FAMILY COOKING

Cultivating kids’
tastes pays off

WHEN OUR children were little I did my best to see that
they didn’t need Flintstone chewable vitamins. ‘‘See, dear,
pills are lovely — chew up Freddy.”’

Instead, J stuffed them full of
stuff like “‘Birdseed’” (translation,
Red River Cereal), liver and squish
(one kid's translation of squash),
spinach, broccoli, homemade
soup, homemade bread and fresh
fruit. Naturally, they rebelled and
wanted Twinkies and pop-tarts.

But, in the long run it paid off.
They wouldn't thank you for a
Twinkie today.

budget
beaters

by Barbara
McCreadie

Some food dislikes don’t quit. I
couldn’t take my youngest daugh-
ter to the best French restaurant in
Paris and hope she’d eat a cooked
carrot or peas. -

My middle daughter had such a ,

dislike of fish that she’d air-spray
the house if it was cooking and eat
leftover birdseed instead of a fish
dinner. She’s the same kid who
would bleach any pot a fish might
have rested in. ;

-l Like I said, times change. The
kid that won’t (still) touch carrots
or peas — unless raw — will attack
artichokes, eggplant and zucchini
with gusto. She likes snails, squid
and probably would tear into tripe,
but I hate the stuff so the oppor-
tunities are limited. .

_ The one that bleached the fish

‘pot eats sheitfish, but still draws
the line at salmon.

A young girlfriend or my middle

- daughter: visits us often for

weekends. This kid? I changec her

diapers 19 years ago and did ner
another. big favor.

“It’s all because of you that |

love spinach. I could Jive on it:
Isn’t spinach the best stuff in the
world?”’

I didn’t expect to go that far but

we take our small triumphs where

they are. ,

So, naturally, I was leading up
to something.

Curry. . ;

The- kids, especially middle
daughter, used to freeze out the
house opening windows when I
made anything with curry. .

Since she’s now 20, she has a lit-
tle more generous approach to
food. In fact, a few days ago she
said, ‘‘Mom, would you make
something curried? | really would
like to try it.’

{ bought some fresh curry
powder — she sniffed the tin and
nodded. ‘‘That's nice.*’ Didn't
open a single window.

So, tonight, she’s out for the
evening. I have to admit, I spoil
the kids. Since none of them has a
weight problem, I usually feave a
plate of leftovers, wrapped for the
microwave, in the fridge for

See Curry
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