Exotic Foodstuffs

I read an article last week suggesting that the way we introduce solids to babies - bland, boring rice cereal first, followed by boiled pureed vegetables, etc - creates a legion of fussy, boring eaters.  It notes that in other cultures, babies are introduced to highly spiced foods early on, and they don't seem to suffer too much from it.

Margaret apparently read the same article, listened to Leo and I talk about ethnic food, and made her own moves.  Unfortunately, she failed to reckon with the possibility of the homophone, and so her attempt to eat Thai food became, sadly, an excursion into eating Tie food.

First, you stalk the wild tie.

Then you seize on it, surprising its proprietor.

Then, before he has had time to properly react, you stuff it in your mouth and enjoy it.

I'm pretty sure that it wasn't as peanutty as she expected from all the hype she'd been hearing.  I imagine, actually, that a tie is almost as bland as rice cereal, though perhaps a bit more substantial.