Re: [CH] hot foods and kids
Linda Reynolds (lr21@cornell.edu)
Fri, 29 Sep 2000 11:48:58 -0400
> >My 23 month old grand daughter *loves* chilies. And she does feel the
> >heat.
She likes all kinds of strong flavours. She is also partial to mustard,
horseradish, lemons (skin and all), pickled onions, smoked oysters and
roquefort cheese. A weird kid with grown up tastes. Jim in Yellowknife
.....Jim, I'd say she is a budding chilehead, not weird!
>
>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
Scott....I am no expert but I would suggest letting them try it if
they want to. My kids, 7 & 5 1/2 like interesting flavors like those
above as well as worchestershire, raw garlic and onions, sour crock
pickles, salt and vinegar chips, salsa, and now tobasco and
additionaly the 7 year old is into Schrirracha chile sauce.
I think it makes them well rounded kids and ones that know what they
like. And interestingly....it hasn't ruined their taste for candy and
the other finer things in a kids life!
Linda in Upstate NY