Got home from work last night and son #2 was chowing down on a vegemite and hot chilli sauce sandwich washed down with a glass of the Virgin Mary (tomato juice, worcestershire sauce and Tabasco) that my wife had made up for herself.
Not bad for a 6 year-old but that’s a hell of a combo!
My 15 year old has since he was a toddler loved vegetables. And then he discovered the joy that is vinegar. Not just pickles because he ate those as soon as he had teeth. Vinegar with a dash of garlic, pepper and soy sauce. He drinks it. And soaks rhubarb stalks or celery stalks in it and eats those when “cured” which is when the glass of juice is empty.
I have a feeling that when he climbs out of his introverted shell and discovers girls (or boys) he’ll stop drinking his “concoction”. At least for their sakes I hope he does. (stinky breath)
I had eating issues when I was really young, the doc told her not to worry if I had the equivalent of a healthy meal spread out through the day [nausea issues, I couldn’t always manage to eat right after waking up, and preferred to graze all day instead of 3 meals. She just made sure there was always decent stuff to graze on - so I ate raw veggies, fruit, hard boiled eggs, pickles most of the day, and tiny portions of whatever meal was happening - usually the meat portion.] It helped that I was never really into sweets, I was a sour/salt sort of snacker [I think my favorite mini meal was slices of apple, slices of cheddar cheese and major grey chutney as little sandwiches, still love it.]
Kids have weird taste buds, for sure. My go to sandwich when I was his age was peanut butter, bologna, pickles and yellow mustard on white bread. Not sure I could handle that combo any longer.
Canned as in cooked long enough for a jar to be sealed (it’s minced) vs that jarred stuff cooked in a roast for an hour or so (hours and hours upon hours if crockpotted) or the canned/jarred stuff cooked in stir fry for a few minutes vs… he scoops some out of the jar and into his concoction.
It’s like the difference between fresh garden onions, frozen onions thawed and thrown in a pasta salad, and onions that have been cooked.