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As I said. So after Thanksgiving we're going to be trying to use up a lot of the vegetables from the CSA pickup.
That's the stuff we haven't eaten already - a lot of carrots, sweet potatoes, and squash. The nieces, as a rule, don't like carrots, sweet potato, or squash. Orange vegetables as a group. I've already apologized, but it's GOT to be used up. Poor babies. I keep trying them in different ways, too, but... *shrugs*
Mostly we have butternut squashes, but there's this red one that looks like a small, red pumpkin. Not sure what sort of squash it is, but really, excepting spaghetti squash they're mostly interchangeable, aren't they?
As Ana was doing her homework she glanced over at me grating potatoes. "OOOH! ARE YOU MAKING POTATO PANCAKES?" Yup!
Then she watched me grating the carrots and parsnip that went in the pancakes as well, and I convinced her to try a little sliver of parsnip. "It tastes... a lot like a carrot." Yes, it does.
And THEN she looked over and saw the red squash thing. Itching for another distraction, or possibly just in a very good mood, she burst out with "Is that a pumpkin? Are we going to get to eat that?!?"
Me: No, it's not a pumpkin, sweetie, but we are going to eat that, probably next week.
Ana: Wait... is it... *face falls slightly* is that a SQUASH?
Me: Pumpkins are squash. And yes, so's that. And yes, we are going to eat it. Next week. It's got to be used up, and we're on a budget.
She took it very well, I must say. Now I just have to dig up some new recipes that maybe won't taste so offensively... well, honestly, I'm not sure why the nieces don't like orange vegetables, but it's an awful pity, they're cheap and filling and nutritious. Still, I wish I knew what it is about them that bugs the girls so much. (Evangeline used to adore carrots, at least, but for a while she's been copying her sister in that respect.)
That's the stuff we haven't eaten already - a lot of carrots, sweet potatoes, and squash. The nieces, as a rule, don't like carrots, sweet potato, or squash. Orange vegetables as a group. I've already apologized, but it's GOT to be used up. Poor babies. I keep trying them in different ways, too, but... *shrugs*
Mostly we have butternut squashes, but there's this red one that looks like a small, red pumpkin. Not sure what sort of squash it is, but really, excepting spaghetti squash they're mostly interchangeable, aren't they?
As Ana was doing her homework she glanced over at me grating potatoes. "OOOH! ARE YOU MAKING POTATO PANCAKES?" Yup!
Then she watched me grating the carrots and parsnip that went in the pancakes as well, and I convinced her to try a little sliver of parsnip. "It tastes... a lot like a carrot." Yes, it does.
And THEN she looked over and saw the red squash thing. Itching for another distraction, or possibly just in a very good mood, she burst out with "Is that a pumpkin? Are we going to get to eat that?!?"
Me: No, it's not a pumpkin, sweetie, but we are going to eat that, probably next week.
Ana: Wait... is it... *face falls slightly* is that a SQUASH?
Me: Pumpkins are squash. And yes, so's that. And yes, we are going to eat it. Next week. It's got to be used up, and we're on a budget.
She took it very well, I must say. Now I just have to dig up some new recipes that maybe won't taste so offensively... well, honestly, I'm not sure why the nieces don't like orange vegetables, but it's an awful pity, they're cheap and filling and nutritious. Still, I wish I knew what it is about them that bugs the girls so much. (Evangeline used to adore carrots, at least, but for a while she's been copying her sister in that respect.)
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Date: 2011-11-23 01:09 am (UTC)Though my persistence is paying off, tonight Ana said she's starting to like carrots and sweet potato "a little", probably because I serve at least one of the two every week. (I don't make them swallow it down, I do expect them to take a small bite to see if their tastes have changed.)
* Which means the only brassica they don't like that much is cabbage, but admittedly I don't have many recipes for that. They also like collard greens at least some of the time. Yup, another brassica. What I love about that plant family is that most of them even have related names, so you don't need to know botany, just etymology to identify them. Even cabbage is the cole in cole slaw. Broccoli isn't a related term, but doesn't it LOOK related, with the col in the middle of it? Sadly, it's just a diminutive, but I like my version better.