The Grandpa Ron Trick

Every time I make soup (good homemade, amazing, onionless soup) the youngest kidlets complain.  They mope.  They protest loudly. They like the chunks and hate the "soup juice."  So we compromised, and tried the Grandpa Ron trick.  My dad loves soup, and he always crushes up saltine crackers to fill up his bowl.  Maybe his mother introduced it so that he wouldn't be upset about soup juice, or maybe he just figured it out on his own.  The trick worked pretty well this week.  Even though soup is still not the most joyful choice for a meal around here, the smallest kidlets did eat 2/3 of the portion in their bowls.