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Cooking With Kids: Eat Your Veggies

I've liked most veggies growing up - other than brussel sprouts, eww.

Also, this is so obvious, but steamed broccoli with cheese sauce (actual cheese sauce, not cheez whiz) is the BEST THING EVER.

I do remember making some odd Like / Dislike decisions about fruit when I was around 4-5. The first time I tried cantaloupe, I was unsure - do I like this, or not? My young brain wanted to categorize this as a strict Like or Dislike and had no room or patience for "well it's not my favorite melon but it's okay". After trying a bit more, I decided that next to the pure deliciousness of watermelon it just wasn't up to par, and mentally filed it under Dislike. I actually avoided eating cantaloupe for years after that due to what amounted to an administrative misfiling.

I have no idea how much this anecdote generalizes to all kids, but who knows - maybe veggies are just something she doesn't put in her Top 10 list right now and later on she'll realize that they taste great even if she wouldn't pick them over lobster or a sampling of chocolates.

joshg at 11:58AM on 05/22/08

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Cooking With Kids: Eat Your Veggies

I've liked most veggies growing up - other than brussel sprouts, eww.

Also, this is so obvious, but steamed broccoli with cheese sauce (actual cheese sauce, not cheez whiz) is the BEST THING EVER.

I do remember making some odd Like / Dislike decisions about fruit when I was around 4-5. The first time I tried cantaloupe, I was unsure - do I like this, or not? My young brain wanted to categorize this as a strict Like or Dislike and had no room or patience for "well it's not my favorite melon but it's okay". After trying a bit more, I decided that next to the pure deliciousness of watermelon it just wasn't up to par, and mentally filed it under Dislike. I actually avoided eating cantaloupe for years after that due to what amounted to an administrative misfiling.

I have no idea how much this anecdote generalizes to all kids, but who knows - maybe veggies are just something she doesn't put in her Top 10 list right now and later on she'll realize that they taste great even if she wouldn't pick them over lobster or a sampling of chocolates.

joshg at 11:58AM on 05/22/08

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Cooking With Kids: Eat Your Veggies

Actually, I had an early aversion to red meat, but I, like many children, feared many, many vegetables. I blame this on the 70s-era tendency to either overcook everything or serve it completely raw. Either one could inspire morbid fear in even the most hardcore vegetable lover. Also, I partially blame the 70s era style of parenting that said not to force any foods on your children that they rejected.

For about 4-5 years I ate few vegetables other than corn, potatoes, onions, and well-disguised broccoli (80s style quiche, cheese sauce), along with the occasional thousand-island drenched iceberg lettuce. Ah, and artichokes. I could be convinced to eat steamed artichokes, but probably because we could drench it in lemon butter.

However, starting in my teenage years I started to realize that not all vegetables were terrible, and cafeteria meat in the Midwest generally is, so by 19, I was a full-blown vegetarian. Now I'll eat anything, including brussels sprouts, as long as they're prepared decently. And most restaurants have learned how, and even some home cooks have figured it out.

JasonTrue at 5:40PM on 05/23/08

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