Are Sneaky Chefs Dangerous?
My wife called me the other day and asked me to order the best selling book “The Sneaky Chef”. I was watching one of the late night cable TV talk shows a few weeks ago when I first heard of the book and my first reaction was, “What a great idea.” Spinach in brownies. What a concept. I was just browsing the web and it seems that we are trying to sneak things in our children’s food at an increasing pace.
What happened to the days when I heard the great Pink Floyd say, “If you don’t eat your meat, you can’t have any pudding; how could you have your pudding if you don’t eat your meat.” And so I did along with my vegetables because that’s what I was supposed to do.
Fast forward 2007. Kids are hooked on video games and soft drinks and so we must sneak good things into things that are supposed to be bad things but are actually good things so our kids will eat it. Confused. So am I. I’ll leave you with this. Celebrate the book but question our society. When we have to be sneaky with our children, we may have to change our strategy.
So, where are we at in these sneaky times? Confused!
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