Our daycare provides morning and afternoon tea and a cooked lunch for the children. They are very good meals, and children with allergies, intolerances, and other requirements are well catered-for. They also give the children the opportunity to try food they might not get at home, for whatever reason.
For example, I’ve never been keen on tinned beetroot, so it’s not something we have in our pantry. You can imagine my surprise when one of Babess’ teachers mentioned that Babess is quite a fan of the stuff. Apparently she will sit and munch slices until it’s all gone. I had noticed some clothes coming home stained red, but had assumed they were playing with dye or red paint that day.
I asked Babess about it, and she said yes, she loves beetroot! And when we were next making a shopping list, she asked me to get her some. So of course I did.
Tonight on the bus home she was telling me how much she likes white sauce. That’s another thing I’ve never been all that keen on – I don’t mind it, but I don’t make it for myself as a choice either. Babess tells me she loves it, and she knows how to make it. It’s not just ordinary white sauce, though. “You have to put green stuff in it.”
“Parsley?” was the only green stuff I could think of to add to white sauce.
“No,” she corrected me firmly. “Lettuce.”
That’s going to be a funny-tasting white sauce, I reckon.
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