No flavour, no substance but necessary to prepare for the big stuff. Purée can be found in the finest of restaurants or in a baby’s bowl. There’s no in-between, but that’s not to take away from its importance.

There’s minimal flavour, hardly any substance and it takes no effort to eat. But without purée, we wouldn’t be able to move onto the bigger bites. Purée sets us up for life. It prepares us for a world of flavour and excitement.

Bland and basic but necessary.

• Basic
• Tasteless
• Important