Me: What do you want for lunch?
A: Can I have that bread thing? That's like a bread, but made with eggs?
Me: ...?
A: An omelette?
Me: Sure, you can have an omelette. I'll put in some meat, okay? And some cheese and veggies. Do you want some peppers and zucchini?
A: No! But can I have ... what are those green things that I was eating at Grandma's all the time, from the garden? Not peppers, but ...
Me: Green onions?
A: Yep.
Me: We don't have green onions, but I could fry up a regular onion and some garlic to put in. And maybe some broccoli?
A: Okay.
My Mom: Boy, there aren't many kids your age that like onions so much.
A: But onions are precious!
Me: Onions are precious?
A: Yes! [singing, to the tune of Yankee Doodle Dandy]: Onions are so precious, they're little and they're cute! They are really yu-uh-mmy ...
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