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One of my co-workers always complains about how her children only eat a couple of foods--chicken nuggets and French fries, mostly. This sparked memories of my own childhood. I grew up in a household where if you didn't like what was for dinner, you didn't eat. My parents didn't force food upon me, and I never went hungry, but I never thought it was an option to not eat what was put in front of me. I'm not saying that this what right or wrong...I just can't really draw upon my own experience so much.
I learned to like a lot of foreign cuisines by starting small. I didn't start eating sushi by diving right into nigiri. Instead, I started with vegetable rolls and the like. With Chinese, i started with lo mein, fried rice and other Americanized dishes. I think this is a good way to get children interested in other cuisines. Start small and make it fun.
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