Aisa, 14, while munching on spicy blackened catfish and rice:
“I can’t live without rice. Can we have a rice field?”
More on the catfish:
Aisa: “Mom, does this have paprika?”
Mom: “Yes, paprika’s the main ingredient.”
Paco, 9: “Huh? I thought catfish was the main ingredient.”
Hubby brought home chocolates from Germany recently. We’ve been rationing it daily and I think I’ve gained a few pounds. Yena, 3, and Migi, 6, are fighting over a book.
Yena: Waaaaaah!!! I want the — waaah! — book! Waaaaah!!!!
Migi: I got it first!
Yena: Waaaaaah!!! But I —- waaaaaahnt it ! Waaaaah!!!
Mom: Yena, Migi will give it to you when he’s done with it. Right, Migi?
Migi: Yes, Mom.
Yena: Waaaaah!!! I want it!!!! I waaaaaahnt to read the book! Waaaahhh!!!
Dad: Yena, come here. (hands her a piece of chocolate)
Yena, forgets book, magically stops crying: One only?
Cute! Your children will grow up foodies too, if they aren’t yet. I like Paco’s question. Hehehe!
That’s funny!
Alex will flip 180 degrees emotionally at the prospect of certain foods. I think you and I are doing a good job!
a mother, a cook, writer and most a referee among her kids. great job stef.
Just let us know when you get your rice field we will come for the planting and the harvest.
Have you ensured Paco’s place at CIA? or going to food technology or food writing to be a critique? oh kids!
I can picture this scene.
thanks gals. the kids get to be really fun in the kitchen and at dinnertime. y’all should come over sometime.