Kids Won’t Try Any New Foods

I took my boys to IHOP yesterday evening for dinner. Calfgrit7 gets mac & cheese and a fruit cup. Calfgrit11 gets pancakes and bacon. With the pancakes and bacon, came a side of hash browns. Over the years, we’ve tried to get the boys to try hash browns, but it’s been a while since the last attempt.

“Hash browns are just like french fries,” I said. “They’re breakfast french fries.”

Both boys looked at me suspiciously. The shredded brown stuff didn’t look appetizing to them. Nothing like french fries.

“Trust me,” I said. “You’ll like it.”

Calfgrit11 picked up one little piece of shredded potato, looked at it, and touched it to his tongue. He couldn’t have tasted more than three molecules, and he made this awful twisted face of disgust.

“Aw, come on!” I said. “Actually put a measurable amount in your mouth and taste it. French fries!”

They both picked up several pieces with their fingers and put them in their mouth. Calfgrit11 again made the disgusted face. Calfgrit7 at least was polite and simply said he didn’t like it.

Oh well. I tried to expand their food options. But it’s an impossible mission. For every 20 things we ask them to try, they find just one acceptable. Maybe.

Bullgrit