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the eric update - day 418: odin's epicurean adventures! yucky beets and other stuff that pops wouldn't eat even if you paid him.

in our continuing attempts to break odin's "jarred" habit kris thought it might be nice to whip up a concoction of pureed beets, apples, peaches, barley and brewer's yeast.

i kid you not.

i'm not sure exactly when, but somewhere along the way me and beets decided that we couldn't live together and the very smell of them makes me want to gag. i can't imagine the gastrointestinal awefulness that must result from blending them together with all the other ingredients and surely will not ever, ever, ever be caught eating the deceptively innocuous looking slop.

but apparently odin didn't inherit my disdain for the evil purple taproot , as when i paused to take a picture he clamored for me to cut it out and resume to shoveling it in!

despite the fact that i was fighting the urge to gag, you will notice that i was still skilled enough to feed him the mixture that could almost stain your shirt just by looking at it the wrong way without a bib!

you must admit that i've got the spoon feeding skills to pay the bills!

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8/26/2005 09:22:00 PM 4 comments

4 Comments:

I'm with you on the beets, man. It all goes back to 3th grade - I must have had some bug, ate the school lunch of the day, and not too long afterward, it came back up. In technicolor, of course. Since I'm not one to vomit (apart from alcohol overindulgence, I remember throwing up maybe 5 times in my 36 years?), it was quite memorable, and has seriously impacted my relationship with beets. *shudder*

By Emy, at 1:42 AM

I love reading all about Odin's adventures. Our baby is always just a bit behind him so it's a good preview of what's coming next. I have been meaning to ask, any chance Kris would share the recipe for the treat she made for his first birthday?

By Anonymous, at 11:50 AM

anonymous: " I love reading all about Odin's adventures. Our baby is always just a bit behind him so it's a good preview of what's coming next. I have been meaning to ask, any chance Kris would share the recipe for the treat she made for his first birthday?"

thanks for following along! the recipe for his birthday treat was really quite easy - it was just rice dream rice milk mixed with pureed, fresh blueberries. after mixing it together you just let it freeze in the freezer. simple, tasty and easy to digest.

By e3, at 2:00 PM

emy: " I'm with you on the beets, man. "

beet haters of the world, unite!

i received an email that claimed if you cook them right, beets are actually quite tasty, but i'm not sure that's possible.

By e3, at 2:11 PM

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