon that caused us to finish my food. Not a good way to teach kids, huh? Years later, we discussed about that on my catechism class and those are considered as white lie, still a lie . Oh, our only rooster suddenly died anyway.
My parent work so hard so we can buy food. Wasting food means disrespecting their hard work.
There're many people couldn't eat out there because of their poverty so we, "luckier" than they were, not supposed to waste food. It's touchy but I didn't really get the connection. My friend told me, when her parents said that, she took a picture of her emptied dinner plate and was going to send to poor people, to prove that she didn't waste food.
You're not gonna get desert That is definitely not what my granny said since desert wasn't common in our house. Everything other than rice and dishes are considered as snack and we can eat it anytime Whatever reason I took that time, it works until now. I would finish all food that I've taken except there's certain unexpected condition. When I was sick, for instance.

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