My kids are adventurous eaters -- afraid we are going to lose that

[Anonymous]

My kids, 5 and 7, will try almost anything and usually wind up liking most things. We've gotten lucky, but we have also worked very hard to try to expose them to all sorts of cuisines and flavors.

We have some variety in what we eat at home, but a lot of their exposure has come from taking them to restaurants serving all sorts of different cuisines. (This variety is one of my favorite things about this area.)

I'm trying to expand my cooking repertiore, but there are some things I doubt I can make well and, even if I wanted to try, I've had trouble finding ingredients for a lot of things I would want to make.

We've been doing a ton more PBJ, grilled cheese, mac and cheese, etc. than we normally would -- although we eat all of those occasionally even during normal times.

I worry that if we go too long where they are away from more interesting food they will lose their interest in it. This is partly a vent, but I am also looking to see if people have any suggestions. (Because we have some family members at higher risk, we aren't doing take out right now, which of course would be one way to do it.)

[Anonymous]

Some of the more expensive frozen dinners aren’t too bad. That and expanding your usual rotation a bit should be plenty.

[Anonymous]

I can cook various Asian and Indian dishes from the things I find at Whole Foods. I also go to H-mart.

Try it at home. It’s fun!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I can cook various Asian and Indian dishes from the things I find at Whole Foods. I also go to H-mart.

Try it at home. It’s fun!

We are a little better stocked with Asian options since I made a big H-mart run about a month ago. But we’ve been limited in terms of what kind of produce and meat we can get from Amazon. (We are trying to avoid the grocery stores.) I also couldn’t find the rice flour, for example, that I needed for dumplings I wanted to try.

We have plenty of veggie proteins frozen and lots of starches, so we won’t go hungry, but there is only so much we can do with that. I am hoping we will get lucky on our next amazon order, but I am sort of taking what I can get at this point.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids, 5 and 7, will try almost anything and usually wind up liking most things. We've gotten lucky, but we have also worked very hard to try to expose them to all sorts of cuisines and flavors.

We have some variety in what we eat at home, but a lot of their exposure has come from taking them to restaurants serving all sorts of different cuisines. (This variety is one of my favorite things about this area.)

I'm trying to expand my cooking repertiore, but there are some things I doubt I can make well and, even if I wanted to try, I've had trouble finding ingredients for a lot of things I would want to make.

We've been doing a ton more PBJ, grilled cheese, mac and cheese, etc. than we normally would -- although we eat all of those occasionally even during normal times.

I worry that if we go too long where they are away from more interesting food they will lose their interest in it. This is partly a vent, but I am also looking to see if people have any suggestions. (Because we have some family members at higher risk, we aren't doing take out right now, which of course would be one way to do it.)

People are dying. This is a pandemic and the U S is the epicenter of the pandemic. There could easily be MILLIONS of death
Whether your will continue to be adventurous eaters isnotveven a concern.

[Anonymous]

First world problems.

Kids all over the world eat just rice and beans 365 days of the year.

Prior to the Irish potato famine kids and families in Ireland ate just potatoes and once in a while some greens.

[Anonymous]

Seriously. You won’t have a choice of what you eat in a month. Nor will the kids. They will thus be practicing their “adventurous” skills while to eat what you can. One problem solved.

[Anonymous]

Take out!

[Anonymous]

I think your kids will miss the variety and be excited to eat something other than the quick and easy staples you’re eating right now because they don’t require many ingredients. I’m concerned that my kids will become so burnt out on pasta that they’ll never eat it again after this ordeal is over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids, 5 and 7, will try almost anything and usually wind up liking most things. We've gotten lucky, but we have also worked very hard to try to expose them to all sorts of cuisines and flavors.

We have some variety in what we eat at home, but a lot of their exposure has come from taking them to restaurants serving all sorts of different cuisines. (This variety is one of my favorite things about this area.)

I'm trying to expand my cooking repertiore, but there are some things I doubt I can make well and, even if I wanted to try, I've had trouble finding ingredients for a lot of things I would want to make.

We've been doing a ton more PBJ, grilled cheese, mac and cheese, etc. than we normally would -- although we eat all of those occasionally even during normal times.

I worry that if we go too long where they are away from more interesting food they will lose their interest in it. This is partly a vent, but I am also looking to see if people have any suggestions. (Because we have some family members at higher risk, we aren't doing take out right now, which of course would be one way to do it.)

People are dying. This is a pandemic and the U S is the epicenter of the pandemic. There could easily be MILLIONS of death
Whether your will continue to be adventurous eaters isnotveven a concern.

Jesus, we all have more time on our hands these days and the many ways, both large and small, that our lives may/will change going forward are slowly occurring to us. OP doesn’t think her kids’ potentially limited future food preferences are the tragedy in all this; it’s just one of probably many things that have crossed her mind. Why are you even reading this thread if the death toll is all you think you should be thinking about right now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids, 5 and 7, will try almost anything and usually wind up liking most things. We've gotten lucky, but we have also worked very hard to try to expose them to all sorts of cuisines and flavors.

We have some variety in what we eat at home, but a lot of their exposure has come from taking them to restaurants serving all sorts of different cuisines. (This variety is one of my favorite things about this area.)

I'm trying to expand my cooking repertiore, but there are some things I doubt I can make well and, even if I wanted to try, I've had trouble finding ingredients for a lot of things I would want to make.

We've been doing a ton more PBJ, grilled cheese, mac and cheese, etc. than we normally would -- although we eat all of those occasionally even during normal times.

I worry that if we go too long where they are away from more interesting food they will lose their interest in it. This is partly a vent, but I am also looking to see if people have any suggestions. (Because we have some family members at higher risk, we aren't doing take out right now, which of course would be one way to do it.)

People are dying. This is a pandemic and the U S is the epicenter of the pandemic. There could easily be MILLIONS of death
Whether your will continue to be adventurous eaters isnotveven a concern.

Oh, DCUM I love thee.

I must have missed in my post where I said that trucks delivering ventilators should be diverted so that I could get delivery of soon du bu paste. Or the NIH should stop coronavirus research and instead work towards research to develop produce with a greater shelf life.

The very fact that I am avoiding takeout and grocery shopping in the stores because I have a high risk family member means that I understand the seriousness of the current situation. That doesn't mean that relatively trivial concerns have to be dismissed outright.

And did you ever think that "worrying" about relatively trivial concerns -- especially concerns that there might be something I could do about it -- is a little bit of a diversion from the really big concerns that I have next to no ability to control?

[Anonymous]

Pasta with artichokes, capers, kalamata olives, sundried tomatoes... All in your pantry.

[Anonymous]

Hmart is on instacart. Order whatever.

[Anonymous]

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