My S was actually somewhat of an adventurous eater as a child. Once when we were dining out my H ordered mussels marinara and S, who was about 5 at the time, ate almost the whole bowl. First I thought he just liked the process of picking the mussels out of the shell, but when we went out he would always ask if they were on the menu and order them if they were. Used to scare me somewhat because if you get a bad mussel it can make you very sick.