It’s not easy to make the family try out new foods
and tastes with a sense of eager adventure. However it can
be an interesting experiment to discover on talking to their
friends what foods the ‘picky teenager’ is happy
to try outside of their home. Mothers know after years of
practice what the family is happy to eat and generally enjoys.
All the hard work in the kitchen is worthwhile and not a wasted
effort (as well as the time in the supermarket and the cost)
if the food is consumed. Radical change can result in radical
waste in food, time and money.
Despite this however it is worth keeping in touch with what
is available and aiming at minor changes in the weekly food
coming out of the kitchen. Internet shopping has changed the
lives of many but do you order the same food each time? Occasionally
it may be good to force ourselves away from the computer screen
and return to the shop and see the quality of what’s
on display.
The supermarkets don’t always make it easy. Last week,
Tesco had wonderful dragon fruit on display but no one had
bothered to cut one open to show how effective it would look
in a fruit salad. There were no instructions on how to serve
the fruit and yet people were saying “What is it ?”
Most ‘friends in the kitchen’ are open to new
ideas so why do the supermarkets make it difficult? A few
cookery demonstrations in store may not be a bad idea but
many of the major stores do have recipe cards and their own
food magazine and club.
What about all the cookery, food and health magazines that
seem to be everywhere at the moment. Do you buy them? Do you
use them?
What are your thoughts?
Do email
any recipes you regularly use particularly if they are simple
to follow, great to look at and delicious to eat of course!
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