Where does that come from?

That's the new question that Mr. Hudson has been asking...about everything. A recent conversation during lunch.

Hudson: Where do french fries come from?

Me: Potatoes

Hudson: Where does hamburger come from?

Me: A cow (hoping there are no further questions about this...going into the fact that we are actually EATING the COW)

Hudson: Where does ketchup come from?

Me: Tomatoes

Hudson: Oh, from a garden.

Me: Yes

Later, after nap...

Hudson: Mommy, where do Honey Combs and Cap'n Crunch and Yucky Charms come from?

Me: A factory

Hudson: What factory?

Me: (um...these where did they come from questions are getting harder to answer) mmm...Post, Kellogs...I don't know...maybe a mill...(now thinking of General Mills).

Hudson: What's a mill?

Me: A place where they make stuff...(then I decide I need to tell him that the ingredients of the cereal are actually grown on a farm and then the mill puts them all together and makes the cereal

Hudson: Oh...I think maybe the grocery store makes it.

Me: No, that's just where we buy it(now the teacher in me thinks that I need to teach my 3 year old a lesson in economics...but for now....we'll just leave it at that)!