The twins want to have their cake and eat it...
“I DON’T like it,” Emma whined, when presented with a fish finger sandwich.
“You haven’t tried it,” I said to which she responded, “I don’t want to”.
To show her it was edible, I took one bite.
It was very tasty, my lunch was a far less exciting low-fat yoghurt and berries, as I’m already on the traditional post-Christmas diet.
I decided to cut it into quarters to tempt her and ate the piece I’d half eaten because she wouldn’t want that.
She continued to refuse, so I ate another quarter, to prove its tastiness.
By then it was going cold, so I ate a further quarter, followed by the remainder on the basis I wasn’t wasting food. Admittedly, she was showing some interest by now, but she’d missed her chance.
Victoria walked in and cooed “good girl, Emma, you’ve eaten it all”. After some explanation and reassurance we did have extra fish fingers, I added sugary brioche buns, mayonnaise, butter and ketchup to create a slightly saucier less healthy sandwich.
Naturally she ate it all, further proving ‘the twins will wolf down anything as long as it involves fat or sugar and maybe a bit of salt’ hypothesis.
This study was something I’d been working on for a while after stumbling across the phenomenon when I observed them trying ice cream for the first time.
The revelation of fat and sugar mixed together in a frozen treat means it’s now virtually impossible to go into a public park without them asking for ice cream at some point.