[CH] hot foods and kids
scott eggimann (eggimann@tiac.net)
Fri, 29 Sep 2000 09:28:55 -0700
>My 23 month old grand daughter *loves* chilies. And she does feel the
>heat. It all started when she was 8 months old. In a restaurant I made a
>dipping sauce for my fries of 1 packet of ketchup and about 1 tablespoon
>of tabasco. She stuck her fry my dip and licked it. She made a little
>gasp of amazement and then had some more! There was a bead of sweat on
>her forehead and a beatific smile on her face.
My parents never let me eat hot foods until I got older. Something about
the "heat" ruining my taste buds so that when I got older, nothing would
taste good unless there was a lot of heat added. I'm using this same
thinking with my kids, anybody have any thoughts on giving hot food to kids?
scott