Dinner time was always a glorious time in the Pelekai household. Stitch and Jumba never followed any manners. Lilo and Stitch frequently played get-rid-of-the-vegetables-as-fast-as-you-can. Jumba always went on about some new contraption he had made in his lab. Nani complained about her hard days at work. On the other hand, Pleakley didn't have much to complain about; he was utterly fascinated by anything and everything, including these strange Earth family table rituals.

"Can you pass the asparagus?" Nani asked looking at Jumba. It was closest to him and he had the longest arms in the ohana.

"By all means! Be getting these stinking vegetables away from Jumba!" with a belch.

"I have to agree with Jumba," Lilo said picking at hers on her plate. Nani had forced her to take some; her older sister always said that vegetables made children grow healthy and strong. But, Lilo was beginning to doubt that. How could eating something so gross make you healthy? It isn't much different from eating a pile of poop. "Here take mine!"

"Uh, uh, uhh, young lady. Not this again. I'm not going to let you have your dessert until you eat them! I slaved over them for hours!" Nani persuaded taking another spoonful of asparagus.

"Then have mine for your desert if you like them so much!"

"Every… last… bite…"

Lilo huffed as she stabbed her yucky, disgusting greens like a voodoo doll. This time, the voodoo doll was her sister. She hopped her stabs would change her sister's mind so she could eat frosting, sprinkles, and sweetness, oh my!

It wasn't working.

Instead, she tried the classic feed the vegetables to your dog gig, but Stitch just piled his own and hers on her plate making the catastrophe even worse.

"Why don't you like… What are these called again Nani?" Pleakley asked holding up a forkful of green.

"Asparagus."

"Why don't you like your asparagus Lilo?"

He got no answer. It was pretty darn clear why she didn't like it.

"Well, on my home planet, this would be considered a delicacy – like potato chips here on Earth. The flavor is bitter, sour, and mushy all at once. They're finely crafted into stalks…"

"And they smell… bad…" Lilo protested crossing her arms.

"Ih, ih!" Stitch also protested piling the asparagus from Jumba's, Nani's, Lilo's, and his own plate onto Pleakley's awaiting plate. A happy grin appeared on Pleakley's face as a scowl shot across Nani's.