Data point...

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Galina comes by a few minutes ago with a steaming cup of something hot.

"Here," she says, "this is for you."

I am pleasantly surprised. I thank her for being so romantic and thoughtful, and put the cup down and finish doing something on my VAIO. When I take my first sip, my reaction is pretty negative. The chocolate tastes horrible. I get up and go to the kitchen.

"Babe?" I ask Galina, "Is this chocolate from that basket we've been raiding?"

"Yes," she says.

"Well, I've got to tell you, it tastes horrible!" I say.

"Tell me about it," she says. "I used the water you left in the microwave to make it."

"What... water?" I stop and think. I don't remember putting water in the microwave.

She shows me the cup I used, and I remember immediately: I used the cup to warm the last of the Japanese sake to go with dinner.

Sake and chocolate? <gag!>

I went back to my office.

After a little while, I tried the concoction again.

You know, just knowing that it's sake and chocolate somehow makes it more palatable?

Cheers...

Comments

[justpat.livejournal.com]

Years ago, in Atlantic City, I stopped at a confection store and bought a half pound of white chocolate. As I was walking down the boardwalk I ran into my brother. He looked at the white chunks in my hand and said "Oooh, is that Provolone cheese?"

"Yep," I said, "fresh Provolone." He broke off a piece, popped it in his mouth, and then almost immediately spit it out again. "EUUUUUGH, that is the worst Provolone ever!"

I laughed and told him that it wasn't cheese, it was white chocolate. He took another piece, popped it in his mouth, and said "This stuff is great!"

[madhacktress.livejournal.com]

Many years ago while still at home I sat down to dinner and picked up my water glass to take a drink. We customarily had water already poured before dinner started and so I had no reason to think this was anything other than water.

When I sipped, however, I was shocked to discover that it was 7up. I hacked and gagged most ungracefully on the drink because my palate just wasn't expecting 7up.

Thankfully I survived. :)