Posted by Jim at July 4th, 2004

It turns out that toddlers will eat Thai food. It just has to be the right kind.

Today’s lunch included cod, red Thai curry, coconut milk, green beans and rice noodles. I did not quite follow the recipe exactly. The bean sprouts that were supposed to be part of it had been in our refrigerator a bit too long and Kristen didn’t want to deal with them. So, I threw them out.

I also put in less than half the required amount of red curry (4 teaspoons as opposed to 3 tablespoons). It still burned. Not unbearably, but the taste definitely stayed in one’s mouth.

Nonetheless, Abby (3) and Rebecca (2) still ate the stuff. I’m thinking that the primary reason was that they both really like noodles a lot because they don’t have any great fondness (or hatred for) fish. It also can’t be the green beans because those were completely ignored.

To my shock, Rebecca actually picked up her plate and tried to drink the sauce. The sauce (composed of fish stock, coconut milk, nampla and the curry) was the single most spicy part of the curry.

She showed no sign that she was drinking anything that was at all spicy. It’ll be interesting to see what she eats as an adult.