Imagine my surprise when my children were introduced to a new (ish) vegetable and declared that it was "OK".My bigger children are particularly picky. Veg is something that gets pushed around the plate, yukked at and eventually swallowed in minute quantities.
Only last week Boy One and Boy Two looked on in shocked fascination as their almost-three-year-old brother scoffed broccoli (trees) and carrots (pennies).
So when I was asked to try out Sweetcorn Bites from Barfoots of Botleys' farm, I said "nothing to lose and at least I won't be paying for veg to go into the green cone". It may have come out as "thanks very much that would be lovely".
They arrived and my hopes weren't any higher. The Panther of News said: "Yum. Bung them in the microwave, we'll have some now."
And they are very faff-free. Prick, ping and they're done.
So we had them in our fingers, rolled in butter. Very, very good, they were too. And here's where the weird thing happened. Boy One and Boy Two tried them as and after school snack and liked them. Really. Maizing.
You can get them from Tesco and Waitrose. I suppose you could get fresh maize and chop it to small hand sized bits and cook it, but you're just not going to do that, are you?
Warning: if are impatient and don't wait for them to cool you will burn that little bit of the roof of your mouth just behind your top teeth.
I was given some Sweetcorn Bites to try.
