My mom had us eat by making food an exciting event. We often had new foods, got to try new things, and overall made it very game like. “Tonight we’re going to try Swiss chard! I’m so excited! I wonder if it will be good or yucky?”
And then also told us that taste buds change all the time, and that by 7 years every taste bud has changed out. So two things that taught us: you will like different things as you age, sometimes disliking things you used to enjoy, sometimes loving things you used to hate. And that you never know when that individual taste bud will change that makes you suddenly like a new thing. So try stuff often and you’ll end up enjoying new things.
As a result, we were the only 5 year olds in our neighborhood that fucking loved liver and onions
My mom had us eat by making food an exciting event. We often had new foods, got to try new things, and overall made it very game like. “Tonight we’re going to try Swiss chard! I’m so excited! I wonder if it will be good or yucky?”
And then also told us that taste buds change all the time, and that by 7 years every taste bud has changed out. So two things that taught us: you will like different things as you age, sometimes disliking things you used to enjoy, sometimes loving things you used to hate. And that you never know when that individual taste bud will change that makes you suddenly like a new thing. So try stuff often and you’ll end up enjoying new things.
As a result, we were the only 5 year olds in our neighborhood that fucking loved liver and onions