7 years, 3 months ago Mary Griffith
Recently, my WTAD morning show host Steve Boll and I were asked to judge a soup contest at Good Samaritan Home. Unlimited samples of great soups? I'm in!
Steve Boll is a picky eater. He won't even try new foods. So, when we walked into Good Samaritan and he saw the banners proclaiming the soup selections, I wasn't surprised when Steve whispered to me, " I don't like wild rice, I'll skip that one".
I told him he could not skip it. We were there to judge and we had to try all eight different soups. So we did.
Guess what? Steve picked wild rice as his favorite! So did I. It was great wild rice soup, but it was basically the same ingredients as every wild rice soup I've ever tried. Which means Steve had probably never even tried wild rice soup before. As with many things, including key lime pie, Steve just thought he didn't like it.
As Dr. Seuss would say, "Try it. Try it."
That my friends is good advice for us all. Give a food, a friend, an activity, or a philosophy a first, and maybe even a second, chance before you dismiss it.
