Dad tricks picky kids into eating mushrooms, mom's not having it: 'I run it through the blender'

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Brad Dickson • Managing Editor
Jun 2, 2024 6:00 PM EDT

When you're a kid, there's plenty of stuff that you don't want to eat, the sheer existence of it being abhorrent and causing your stomach to turn. Your parent's attempts to trick and force you to eat it are unsuccessful. Try as they might to present it to you in new or disguised ways; your disgust remains. 

I remember loving my mom's mac and cheese as a kid until I one day saw her making it and witnessed her pouring some sludge labeled "cream of mushroom" into the mix. Cream of mushroom? I had unknowingly been eating mushrooms for all this time. Those little black flecks that I'd seen throughout the dish were a disgusting fungus that was being forced upon me. 

From that day forward, things changed; I could no longer stomach a dish that I once adored after discovering the knowledge that it had been tainted. Of course, there's a lot of complex psychological stuff happening here, and for every attempt you thought you caught your parents out on for forcing you to eat something, there were probably loads more that you didn't even notice.

This dad pulled one over on his family by getting the blender out to finely disguise the lumps that were horrifying his family—earning their displeasure once his plot was revealed.

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  • 01
    "AITA for tricking my kids into eating mushroom soup?"
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    AITA for tricking my kids into eating mushroom soup? My children are not allergic to mushrooms. My children love cream of mushroom soup. My kids hate the texture of mushrooms. When my wife uses canned mushroom soup in a recipe she will strain out the mushrooms for the kids.
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    However when I use mushroom soup in a recipe I run it through the blender. The pieces are so little that they have no texture. The kids don't complain about it and I don't waste time. My wife seems to think that I'm being because I'm trucking them an into eating something they have been very clear about not liking.
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    I asked if she would rather eat a fistful of raw flour or a slice of bread. Preparation makes a difference. I think we are both trying to make sure that the kids eat a good meal we just go about it different ways.
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    OP has offered the following explanation for why they think they might be the a Ole: I blend up mushroom soup to minced the pieces if mushrooms. My kids hate the texture of mushrooms but not the taste. I might be the for "tricking" them into eating something that they have specifically said they hate.
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    Living-Highlight7777 9 hr. ago As someone who has hated mushrooms with a fiery passion their whole life, when I found out my mom has always blended some up for her Thanksgiving stuffing (that I love), I admit my ego was a bit bruised. Ultimately I learned a valuable lesson; things, even foods, aren't black and white, there's a finely blended mushroom gray area and that's okay! There's no vegan/vegetarian moral issue here, and I'm glad my mom "tricked" me, as I definitely would have refused to ea
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    Aggressive_Cup8452 They like mushrooms enough that they eat mushroom soup. They just don't like the texture of the cooked mushrooms so you changed the texture. How is that tricking. NtA I don't like softboiled eggs.. so I kook it for longer so I don't have a runny egg. Simple.
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    Catcon95 9 hr. ago NTA. Texture issue is a real thing that a lot of people have. Not everyone likes things in their native or cooked form. You found a way for them to enjoy their favorite soup without taking out the additional nutrients of the mushrooms as well as the flavor they provide that your kids like. Changing the texture isn't tricking them and Im pretty sure your kids wouldn't feel tricked either, they may even be excited they can have mushrooms without dealing with the texture they don
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    YouthNAsia63 9 hr. ago • Oh, nooo! You are "tricking your children" into eating something that... aparrently they don't mind eating at allll, once you adjust the unliked texture. Your wife needs to get a grip, and may I say how lucky you all are if this right here is your biggest problem. NTA
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    blueeyed 94 8 hr. ago They are not allergic, and there is no ethical reason to not eat mushrooms (would be different if you tricked them to eat their pet bunny like my parents did, but that's a different storry). Are they old enough to understand that mushroom soup contains mushrooms? If so, it might be a good idea to talk to them before they find out one way or another and stop eating it because they feel betrayed. But NTA. They simply don't like the texture, which I think is understandable.
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    24-Hour-Hate · 8 hr. ago I think it is fine. I hate bananas. But I like banana bread, banana muffins etc. As long as it isn't an allergy it is perfectly fine to accept that things can be in another form and not be objectionable because they can taste or feel different. Small children may not be able to accept this until they are older.
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