Now I gotta tell the Calamari story...
When we first got married, my new step son was really fussy when it came to food. Something like this would never be considered, let along tried.
We went to a nice restaurant one night and I bought home some left overs, including a Calamari dish with pasta and sauce. It was really good, but I couldn't eat it all, so it came home.
Next day, I'm looking to heat it up for lunch... and it's gone. My step son (15 at the time) had spied it and figuring it was just pasta and sauce, gobbled it up. Annoyed me a little... Whatever.. I asked him if he liked it and of course, gave him some crap about eating my leftovers. He said he really liked it and I asked if he knew what it was... Of course he didn't... I said "it was Calamari" and I got a blank stare.. "You know.. Squid." I got another stare and he looked to his Mom and she agreed. He then surprised me and said again how much he liked it..
The long term effect was he started trying different things... and liking them. At 35 years old, he's now up for almost anything. That day was a turning point.
