Dinner...

[Celestiale]

I've been a parent for 7 years. I have always exposed my children to different tastes, and our family doctor says that it's a wonderful thing. My youngest loves to chow down on spicy kim-chee, green vegetables, anything that she likes. Oh yes, they definitely tell what they like and don't like. They don't spaghetti-O's cause there's not enough taste, but they love homemade spaghetti. My youngest doesn't like junkfood all that much, while the oldest two love it. Dinner is always a struggle with children, no matter what you feed them. Give them what they like, then gradually expose them to different tastes. Nobody said to do it all at once.

It may be a wonderful thing to expose our children to different tastes, but the fact is that their tastebuds do not begin to mature until they reach adolescence. I was disputing his comment about having deformed tastebuds, not about never exposing your kids to different foods. My two year old's favorite food right now is green olives...go figure!

 

[cheekyminx]

Never

Hey Never thats a very interesting thought about eating disorders. Let me think on that one.

 

[Cheri]

I think Never was trying to say that we should try to expose our children to lots of different foods rather than just eat the normal kid diet (at least for my kids), namely corn, chicken nuggest, cheese slices, goldfish crackers and grapes. Besides I think parents, myself included wage to many wars about food and it's consumption. I've layed down the law as of late, everything must be tried during every meal and then if they just want a Pop tart, I can live with it.

 

[riff]

How about:

Blackened Soft-shelled Crab.

Better, use your italian know-how to make a garlic cream sauce for some angel hair pasta... then put the blackened soft-shell crab on top of that. Yummy.

Or for something lite:

Poach some strips of chicken breast in a skillet then finish it off with a good dose of raspberry vinager- this will give it a berry-ish tartness. Lie the strips of chicken on a bed of fresh spinach salad with champagne vinagrette. Yummy.

MMMM... more rich food, easy too: Bake some red snapper. Put a bunch of lump crabmeat on top. Drape with hollandaise. (Only drag is that this is so rich that sex is... well, let's sleep and screw in the morning).

One thing leads to another:

Shrimp Remoulade with Avacado: Boil the shrimp and peel and chill. For a shortcut, take some thousand island dressing and add tobasco. Serve it in a circle. A ramekin of sauce in the center of the plate with and "every-other" arrangement of shrimp and avacado wedges circling around it. Damned good.

Even better: homemade guacamole. Put the avocado between your asscheeks and have him mash it to a paste. Sprinkle with carnation petals.

 

[Never]

(Celestiale, We've had this conversation before but that bring up a whole 'nother pot of fish.)

I have more than 'an idea' of what I'm talking about, I did pay a bit of attention during biology and health class. Taste buds can't deform, I assumed people would notice the absurdity of the beginning of my post which would lighten the mood for a stirring food parody of a Julie Andrews musical. I spent half an hour on that little ditty because I am a pathetic poet, I obviously didn't take proper time to consider my audiences sensibilities first or I wouldn't have wasted the space.

Yes, It's obvious that you're very frustrated and angry at this point but, please, you have to understand, it's not until quite recently that people have tried to find meanings in my posts. I'm still getting used to it.

I'll remember your criticism, however, and I will apply it to further posts. As I've said many times, 'If you have to explain a joke - it wasn't funny to begin with.'

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[Siren]

I got one thing to say to you Neverland......

 

[Never]

You know.. I'm really a mediocre cook at best but I try to make all these things.

Just don't let me make you Tapioca - it's a mistake.

 

[Siren]

Tapioca is Never a mistake....

 

[Never]

Now you're putting me in a mood and I ain't got no Wolfy, so quit it before, ummmmm, just quit it.

 

[*Jennifer-In-Flares*]

woah celestiale. i think you need a holiday babe. i thought a topic about dinner was gonna be one place i could go without everyone shouting at each other. and never's a girl btw. i got my ass chewed for that too. *jenny*

 

[Adoratrice]

never's a girl btw. i got my ass chewed for that too. *jenny*

*jenny*
Now now...it was more like a nibble...not an out & out chewing.


Cel
I have three children who have varied taste. I think your doctors a quack and if the topic of tastebuds gets you this worked up....your not going to make through the pubescent years.

 

[Budman]

JC GIRL: Hot damn, I knew there was some reason I loved ya. Nuttin like fried chicken and collard greens.And cornbread is to die for. Come to South Cackaleky, and I'll stuff you with that kinda food.

 

[Angel]

You can all take turns cooking me dinner. Who's first?

 

[CelestialBody]

 

[Angel]

That's ok. I think I'm in the mood for hot dogs anyway

::evil grin::

 

[CelestialBody]

Does anyone