A dad who was making food for his kids got into trouble with his wife when she discovered he was tricking his children into eating mushrooms, despite the fact they hated them
If you’re a parent, you’ll understand how difficult it can be to get your kids to eat healthily.
As a result of their fussiness, you may resort to sneaky tactics to get a bit of goodness down them, but when one dad did this for his kids, his wife was less than impressed.
She branded him an “a**hole” for “tricking them into eating something they have been very clear about not liking”, but he said that he just wanted what was best for his kids, and was keen to ensure they were consuming “good meals”.
The dad took to Reddit’s ‘Am I The A**hole’ forum to ask whether he was in the wrong for making his kids mushroom soup, without them being aware of what it was. He wrote: “My children are not allergic to mushrooms. My children love cream of mushroom soup. My kids hate the texture of mushrooms. When my wife uses canned mushroom soup in a recipe she will strain out the mushrooms for the kids.
“However when I use mushroom soup in a recipe I run it through the blender. The pieces are so little that they have no texture. The kids don’t complain about it and I don’t waste time. My wife seems to think that I’m being an a**hole because I’m tricking them into eating something they have been very clear about not liking.
“I asked if she would rather eat a fistful of raw flour or a slice of bread. Preparation makes a difference. I think we are both trying to make sure that the kids eat a good meal we just go about it different ways.”
In the comments, people said that there wasn’t anything wrong with what the dad had done, and he was just making a meal for his kids that they actually enjoyed. One wrote: “As someone who has hated mushrooms with a fiery passion their whole life, when I found out my mum has always blended some up for her Thanksgiving stuffing (that I love), I admit my ego was a bit bruised.
“Ultimately I learned a valuable lesson; things, even foods, aren’t black and white, there’s a finely blended mushroom grey area and that’s okay! There’s no vegan/vegetarian moral issue here, and I’m glad my mom “tricked” me, as I definitely would have refused to eat it as a kid if I knew, so I’m going with not the a**hole.”
Another said: “No moral issue. The kids don’t like it because of texture. Not taste. If he blends and kids still think it’s fine, then he is ok. If kids complain then he should blend longer. For example I hate the taste of eggs with a passion. But if I bake a cake I always use eggs, because I don’t taste them but then give a good structure.”
Someone else added: “I hate mushroom chunks. If the mushroom is not a chunk I don’t know it’s there. It adds flavour, I just cannot with the texture. I dislike a lot of foods in their original form, but eat them when prepared certain ways.”
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