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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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To: Fuzz

“Lol. Encountered, not encountered.”

I believe ENCOURAGED was the word you were thrashing around for?


81 posted on 07/03/2023 5:40:46 PM PDT by oldvirginian (When the Devil saw me on my knees with my head down he thought he'd won, until he heard me say Amen )
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To: oldvirginian

Perhaps? 😂


82 posted on 07/03/2023 5:41:30 PM PDT by Fuzz (. )
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To: Responsibility2nd
I ate plenty of Bologna Sandwiches when a toddler.

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.

83 posted on 07/03/2023 5:53:43 PM PDT by Fiji Hill
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To: bgill
Youngest Son was asked last year what he was planning to do over summer. He shrugged and said, "Idonno". I told him that he was now the assistent gardener and canning sou chef.

Asked him what he had planed for this summer he said, "Garden and can?"

I said "that's my boy!"

84 posted on 07/03/2023 6:20:22 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: MayflowerMadam

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.


85 posted on 07/03/2023 6:34:57 PM PDT by Phoenix8
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To: nickcarraway

Fava beans and a nice Chianti.


86 posted on 07/03/2023 6:50:06 PM PDT by HartleyMBaldwin
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To: roving
My mother said I ate my brother’s spinach after he threw it up. Just saying...

Raw spinach in a salad is fine to me. Cooked spinach triggers a gag reflex in me and I cannot swallow it.

87 posted on 07/03/2023 7:01:30 PM PDT by MikeSteelBe (The South will be in the right in the next war of Northern aggression.)
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To: MikeSteelBe

Ever have spinach pie ? Yum .

….


88 posted on 07/03/2023 7:11:59 PM PDT by Mears (.)
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To: GaltAdonis

That looks yummy.
Container’s too small, though.


89 posted on 07/03/2023 7:25:25 PM PDT by RandallFlagg ("Okay. As long as the paperwork is clean, you boys can do what you like out there." -Fifi)
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To: Fuzz

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. 😁


90 posted on 07/03/2023 7:52:10 PM PDT by oldvirginian (When the Devil saw me on my knees with my head down he thought he'd won, until he heard me say Amen )
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To: Justa

Amen. But there’s always hope the parents will get something across like survival skills.

wy69


91 posted on 07/03/2023 8:12:21 PM PDT by whitney69
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To: nickcarraway

cocky arrogant rich....


92 posted on 07/03/2023 8:19:15 PM PDT by cherry
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To: RandallFlagg
"Container’s too small..."

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Buy two. Maybe three...

93 posted on 07/03/2023 8:20:31 PM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

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.


94 posted on 07/03/2023 8:44:19 PM PDT by bgill
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To: bgill
Poor kids.
95 posted on 07/03/2023 8:59:58 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: ladyjane

"...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."

96 posted on 07/03/2023 9:06:15 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: nickcarraway

…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!


97 posted on 07/03/2023 9:33:56 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: Fuzz
...too much ketchup...

I'm not sure that is possible.

98 posted on 07/04/2023 6:36:43 AM PDT by GingisK
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To: Gary from Dayton

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.


99 posted on 07/04/2023 6:40:27 AM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: Honest Nigerian

You think it’s a bad thing to introduce a child to a variety of foods? Why would you think such a thing?


100 posted on 07/04/2023 8:46:36 AM PDT by Theo (FReeping since 1998 ... drain the swamp.)
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