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[ocelot]

Last night I was cutting up bell peppers for salad. I looked at one of the rings, and mentioned to silkensteel that they'd be really cute to fry an egg in. She agreed that sounded like a good idea, and we'd have to do that someday.

The next few slices I cut were so perfectly shaped that "someday" turned into "right now"



Unfortunately, when I offered it to Leif, he looked at them dubiously and asked, "Is that tomato?" (None of our family is crazy about tomato). I told him no, it was pepper, and he declared that he did not like pepper, and refused to eat them, even after I told him he could pop the egg part out.

So much for cute food encouraging kids to eat their veggies :)

Comments

[jabberwokky.livejournal.com]

Neither Sarah or I like the actual taste of peppers either (the actual "pepper taste"). I don't mind heat or sweet, I just dislike the taste of chilis and peppers.

I *love* this general idea, so now I'm going through veggies in my head, trying to think of something else that I can do this with. Tomatoes seem like a possibility. Winter squash would be great (cook the squash ring for awhile until soft and cooked through and then fill with eggs with cinnamon and vanilla, a la non-bread french toast). What else can be done as rings? Eggs and veggies are a wonderful combo with just about any vegetable.

[therealocelot.livejournal.com]

I dislike certain pepper flavors, but I've come to accept bell pepper as a legitimate food, though I wouldn't say I like it. I didn't like them as a child.

I'm not hugely worried about his current pickiness - I was a lot pickier as a child, and I've grown to like, or at least tolerate, most of the things I didn't like then. Kid taste buds are just different.