Here is a short story of Popeye and Pasta.  One day, I was narrating the popeye's story to a Lil one, a niece of mine.  About Popeye the sailor and how he always carried a handy can of spinach which gave him the superhuman strength. I added my own version of the story here, as to how popeye turned into a superhero and conquered the world.   The Lil one was so intrigued by the idea of becoming a superhuman and I was close to succeeding in including green in her diet. Becoming a superhero is the supercool wannabe of the new age children when they adult. I have heard this from a handful of kids, that they want to be superman, spiderman, iron man, and all the marvel characters they know.  The topic drifted away from Popeye and spinach towards Captain America. After talking about the marvels for 10 mins (what seemed to be like hours for me ), the Lil one was hungry and wanted Pasta for dinner. Period. And I dare not open up any Popeye story unless I am ready to ...