I remember the summer my Mom went crazy with the zucchini squash. Us kids complained while we pinched our noses and ate it.
Then she fixed us a hamburger casserole, with some canned tomatoes and just a little bit of zucchini. we loved it. The next night, we had more hamburger casserole, then more again. We kept asking for more.
One dinner meal (we called it supper) I looked down and noticed there was no hamburger in the casserole with the tomatoes and squash, and there really wasn't much tomato.
In less then a week, Mom took us from hating zucchini, to loving it.
we still call the late meal “supper”...not many of the young’uns do though...
Moms are clever that way! ; ) That’s a wonderful story.
Great story, thanks for sharing!
“the only vegetable I didn’t like as a kid was squash.”
We had the one bite rule in my house when the kids were growing up. One night I baked acorn squash filled with brown sugar and butter. (Loved it as a kid.)
My son, about 9 y.o., took a sniff and said no way. But took a bite and tossed all over his plate.
15 years later he’s living in Scotland. We go out to dinner and he orders Haggis (i.e sheep inners.) As he’s munchin he hold’s a fork full in front of me and says “Try it mom.”
I shake my head no.
He says “One bite rule.”
I took the bite. It was OK. (Ay least I didn’t toss!!)
This kid now likes trying every weird food on the planet. For Christmas I gave his sour cream and chives crickets. He loved em.
I wish I could take back the one bite rule!