On A Roll
Published 19 years, 11 months pastLast night we went out for dinner with some of the other kids in Carolyn’s playgroup (and their parents) at default favorite Matsu. Carolyn, as usual, had miso soup with extra tofu cubes and nori, some steamed sticky rice, and half a harumaki. All very much as normal. But then, as Kat started on her Manhattan roll with citrus tobiko, Carolyn grabbed a piece and stuffed it into her mouth.
Her first sushi—I was so proud. We know she liked it, too, because after demolishing the first piece, she grabbed another one and ate most of the contents.
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(And did I have the camera with me? Of course not. One of the other daddies had a camera phone, though, so hopefully I’ll be able to update this entry with a picture.)
Comments (19)
That’s so sweet, but are you sure it’s a good idea to have your daughter eating sushi? I don’t know, just seems kinda easy to choke on.
Yes, I’m sure, but I appreciate your concern.
You have a strange char in your post :-D I think sushi can have these effects :)
At first I thought it was a double-dash and a pipe. I now realise it’s a capital ‘I’… see now I write an ‘L’ l, now an ‘i’ I, and now a pipe |… and with some fonts they all should appear the same.
I love when code is used to express emotion. You old XML softy.
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great little story… glad to hear she’s not afraid to try new things! just be careful with the wasabi. traditionally, a little wasabi is supposed to be added inside the sushi (although, perhaps not so much w/ rolls) and as you can imagine, i’ve seen rather unfortunate scenes with unsuspecting kids (and adults!) and a hidden chuck of wasabi.
Why would sushi be any easier to choke on than any other food? It’s made of rice and mostly squooshy stuff. The kid takes the stuff apart. The reason adults might choke on it is our insistence on eating a whole shushus in one bite. Carolyn is smarter than that.
-X.
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Whoa! Major geek alert!
Please wait a little more before you feed her XML!
Because it’s hard to chew.
I don’t think my kids (18-month-old twins) would like sushi very much. How old is Carolyn?
A maki roll, like the one Carolyn grabbed and ate, is not at all hard to chew; as Ximena said, it’s mostly “squooshy stuff”. That’s especially true for a Manhattan roll, which has at its center avocado and crabstick–and indeed, it did get sqooshed quite a bit. That particular roll also had no wasabi. Maki rolls usually don’t.
Carolyn’s a bit over thirteen months old, and has most of her teeth in, so chewing’s no real problem. We didn’t think she’d like sushi either, but when she grabbed and ate the first piece, we sort of looked at each other, shrugged, and said, “Guess we’ll find out if she likes it”.
God, let this be a reminder that we all need lives (including myself). We’re discussing the intestinal fortitude of an infant.
Toddler, actually, and to those of us with young kids, this is riveting stuff! :)
I wouldn’t be so concerned about her choking on it as I would about her not-as-strong-as-ours immune system having issues with any stray bacteria in uncooked fish.
OMG, I wish I had been introduced to sushi at that age. Now you can say what my wife says to me – “If you’re well behaved, I’ll take you to get Sushi…”
Congrats!
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~Arik
I’m so proud :-)
Sushi is wonderful!
good thing she likes it early, after a couple of bad experiences as a teen i decided to try sushi again a couple weeks ago, but i had a really HARD time keeping down the tuna belly. kudos to people that can stomach raw fish. ;)
@Arik,
What is “degridation?”
If you are going to berate someone from on-high, maybe you should run your post through the grammar-checker. ;)
geez, arik… meyerweb is also eric’s personal website. if you’d rather someone not discuss personal topics and personal opinions on a personal website — go elsewhere. at any rate, eric, i’m a wee bit envious of your daughter…i wish i’d been introduced to sushi at such an early age. as a 4-year resident of san diego, i suppose i’m making up for lost time — i’ve become quite fond of the stuff. sushi bars here represent something like a third of the city’s income…