Kids are without a doubt the most suspicious diners in the world. They will eat mud (raw or baked) rocks, paste, crayons, ball-point pens, moving goldfish, cigarette butts, and cat food. Try to coax a little beef stew into their mouths and they look at you like a puppy when you stand over him with the Sunday paper rolled up.
ATTRIBUTION:
Ermma Bombeck (20th century), U.S. humorist and author. Motherhood: The Second Oldest Profession, ch. 30 (1983).
