how bout You won't goto bed hungry right after dinner if you don't eat these... for whatever veggie is served that night???
Posted on 09/24/2012 4:09:16 PM PDT by nickcarraway
To kids, vegetables with names like Power Punch Broccoli and X-Ray Vision Carrots are easier to swallow, a scientific study by Cornell University shows.
Researchers studied how using attractive names would influence elementary-aged children’s consumption of vegetables, according to a statement from the school.
In the first study, plain old carrots were transformed into “X-ray Vision Carrots” and 147 students ranging from 8-11 years old tasted the foods.
They found that by naming carrots “X-ray vision carrots,” 66 percent of the carrots were eaten, far greater than the 32 percent eaten when labeled “Food of the Day.” Only, 35 percent were eaten when unnamed.
“This research suggests that schools have a low-cost or even no-cost solution to induce children to consume more nutritious foods,” said Brian Wansink, lead author of the study and professor of marketing at the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell.
His co-authors are Cornell associate professor of marketing David Just, Collin Payne of New Mexico State University, and student Matthew Klinger.
“These results demonstrate that using attractive names for healthy foods increases kid’s selection and consumption of these foods and that an attractive name intervention is robust, effective and scalable at little or no cost,” Wansink said. “This research also confirms that using attractive names to make foods sound more appealing works on individuals across all age levels.”
Here's what I think about that...
While I am all for encouraging kids to eat their vegetables, I question the name they chose. Who wouldn’t try a food that has a name implying you might gain super powers if you eat it? Couldn’t hurt, right?
And what happens when the child eats the carrots but can’t see through walls?
I get that.
My husband loathes zucchini but will eat zucchini bread.
It is however very tasty and wonderful if grilled, but really what isn’t.
My mum would cut the beef up into small pieces with two pieces considerably larger than the others. The smaller pieces were named for the German and Italian high-ups. The two larger pieces were Hitler and Mussolini.
It worked.
By the time I was four I knew the names of the Third Reich.
My bit for the war effort.
Oh my, ROFL. That is just too funny.
how bout You won't goto bed hungry right after dinner if you don't eat these... for whatever veggie is served that night???
My daughter spent the night with grandparents, she called next morning and asked, "mom, is there supposed to be Green Peas in the pancakes?""" hahahaha
Grandpa never wasted a thing, whatever was in the Fridge, in it went. She never spent the night there again.
I loved peas fresh out of the garden. Hated them cooked. After the microwave i like them. Canned you can toss em.
I still won’t eat Brussel sprouts, no matter what they call them.
I used to feel the same way about brussels sprouts. Then I met my husband and learned about hot sauce. It actually makes them delicious, LOL.
Sugar snap peas, God’s perfect food. Put them in a pan with water just covering them, bring the water to a boil, then pour cold water over them until coolled enough to pick up and eat. Wonderful green taste with huge nutritional value. I put them on sandwiches instead of lettuce. They make a wonderful add-on to stir fry or tossed salad, too. Or eat them from the fridge cold as a healthy filling snack.
Who comes up with this?
The liberal mantra:
A rose by any other name is something else.
Call Any Vegetable - Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
(Cheesey, Cheesey)
(This is a song about vegetables, they keep ya regular
They’re real good for yo)
Call any vegetable Call it by name
Call one today When you get off the train
Call any vegetable And the chances are good
Aw, The vegetable will respond to you
(Some people don’t go for prunes...I
don’t know, I’ve always found that if they...)
Call any vegetable Pick up your phone
Think of a vegetable Lonely at home
Call any vegetable And the chances are good
That a vegetable will respond to you
Rutabaga, Rutabaga,
Rutabaga, Rutabaga,
Rutabay-y-y-y...
(A prune isn’t really a vegetable...
CABBAGE is a vegetable...)
No one will know
If you don’t want to let them know
No one will know
‘Less it’s you that might tell them so
Call and they’ll come to you
Covered with dew
Vegetables dream, Of responding to you
Standing there shiny and proud by your side
Holding your hand while the neighbors decide
Why is a vegetable something to hide?
It’s gimmicky. I can’t see this having a long-term effect; after kids get used to “mini cannon ball peas”, they’ll be plain peas again. I always loved peas, but I can’t imagine any naming gimmick that would get me to eat Brussels sprouts.
Brussels Sprouts are Barbie cabbages. Add plenty of butter and seasoned breadcrumbs and they taste pretty good, as long as you have ones that aren’t too bitter to begin with.
AMEN! That bugs me too. People use it to sound superior,
like they’re making better choices than you. “Ooohh, i got
a veggie pizza, veggie wrap, veggie burger!” Corny!
As an aside, the best way i have found to get my vegetables
in is with v-8, clamato, celery,lime and Tito’s vodka.
Let’s eat grandpa!
Nothing could make Lima Beans good!
This works in many similar realms.
Love sausage.
Spinach is ‘hope and change.’
That’s a great story!
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