Give Peas A Chance

Peas are so yucky! I tried them, I did. And at first they weren't so bad, you know? I mean, they were a little different, but I could handle it. But then, as I kept eating, I don't know, they just got yucky! I started gagging and coughing and I couldn't keep my face from doing funny things. I was even shaking they were so yucky! And the worst part was that Mommy just kept laughing at me! What kind of Mommy does that?? I'm so mad I have to take a nap.
Yeah, it's true. I'm mean. I laughed as he sat there gagging and shuddering at the awfulness of the peas. He did give them a chance, though. He had 4 or 5 bites before they got to him. I do feel kind of bad for laughing. It reminded me almost exactly of my last encounter with eggplant. It started out ok, but after a few bites I was sure I was going to throw up. So, I stopped torturing him. What he doesn't know is that this isn't over. We're going to try Dr. Alan Greene's method. He says you have to feed the detested food as the first bite for 10 days in a row. When they start spitting it out and not taking any more, switch to something they do like. After 10 days, 85% of pea-haters in his study had become pea-lovers! So, we'll see. I would like to point out that, while I too detest peas, these peas really weren't that bad. I've tasted jarred baby food peas (at my baby shower, thank you Sarah) and they are pretty awful. I made these myself, though. And honestly, these had a nice sweetness to them. So maybe it'll get better.



Whirled Peas

32 oz bag frozen peas

5 oz (fresh- not frozen!) breast milk

water

ice bath



Directions:
1. Cook peas in the microwave in two batches as per package instructions. I cooked half the bag with 1/4 cup water for 7 minutes.

2. Reserving cooking liquid, pour peas into fine mesh strainer and plunge immediately into ice bath. This makes a smoother puree, allows anything that shouldn't be there to float to the top (like pea pods), and kind of washes off any excess salt that was added in the freezing process.

3. Blend the peas to a fine puree using the cooking liquid and breastmilk to help thin the puree. It works best to start with just half the first batch of peas and gradually add the rest.

4. Pour puree back into fine mesh strainer over a large bowl. Stir to force puree through the mesh to remove all the skins. Once you're left with mostly skins, give what is in the bowl a nice stir. Dish out whatever you will use fresh, and then freeze the rest. This makes lots.