Food chain I was pretty blunt about... I figured it wouldn't be too long before "turkey" and "turkey" were matched up, and Thankskgiving at risk, so when he was two we went to the state fair and I took him around the poultry house, saying things like "chickens are yummy"... "ducks, well lots of people like them but I think they're kind of greasy"... "I've never tried a goose but they used to be very traditional for Christmas dinner..."
If he had refused meat after that it wouldn't have been a tragedy -- I just didn't want him to realize it in the middle of a big family celebration when he was already tired and set up for a meltdown...
It stuck, by the way. A friend of ours refuses to eat any pork products because "pigs are as smart as dogs"... to which DS said, without missing a beat, "yeah but pigs taste better than dogs"
