As a reformed veggie (decided not to foist my veggie choices on Small & then ended up partaking of the lovely organic happy meat I procured for her 'coz too lazy to cook more than one meal) I am pretty cautious when it comes to meat - simply because I have never really cooked it before. Small devoured large chunks of meat (along with accompanying carrots and mushrooms) from a stew and the bolognese-in-pasta-shell-parcels go down very well. Meat balls poached in tomato sauce are also acceptable. She wasn't bothered about chunks of roast chicken at first but seems to be getting the hang of it - especially when chunks are soaked in a bit of gravy first. Cold chicken gets chopped up with avocado to go on sandwiches but she ate some slices of breast cold for lunch today. My own view is that she needed to get used to the texture but is now starting to feel more confident with it. We have yet to progress to anything more scary like joints of red meat or chops or the suchlike. We might not progress there at all - my meat aversion is still pretty strong and I may leave it to her Grannie to provide the more scary end of carnivore cuisine.