"...and when there was no meat, we ate fowl and when there was no fowl, we ate crawdad and when there was no crawdad to be found, we ate sand."
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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“Lol. Encountered, not encountered.”
I believe ENCOURAGED was the word you were thrashing around for?
Perhaps? 😂
We ate plenty of Bologna, Braunschweiger and liverwurst when I was growing up. These cold cuts were better than average because they came from a German butcher shop.
Asked him what he had planed for this summer he said, "Garden and can?"
I said "that's my boy!"
I don’t understand what the great mystery with the Gen X parents like my kids.
You just don’t have snacks. 3 times a day set out a meal and say you can have as much as you like but only what’s on the table.
Fava beans and a nice Chianti.
Raw spinach in a salad is fine to me. Cooked spinach triggers a gag reflex in me and I cannot swallow it.
Ever have spinach pie ? Yum .
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That looks yummy.
Container’s too small, though.
I read it three times to make sure my lyin’ eyes weren’t goofing me. I had to laugh. You brought a smile to my day. 😁
Amen. But there’s always hope the parents will get something across like survival skills.
wy69
cocky arrogant rich....
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Buy two. Maybe three...
What a great kid.
Asked the nephews (tween and teen ages) to bring in some tomatoes from the garden. Oh, no! That would mean going outside of the safety of inside!!!! They refused to go into the attached garage to see the newborn kitties. What if the new born still closed eyed monster bite? They wouldn’t even help hubs with the grill on the back porch. Found out they’d never gone into their own backyard... sigh.
"...and when there was no meat, we ate fowl and when there was no fowl, we ate crawdad and when there was no crawdad to be found, we ate sand."
…I like oysters, lobsters too,
I like my tasty butter fish, foo
When I come home late at night
I get my favorite dish -
Fish!
I'm not sure that is possible.
Well it’s not just about the lobster. It’s about variety. Good for him. My nephew in law, whose now in his late 40s, was totally catered to, and his taste never grew. He’s all about the plain cheese and bread stuff. Cheese pizza, cheese crisps, mac and cheese. Chicken nuggets is the most “adventurous” he gets. He eats like a 4 year old, because nobody ever introduced him to anything.
You think it’s a bad thing to introduce a child to a variety of foods? Why would you think such a thing?
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