I’ve always been impressed at the diverse foods that Bridget is willing to try. Sometimes she even surprises herself (and me) and likes new/different things. Now, at just 3 1/2 years of age, she has a bit of an expensive taste. Its a curious thing. Even in her candy choices… she knows what chocolate is, and will choose it over everything else most days.

Maybe its because we let her suck on a piece of steak once when she was about 6 months old (she liked it, btw)? Maybe.

Anyway, Sunday afternoon I was making some casadias for lunch. I came up stairs to ask Dave and Bridget what they wanted in theirs. “I have Cheese, Ham, Mushroom, and Spinach,” I said, “What do you want?”

Bridget’s reply came quickly, “SHRIMP and MUSHROOMS!”

T: “I’d like shrimp in mine too. But we don’t have any shrimp.”
B: “I just really love shrimp”
T:”I know. But we have cheese, ham, mushrooms, and spinach.”
B: “I’ll have mushrooms. Just mushrooms.”

I ended up adding ham and cheese to hers as well as the mushrooms. She loved it and ate every bit. Go figure.

Yesterday we made shish kabobs on the grill. (We didn’t have shrimp, but in retrospect, we should have)…
Bridget asked me if she could have a ‘sis kabob’ with only mushrooms on it – she was forced to have some variety.

Today at lunch she asked for some mushrooms again. The leftover grilled-from-the-kabob kind. She ate them and loved them. Then she said, “Mom, do we have any shrimp?”

No, honey, sorry.

So then we had this conversation…

T: You really like shrimp and mushrooms, don’t you?
B: Yay, I do.
T: We don’t have any, but if someone were to ask you if you’d rather have shrimp and mushrooms or a peanut butter sandwich, what would you choose?
B: shrimp and mushrooms
T: How about shrimp and mushrooms or pizza?
B: shrimp and mushrooms
T: Shrimp and mushrooms or a hamburger?
B: (sighing, as though I should already know the answer) shrimp and mushrooms
T: What about shrimp and mushrooms or mac and cheese?
B: Mac and cheese. (pause) Mac and cheese AND shrimp and mushrooms.
T: Oh really.
B: (grinning and nodding) Yea.

So there you have it. She’s still 3, and can’t turn down mac and cheese – but she’d prefer it served with shrimp and mushrooms.