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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 230292" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>He eats fries (we call them chips). Do you make your own? If not, it's not too difficult, but you need a couple of important rules. First, you CAN shallow-fry them in small batches but the oil needs to be hot and partway through the cooking you remove them, drain them, let the oil heat up again, then finish the cooking so they'll crisp up.</p><p>Alternatively, I put them in a supermarket-crinkly plastic bag 9with no holes) and add oil to that, shake it up to spread the oil then tip them ito a baking dish in a single layer, then bake them in the oven.</p><p></p><p>Do this with potatoes until you get the knack of it and he eats your home-made hot chips (or oven-baked fries).</p><p></p><p>Next step - use other vegetables to make fries. In NZ they make chips out of kumara and they're delicious. Very different to potato, though, because it's very sweet. Other good vegetables to try this with are beetroot, celeriac (a good choice because it looks more like potato and has a fairly mild flavour), carrot. Also let him try shoestring vegetables raw, as in a salad. Carrot shoestrings, beetroot shoestrings, celery strips. Or use thewse with a dipping saucve especially a tomato-based dipping sauce. Using a tomato-based sauce (like a pasta napolitan sauce or salsa, for example) will hep introduce him to the sort of flavours he could meet in Italy.</p><p></p><p>Will he eat garlic bread? Will he eat home-made garlic bread? There are two good ways to make it. First, get a breadstick (French style) and make diagnonal slices in it, not quite cutting all the way through. Spread each slice generously with garlic butter, wrap the bread in foil and bake it in the oven to melt the butter through. Serve it warm.</p><p>Or alternatively, get a thick slice of bread, spread it with garlic butter, sprinkle it with parmesan cheese then bake under the grill until the cheese is toasty.</p><p></p><p>To make your own garlic butter, soften some butter in a dish then add some crushed garlic and stir to blend. You will probably need to add a little salt to make the garlic flavour more obvious. Label the garlic butter and keep it in the fridge. Be aware that it can go mouldy after a few weeks, with the little bits of garlic going mouldy. Try to use it up before then.</p><p></p><p>ANother idea he should like - parmesan thins. Use a good baking paper (or silicone baking sheet) and an egg ring. Put the egg ring on the paper or sheet, sprinkle grated parmesan inside the egg ring then carefully lift off the egg ring. Do a few more, then put the tray carefully in a hot oven and cook until the parmesan melts into a flat disc. Allow it to cool for a few minutes then gently lift off. </p><p>THis should help him get used to the taste of parmesan cheese.</p><p></p><p>Pizza - we make "slice of bread pizza" at home. I start with a slice of bread per person. Spread it with garlic butter, then add other ingredients according to personal taste. Again, you will need to try hi with just one new ingredient at a time according to the method I outlined before.</p><p></p><p>If he will use tomato-based sauce (NOT ketchup!) as a dipping sauce, then that is the next layer on top of the garlic butter. A sprinkle of dried mixed herbs is a lovely touch but don't force it if he is really fussy. Then you add parmesan. Once he will eat this, then try a mild salami cut into small pieces. We slice it thinly, then cut the slices up into narrow strips, and put that over the tomato layer.</p><p>Or maybe instead of salami, try ham. If necessary, toast the bread first so it is crispy. The result should be salty, savoury and bread-y.</p><p></p><p>To introduce him to pasta, that could be tricky. I make home-made pasta using egg and flour, it tastes quite different and could be very similar to what you could get in Italy. But a possibility is to buy some macaroni and using kitchen string, make some becklaces with the macaroni. Do this with other kids too, because what ALWAYS happens is the kids then eat the macaroni off the necklace, dry and crunchy. It's not such a big leap then, to cooking a small amount for him (let him watch what you do) and letting him try some, plain, with butter and with tomato-based sauce. Maybe with a sprinkle of parmesan.</p><p></p><p>Plan B - make sure you can always find the foods he feels safe with, even in Italy. In general most hotels will by sympathetic. The customer is always right, what you want will be found for you. And bread - they have plenty of bread.</p><p></p><p>Often raw food works better than cooked food. difficult child 3 loves raw carrots and raw tomatoes. I remember, I used to always prefer raw carrots, I hated them cooked. My mother always tried to make me eat my carrots, but wouldn't let me eat them raw. I don't know why. So I haven't insisted he have them cooked, but knowing he can choose to have raw if he wants has made him feel secure enough to try cooked carrot and he will eat it.</p><p></p><p>I roast vegetables whenever I'm roasting chicken. I roast carrots whole (minus the tops) so they still look like carrots but taste yummy. difficult child 3 likes my roast carrots but easy child 2/difficult child 2 will refuse to eat them and instead go fetch a raw carrot from the fridge to eat as her "red vegetable".</p><p></p><p>Anyway, this is a start. Try to involve him in this process too, if you can. He needs to be prepared to try things but also to feel safe enough to know he won't be forced. Have someone else available to eat what your son doesn't have to if he feels he doesn't like it.</p><p></p><p>Good luck.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 230292, member: 1991"] He eats fries (we call them chips). Do you make your own? If not, it's not too difficult, but you need a couple of important rules. First, you CAN shallow-fry them in small batches but the oil needs to be hot and partway through the cooking you remove them, drain them, let the oil heat up again, then finish the cooking so they'll crisp up. Alternatively, I put them in a supermarket-crinkly plastic bag 9with no holes) and add oil to that, shake it up to spread the oil then tip them ito a baking dish in a single layer, then bake them in the oven. Do this with potatoes until you get the knack of it and he eats your home-made hot chips (or oven-baked fries). Next step - use other vegetables to make fries. In NZ they make chips out of kumara and they're delicious. Very different to potato, though, because it's very sweet. Other good vegetables to try this with are beetroot, celeriac (a good choice because it looks more like potato and has a fairly mild flavour), carrot. Also let him try shoestring vegetables raw, as in a salad. Carrot shoestrings, beetroot shoestrings, celery strips. Or use thewse with a dipping saucve especially a tomato-based dipping sauce. Using a tomato-based sauce (like a pasta napolitan sauce or salsa, for example) will hep introduce him to the sort of flavours he could meet in Italy. Will he eat garlic bread? Will he eat home-made garlic bread? There are two good ways to make it. First, get a breadstick (French style) and make diagnonal slices in it, not quite cutting all the way through. Spread each slice generously with garlic butter, wrap the bread in foil and bake it in the oven to melt the butter through. Serve it warm. Or alternatively, get a thick slice of bread, spread it with garlic butter, sprinkle it with parmesan cheese then bake under the grill until the cheese is toasty. To make your own garlic butter, soften some butter in a dish then add some crushed garlic and stir to blend. You will probably need to add a little salt to make the garlic flavour more obvious. Label the garlic butter and keep it in the fridge. Be aware that it can go mouldy after a few weeks, with the little bits of garlic going mouldy. Try to use it up before then. ANother idea he should like - parmesan thins. Use a good baking paper (or silicone baking sheet) and an egg ring. Put the egg ring on the paper or sheet, sprinkle grated parmesan inside the egg ring then carefully lift off the egg ring. Do a few more, then put the tray carefully in a hot oven and cook until the parmesan melts into a flat disc. Allow it to cool for a few minutes then gently lift off. THis should help him get used to the taste of parmesan cheese. Pizza - we make "slice of bread pizza" at home. I start with a slice of bread per person. Spread it with garlic butter, then add other ingredients according to personal taste. Again, you will need to try hi with just one new ingredient at a time according to the method I outlined before. If he will use tomato-based sauce (NOT ketchup!) as a dipping sauce, then that is the next layer on top of the garlic butter. A sprinkle of dried mixed herbs is a lovely touch but don't force it if he is really fussy. Then you add parmesan. Once he will eat this, then try a mild salami cut into small pieces. We slice it thinly, then cut the slices up into narrow strips, and put that over the tomato layer. Or maybe instead of salami, try ham. If necessary, toast the bread first so it is crispy. The result should be salty, savoury and bread-y. To introduce him to pasta, that could be tricky. I make home-made pasta using egg and flour, it tastes quite different and could be very similar to what you could get in Italy. But a possibility is to buy some macaroni and using kitchen string, make some becklaces with the macaroni. Do this with other kids too, because what ALWAYS happens is the kids then eat the macaroni off the necklace, dry and crunchy. It's not such a big leap then, to cooking a small amount for him (let him watch what you do) and letting him try some, plain, with butter and with tomato-based sauce. Maybe with a sprinkle of parmesan. Plan B - make sure you can always find the foods he feels safe with, even in Italy. In general most hotels will by sympathetic. The customer is always right, what you want will be found for you. And bread - they have plenty of bread. Often raw food works better than cooked food. difficult child 3 loves raw carrots and raw tomatoes. I remember, I used to always prefer raw carrots, I hated them cooked. My mother always tried to make me eat my carrots, but wouldn't let me eat them raw. I don't know why. So I haven't insisted he have them cooked, but knowing he can choose to have raw if he wants has made him feel secure enough to try cooked carrot and he will eat it. I roast vegetables whenever I'm roasting chicken. I roast carrots whole (minus the tops) so they still look like carrots but taste yummy. difficult child 3 likes my roast carrots but easy child 2/difficult child 2 will refuse to eat them and instead go fetch a raw carrot from the fridge to eat as her "red vegetable". Anyway, this is a start. Try to involve him in this process too, if you can. He needs to be prepared to try things but also to feel safe enough to know he won't be forced. Have someone else available to eat what your son doesn't have to if he feels he doesn't like it. Good luck. Marg [/QUOTE]
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