My five year old eats three things. Chicken, grilled cheese, and fruit. Oh, he also loves soup. All the rules change when it comes to soup. You could put anything in a pot with some broth and he would probably eat it. His brother, on the other hand, will eat anything. It’s kind of a pain. One kid wants chicken nuggets, the other wants sushi. At times I wish the the little dude was a little less picky.
The other day I was thinking about this and I realized that when it comes to food, I am almost as much of a pain as he is. I’m going to have to cut him some slack the next time he refuses to eat a perfectly good bowl of macaroni and cheese.
Marc’s Food Rules
- The first and most important rule of food is, if Mexican food is available, always eat it. Given the choice between 5 star anything else and a taqueria, I will always choose tacos. I believe I may have personally paid off the local Chipotle manager’s car loan.
- Fruit and bread should never be together. No peanut butter and jelly. No Apple pie. No cakes with fruity fillings. No cakes that even taste like fruit. This is an unholy union and must be avoided at all costs.
- I’ve heard it said that even bad pizza is still pizza. This is not true.
- I’m a vegetarian. I’m going to lose my mind the next time someone hears this and then asks me if I eat fish. Sure, the fish that grow on trees, those are delicious.
- Soda and milkshakes are the best desserts ever invented. Therefore, a root beer float is a near perfect dessert.
- Tater tots go with any meal. I’ve done the research myself, and it holds up. Chinese food and taters. Sure. Italian and taters. Why not? Indian food and taters. Absolutely.
- My kids may love soup, but to me it’s just a bunch of food that got too close to the water and accidentally fell in. There are exceptions to this rule. Tomato soup is a good compliment to grilled cheese, and broccoli and cheddar soup, wellllll, it’s basically a melted block of cheese, so you can’t really go wrong there, can you?
LINKS
- I became an instant Jeremy Renner fan this week when he sang this Hawkeye song on the Tonight Show.
- Recently they found one of these rare pocket sharks. I would love to put some of these in my bathtub. Then the villainous Lego guys could threaten to throw the good Lego guys into the shark pool.
- Forty years ago yesterday the Vietnam war ended. As a Steelers fan, I’m pretty familiar with the Rocky Bleier story. For those of you who aren’t, it is an interesting story about the intersection of war and professional sports.
- Here is an article about IKEA being dangerous to your marriage. I knew it.
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