Ok for 8 year old to have chicken vindaloo?

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This came up recently after an 8 year old absolutely insisted they had to have a vindaloo. Would you allow it? I put my foot down and said no on principle but after thinking about it I'm not sure what principle. I guess in some countries young uns eating seriously spicy food is considered the norm but to me it just feels wrong. What do you reckon?
 
Yes, however if it was too much for them after trying it I’d force it down their little throats.

No, really. I don’t see the problem with letting them try something that isn’t going to harm them
 
Back when I was around that age one of my favourite things was Jerk Chicken made by a Jamaican women who lived a few doors down and used to babysit me and my Sister. That **** could strip paint from 100yards.
 
Get them to have a Madras first with the promise that if they're OK with it then they can have a vindaloo next time. Unless you really like vindaloo and would be happy to swap your chicken tikka masala with the kid if he takes a bit or two and then regrets it.

(Or just have a quick word with the waiter and ask them to bring out a regular curry with a little bit of extra spice in it and just tell the kid they've got a vindaloo)
 
Kids learn by doing. If it's too hot the kid will learn not to order it again, otherwise, they'll enjoy it for the rest of their lives.

We're not talking heroin here are we, it's a hot curry.
 
it depends, the only downside i can see is the kid ordering vindaloo, finding it not to their tastes, and in the way kids often do will then flat out refuse to eat it.

so the question is do you care about wasting the cost of a vindaloo in order to let your child find something out.

of course the irony is, op will never let his kid eat vindaloo and it'll be basically all they eat during their teenage years/early twenties. forbidden fruit is sweetest and all that....
 
Let them eat it, be sick/ring sting.
Ask them if they want it again in the future.
Buy 12 pack of Fosters and advise them to drink it before eating Vindaloo next time.
 
#whitepeople


Go to a real Indian restaurant instead of ordering these fake curries.
 
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My son, 7 at the time, dipped the tip of his finger in my vindaloo and tried that. He still talks about it now, a year on. He could never eat one though.

If said child has a tolerance of hot food, and a track record of eating hot ones in the past, then I don't see a problem with letting them have a vindaloo .
 
NVP said:
#whitepeople


Go to a real Indian restaurant instead of ordering these fake curries.
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#stopbeingapompousarse

BIR food is a valid and institutional cuisine now, recognised and appreciated across the world but you're obviously to cool for your kagool to get off your high horse and stop preaching nonsense :rolleyes:
 
TheMightyTen said:
#stopbeingapompousarse

BIR food is a valid and institutional cuisine now, recognised and appreciated across the world but you're obviously to cool for your kagool to get off your high horse and stop preaching nonsense :rolleyes:
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Hellsmk2 said:
Blimey, you can always trust the internet to take offence at nothing.
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Have I hit a nerve or something?

There are much nicer, real dishes out there which a guarantee you would prefer.
 
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