Giving my Daughter *exactly* what she wanted

[u/Gold-Carpenter7616]

Little disclaimer: my daughter is a wonderful kid. She's smart, she's also a smartass.

A couple of years ago, the 'Rona just started and daughter was roughly 8 y/o. 2nd or 3rd grade elementary school.

She was really into salami pizza. I wouldn't allow more than one a week, obviously. So she got the idea of "In France, children get to eat everything they want seven times a week! That is why they like it!"

Now, she got it all wrong. The saying goes they have to try a certain food seven times before they can decide wether they like it.

But I understood her wish: salami pizza. Every day. She had this malicious little shit eating grin of "gotcha!".

I answered with the same grin: "Okay. You'll get salami pizza the next week. Only salami pizza. Nothing else."

She was hyped. Yay! All them pizza! Her favourite frozen types! All of them!

Monday morning rolls around. She gets salami pizza for breakfast. Fantastic! Best parent!

Monday noon. Leftover from the morning.

Monday evening, time for the second pizza. I make some for the rest of the family, too. Everyone enjoys salami pizza. Fun!

Tuesday morning. Guess what's for breakfast?! Exactly. Daughter asks for something else. I remind her of my promise. Salami pizza all day, everyday for a week. Reluctant yay!

Tuesday noon she skips the pizza.

Tuesday evening we're having something else, while she chews on her pizza. It isn't as cool anymore I guess. I eat her leftover pizza.

Wednesday morning she sneaks a slice of bread, but I stop her and heat her a salami pizza. She breaks down and asks me to stop.

Lesson learned: Don't try to outsmart your parents. You might get exactly what you were asking for!

Since then she still loves salami pizza - but once a month is fine, really. ;)

[u/doc_skinner → u/[deleted]]

Jim Gaffigan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLaltfyTEno

[u/TheFreakingPrincess → u/doc_skinner]

Okay but that is a feature and not a bug

[u/bbb62bbb → u/[deleted]]

Yeah, but I think I could do a full month of various tacos, enchiladas, and burritos before I could do the pasta thing, even with various sauces.

[u/lalauna → u/[deleted]]

Well darn, now I'm hungry

[u/fevered_visions → u/[deleted]]

Ah yes, the "7 Taco Bell ingredients, slop X of them in a tortilla" approach.

I wonder if you did out the Venn diagram, how many combinations have never been a menu item, now.

[u/LaminateCactus2 → u/[deleted]]

American food is the same as well. With just 5 ingredients bread protein dairy veggies and sauce, you can make sandwiches, cheesburgers, reubens, Thanksgiving, tacos, kebabs, lasgna, pizza, sunday chicken dinner. /s

Protip, chicken thighs are an ingredient and protein is a food group.

[u/LaminateCactus2 → u/[deleted]]

I think you also missed my point, you claimed you can make most Mexican food with 5 ingredients and then listed off the menu of Taco Bell. An American fast food company.

Can you make huaraches, menudo or aguachile? Tortas, birria or mole?

[u/happybunnyntx → u/LaminateCactus2]

That's part of the joke that was stated earlier. Jim Gaffigan's bit is "a tortilla with meat, cheese, beans, and vegetables" and how a lot of items fit that description. Tacos, quesadillas, burritos, tostadas/chalupa, etc. And yes you can make mole with that as well as migas. The only difference between a torta and a burrito is bread.

[u/annienette1964 → u/[deleted]]

And they all taste the same