Ok... now HOW awesome is it...

[The Doctor.]

When you've cultivated your young children in such a way that they ask for red, yellow, green, or orange bell peppers as a snack?

Got a little pride going on is all.

:bounce:

[Warpy]

1. I did when I was a kid, only green ones were available

but I wasn't fond of salty stuff and allergic to most citrus, so veggies were pretty much it unless it was summer and seasonal fruits were in.

Imagine the revelation many years later when supermarkets started to carry ripe peppers in rainbow colors. The problem with green peppers is that they taste unripe. The rainbow peppers don't have that nasty, unfinished undertone.

It's almost too bad I've discovered the dried mangoes at Costco.

[The Doctor.]

3. I'd bet dollars to doughnuts that a much higher percentage of 'liberals'

grew up on healthy foods than 'conservatives'.

[Warpy]

5. My mother hated to cook so I grew up on dreck

for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

The snacks were healthy, though.

[elleng]

2. GOOD pride!

Glad to hear it!

My daughter whose favorite is red bell peppers wrote today to say she may graduate from college 1 semester before expected! SMILING all over the place!!!

[The Doctor.]

4. Oh yeah, here's what I was cooking;

I made 'spring chicken fajitas' with sauteed chicken (black pepper, light salt, cumin, pinch of chili powder), wrapped with monterey-cheddar cheese, pineapple salsa, black olives, dab of sour cream, and fresh strips of rainbow bell peppers.

[sazemisery]

6. Oh, Doctor, write me a prescription!

That sounds awesome!

[The Doctor.]

7. Oh... and it was on a wheat tortilla wrap... large.

And they were awesome!

Ok, your turn. Whatcha' got? Favorite dish.

[sandnsea]

8. Cucumbers and onions in vinegar

You'd have thought my kids were getting triple choclate cake when my husband made that up. I'd still prefer the choclate cake, triple or otherwise.

My daughter makes up some kind of spinach fruit drink that is disgusting, but she tells her kids it's a smoothie and they love it. So if you raise them with healthy foods, even a little, it does stick!

[Vinca]

9. Good for you!

It was "Twinkies, Devil Dogs or Ring Dings" when I was a kid.:rofl: