At age two our little man watched Huey's Cooking Adventures just before the 10 afternoon news every afternoon with my husband. He had become obsessed. So we jumped at the chance to take him to a book signing. Of course this couldn't be easy... no way. It was the same night as my work Christmas dinner on the 5th of December 2009 at Dymocks in the city. So we had to race to the city after work (from the Adelaide Hills) to our home on the edge of the city, get the little man ready and get him to the book signing before it ended and then get back up to my Christmas dinner all with in the space of 2 & 1/2 hours not to mention get ourselves ready for the dinner.
Any way to the point of this post. Huey had brought to this signing a salad that was from his new book. We watched as adults attempted the salad most with tears streaming down their faces because the chilli's in it were too hot for them.
So the little man asks, "can I try some salad please?" Huey says to us, "it's really spicy he might not like it". We said it's all right he might just need a drink after knowing our little man and his palate for hot foods. (we used to live in a flat near an Indian family who offered very spicy food... but that is a blog for later). So the little man takes a bowl and fork and decides to serve himself up some.
So the moment of truth arrives... will he be able to tolerate the spice? The little man took a bite and said "mmm yummy" he kept eating. His eyes started watering but he ate the whole bowl and then asked "can I have some more please". A very shocked Huey said "Wow! I have never seen a child eat something so hot" he then offered the little man his own bottle of water and signed a napkin which now takes pride of place next to our little man's bed.
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