{"id":3535,"date":"2012-11-08T05:00:31","date_gmt":"2012-11-08T11:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=3535"},"modified":"2016-09-27T11:10:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-27T16:10:06","slug":"diy-fun-apple-taste-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crumbbums.com\/?p=3535","title":{"rendered":"DIY Fun: Apple Taste Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There are so many varieties of wonderful beautiful apples this time of year, don’t you think? And usually, since our own tree stopped producing about 3 weeks ago, we buy the same type of apple at the grocery store and just stick with it all through the winter. But last week, I noticed that there were 8…\u00a08\u00a0<\/strong>(!) different varieties that all looked so wonderful. So I chose four varieties and tucked an idea up my sleeve for later.<\/p>\n

Part of raising kids is teaching them to eat well. Part of teaching them to eat well is introducing them to a variety of foods, as well as a variety of tastes, textures, and subtle differences in the same food. Enter the apple taste test.<\/p>\n

The idea is to present several apples, each with distinct flavors and textures, remove the skin to make the taste test truly blind, and encourage slow eating and experiencing food in a deliberate way. Here’s how we did our taste test:<\/p>\n

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Place the apples in a row and remove their stickers, placing each sticker behind the apple. This way you can keep track of each variety after you peel the slice you will use.<\/p>\n

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Next, Cut a wedge out of each apple and remove the skin from the wedge (we placed the rest of each apple into a plastic baggie and back in the refrigerator for later). Cut the wedge into several pieces and place the corresponding pieces in front of each sticker to keep track.<\/p>\n

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This next step is optional. I used toothpicks and washi tape to make little flags for the boys’ apple bites (Milo got the black and white flags, while Oliver knew that the blue flagged bites belonged to him).<\/p>\n

I also made an extra bite so I could do the test with them to encourage description of the flavors and textures. On these bites, I placed a sticker to symbolize each apple (F for Fuji; R for Red Delicious; H for Honey Crisp; G for Granny Smith). Then, when the boys weren’t looking, I mixed up the order of the apple slices so they would not know what they were tasting.<\/p>\n

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Let the tasting begin!<\/p>\n

Remember to prep your kids on the fact that a taste test is not a race. In fact, I told them ahead of time that we would be talking about each apple taste, so we would eat them together, then move on to the next together.<\/p>\n

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Discussing his first two tastes and which he preferred<\/em><\/p>\n

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That one was tart! (Granny Smith)<\/em><\/p>\n

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It was interesting! They both took this job very seriously and took their time tasting. Milo’s favorite was the Honey Crisp, and Oliver’s was a tie between the Granny Smith (he eats lemons<\/em>— no surprise there!) and the Honey Crisp. No one really cared for Red Delicious, which is funny because, you know, the name is just trying waaaaay too hard if you ask me.<\/p>\n

After the taste test, I cut up the rest of each boy’s favorite apple, and they enjoyed it with dinner. All in all, a success!<\/p>\n

Happy Tasting!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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