Good For a Laugh, At Least
June 15, 2009
Sometimes I make dinners that I am 99.99% certain the boys will not eat, just to put something different in front of them. Of course, it’s not like I’m hoping to make hot dog lovers out of them, but Hebrew National was on a 2-for-1 sale at the supermarket, and I figured I’d give them a try. It would make life easier at birthday parties, barbecues, and so on where it’s often assumed all kids eat hot dogs. Neither of my boys has ever deigned to try one, though, and tonight was no different.
For fun, I cut the hot dogs into a “no kid can say no!” shape — an octopus. I had turnips to use from my farm share, so I boiled them and then mashed them with some salt and olive oil, plus farm share scallions. A couple of cloves made up the octopus’ eyes, and dinner was served.
I got a lot of laughs out of both boys, and G. said “But what is it MADE of, Mommy?!” As J. noted, that is the eternal question about hot dogs, isn’t it?
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I'm Dara, the Chick in the Kitchen. Living in the suburbs of Manhattan with my two school-aged boys and husband. Feeding my family something more diverse than a different shape of pasta each night. Read more 
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merrie | June 16, 2009 at 6:54 am
Adorable! I have 2 hotdog lovers here.
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merrie | June 16, 2009 at 7:02 am
BTW- H&D think it is very funny. But, they both said they would not eat an octopus b/c it is yucky. They said regular hotdogs are yummy.
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Jodi | June 16, 2009 at 7:52 am
I remember seeing something about various ways to cut up hot dogs like this once…a Japanese site I think…very cute. Anyway, I kind of thought all kids ate hot dogs…mine do…but with a lot of special requests…like no bun, peel the hot dog, no char stuff if it’s cooked over fire. Lately, they have liked them boiled, sliced and with colourful toothpicks to pick the little circles up with…but K still peels the little slices!
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Lauren | June 16, 2009 at 6:18 pm
I’d eat it! And laugh as the octopus lost each tentacale!
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