I'll admit it. I did it. I thought every parent did it. Maybe they do, and just don't want to admit it-but I lied to my kid. Well - not really l-i-e-d...more like avoided the truth. And I got busted! By a six year old! Here's how it went down...
We have always eaten fish - and salmon is our family favorite. I have an awesome recipe for a coconut baked salmon served over rice that the kids have always devoured. I would sit back, smug in my chair, arms crossed with a look of complete victory as the cleaned their plates thinking "I am such an amazing mother - my children eat fish, and like it - ha!" Never mind that it is disguised and buried in a creamy sauce, and cut into small pieces, mixed together with rice...that's not the POINT! They eat FISH! Woo hoo!
"Mom, what's THAT?"
"Oh - that's just a piece of skin from the salmon" I say, swigging down the rest of my wine - hoping this conversation will end...NOW!
"Skin? It looks like fish skin." Her eyes begin to widen, her mouth open in horror as the puzzle pieces start clicking together...
"Who wants ice-cream?" I shout, jumping up from the table.
"MOM!" She yells at me, then narrows her eyes at me, speaking very slowly so as I can not pretend to mis-understand the question (as I often do...)"Is salmon a...fish? Like a real fish?"
I take a big sip of wine...I mean water..."Yes" I squeak, head hung in shame...
"EWWWWWW! Are you serious! Fish are nature, I don't want to eat NATURE! I am NEVER eating salmon again!" Tears, stomping and huffing follow, along with a door slam to her room.
Busted! Needless to say - our traditional steak and lobster tail New Years dinner was not well received that year either...
Now when she asks me where bacon comes from...I just smile...and tell her Sobey's...
...and this my dear is why I really, really like you....you are REAL!
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