When we photographed the 8 to 12 year old children cooking for our book, 'First Steps in Chinese Cooking', I discovered that they were very keen to learn how to cook Chinese dishes. Surprisingly, they enjoyed eating the food they had cooked,even though some of the dishes contained ingredients that they normally disliked.

There are certain types of food that most children particularly enjoy eating, such as, eggs, tomatoes, chicken drumsticks and chicken wings. Many mothers have complained to me that their children refused to eat certain things such as onions ('too smelly'), carrots ('strange flavour'), cucumber ('tasteless') and plain rice('too boring'). Most children also have a strong dislike for congee, although it is good for them.

ln this book I have invented and improved many recipes that children will enjoy both cooking and eating. If you find that you cannot obtain some of the vital ingredients outside Hong Kong, please write to our mail or derdepartment and we will purchase the ingredients for you. Most Chinese dry ingredients can be sent abroad via surface mail. Readers are welcome to write and let us know what their children like to eat so that we can develop more recipes to satisfy their needs.

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