Tonight while reading Green Eggs & Ham to my youngest son (6 years old now) I realized I am Sam! No, really I am Sam, as in Sam I am of Green Eggs and Ham. I am the one out there trying to get people (not just kids) to try things I’ve made or just to try something slightly different than they’re accustomed to. I am the one thinking, you just need to be in the right situation, place, weather, darkness… to try the food. If you notice at the end of the book Sam looks a bit dejected but thinks he’ll just try a different angle. “You do not like them. So you say. Try them! Try them! And you may. Try them and you may, I say.” Other guy agrees. Then the long pause with the visual picture of the other, grouch guy (Knox from Knox in Socks?) eating it and he likes it! (Maybe his name is Mikey.) Anyway, I realized that’s me—SAM IS ME.
