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- From: lowry@watson.ibm.com (Andy Lowry)
- Newsgroups: misc.kids
- Subject: Re: Fussy Infant Eater needs Recipes
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- Date: 26 Jan 93 17:00:23 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan26.025011.25478@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> wheaton@loligo.cc.fsu.edu (Mike Wheaton) writes:
- > I am in need for recipes for Baby Food for a 8-month-old fussy eater. He
- > doesn't seem to like many of the "brand-name" baby foods because most of the
- > meat-veggie combinations contain carrots.
-
- One of Lindsay's favorite foods is a Chinese dish called "jook"
- (rhymes with "book"). I've seen it called "congee" as well.
- Basically, it's rice cooked much longer than it has any business being
- cooked. It ends up being sort of the consistency of oatmeal, or it
- can be served a bit watered down and it's like a thick soup. You can
- add just about anything you can think of to it for flavoring...
- ground/shredded/sliced meat, fish, vegetables, ginger, garlic, etc.
- For Lindsay, so far we have generally been keeping it pretty bland,
- but recently she's started showing an interest in spicier foods so
- maybe we'll start adding ginger or something.
-
- Anyway, the general recipe is to just put some rice and about three
- times as much water as you would normally use in a saucepan, bring it
- to a boil, and then simmmer it until it becomes thick. In the late
- stages you can throw in ground meat (uncooked) or vegetables or
- whatever, and let it cook during the remaining simmering time. If
- you're going to add spices, you may want to add them earlier.
-
- We usually make a batch and then freeze it in an ice-cube tray, then
- pop the cubes into a freezer bag and microwave two cubes at mealtime.
-
- One of the nice things for Lindsay is that the jook is sticky enough
- that pretty early on she could manage to scoop up a spoonful and get
- it to her mouth without dropping it, even though on the way to her
- mouth the spoon would be upside-down or vertical or whatever.
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- Andy Lowry, lowry@watson.ibm.com, (914) 784-7925
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