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I’m a chef who feeds my toddler lobster so he won’t be a picky eater
New York Post ^ | Emily LeFroy

Posted on 07/03/2023 2:53:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway

While most parents may stick to basics when feeding their toddlers, professional chef Jack Zhang, 31, was determined to make sure his son Levi was going to be an adventurous eater.

To ensure the now 2-year-old was not going to grow up fussy, Zhang started feeding the baby dishes fit for the most refined palate as soon as he could eat solid foods — and now has an appetite that could rival a grown adult’s.

Little Levi’s expansive menu already includes lobster, scallops, ratatouille, pork dumplings, cauliflower puree, quick-pickled cucumbers, radishes, microgreens and flying fish roe (tobiko), his proud dad said. “The mindset is for him to not be always picky and to try a bunch of different foods,” said the New York-based cook, who is married to 28-year-old Emily, an English professor.

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1 posted on 07/03/2023 2:53:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Yum.

5.56mm


2 posted on 07/03/2023 2:58:23 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go)
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To: nickcarraway

Because eating bologna sandwiches is easy after getting used to lobster. Oh, wait.


3 posted on 07/03/2023 2:58:59 PM PDT by Gary from Dayton (Scary unvaccinated American )
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To: nickcarraway

After all we are just digestive tracks with some facilitating muscle, organs, and other matter outside of it.


4 posted on 07/03/2023 3:01:12 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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Actually that could work.

I hated all that stuff when I was a kid. If they forced me to eat it for long enough, I suppose I’d learn to not be a fussy eater if I didn’t want to starve.


5 posted on 07/03/2023 3:01:41 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: nickcarraway

The toddler has a d-bag for a daddy?
Life is going to be hard for that child.


6 posted on 07/03/2023 3:02:52 PM PDT by Honest Nigerian
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To: nickcarraway

My 3 year old isn’t anywhere near that adventurous about food. It’s not for lack of trying to get him to try new foods. My Mom says there wasn’t anything I wouldn’t eat when I was a child.


7 posted on 07/03/2023 3:03:10 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: nickcarraway

I ate lobster once...because I was young and starving while in boondock Jamaica.
No Mcdonalds no nothing...

The jerk chicken stands were pretty good though.


8 posted on 07/03/2023 3:03:39 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: nickcarraway

We have a teen that will eat any seafood or red meat. But won’t touch pizza, sandwiches, or pasta. We didn’t necessarily push any foods, but that is how he ended up. Kids are weird…no predicting if this chef’s approach will work or not.


9 posted on 07/03/2023 3:04:40 PM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: nickcarraway
Except for the time when they are on formula the kids have always eaten what the rest of us ate.

I sometimes had to mash or cut something up but I was not going to cook a special meal for one member of the family.

That is how you get a picky eater.

10 posted on 07/03/2023 3:06:57 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (Follow the money. Even if it leads you to someplace horrible it will still lead you to the truth.)
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To: nickcarraway
Does the kid like cheese?

If so, cover the lobster with melted cheese.

Heck, I'd eat it...

Here's Lobster Mac & Cheese -


11 posted on 07/03/2023 3:08:29 PM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: nickcarraway

I encountered my daughters to at least try everything I prepared or ordered out. They were good sports about it and like a wide variety of cuisines. Although one still uses too much ketchup.


12 posted on 07/03/2023 3:08:32 PM PDT by Fuzz (. )
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To: Fuzz

Lol. Encountered, not encountered.


13 posted on 07/03/2023 3:09:04 PM PDT by Fuzz (. )
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To: GaltAdonis

Lobster not in a buttery toasted hot dog roll at a small restaurant on the coast in New England, is hardly worth eating.


14 posted on 07/03/2023 3:11:26 PM PDT by Fuzz (. )
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To: nickcarraway

Is this really that unusual? When I was growing up, there was one choice as to what to eat. That was whatever was put in front of me. The same was true with my children. I eat just about everything and so do my children.


15 posted on 07/03/2023 3:11:38 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself.)
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To: nickcarraway

Why not top it off with a fine Chardonnay?


16 posted on 07/03/2023 3:16:31 PM PDT by albie
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To: Gary from Dayton

Right? I ate plenty of Bologna Sandwiches when a toddler. I won’t eat them now.

And there are foods that I hated then - but love now.

Feeding a kid lobster will make no difference in his future tastes.


17 posted on 07/03/2023 3:17:32 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: nickcarraway

So what

Most people feed their kids what is on the menu


18 posted on 07/03/2023 3:19:06 PM PDT by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: nickcarraway

“The mindset is for him to not be always picky and to try a bunch of different foods,” said the New York-based cook, who is married to 28-year-old Emily, an English professor.


Picky eaters? Do what my mother did. Give them a choice.

“You either eat this. Or you don’t. Your choice.”


19 posted on 07/03/2023 3:19:44 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: nickcarraway

I applaud this.

I have 7 grandkids and 5 of them exist on chicken nuggets and FF.
🤬


20 posted on 07/03/2023 3:20:22 PM PDT by Phoenix8
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