Every Flavor

[plumtreeblossom]

Lou hosted the loveliest dinner party last night. It was in honor of far-off friends who were back in town, and at first sight I didn't recognize cometsong without his bushel of curly hair. He had to say "Hey" before I knew it was him sitting across the room. Lou made 'licious lasagne and we all feasted.

I'm glad I didn't slave over a fancy dessert this time, because the hit dessert of the night was a box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans. I'm sure you've all tried these before and so had I, but they've added new, horrifying flavors that we took turns trying. The real gourmands dived right into the bodily emission flavors like Booger and Earwax and Vomit, which soar way past the levels to which I can stretch my adventurousness in regard to candy. When it was my turn, I made the conservative selection of Dirt. I don't know how they do it, but it absolutely and truly tasted like a wet jelly bean dropped the dirt of a houseplant. Maybe I just answered my own question.

Some of the flavors are actually very tasty, like Black Pepper, and the surprisingly refreshing Grass. I have to hand it to the Jelly Belly Company for being so game with this whacked out merchandising. I wish I could have watched their focus groups:

"So, does it taste: A) Very like earthworm, B) Somewhat like earthworm, or C)Not at all like earthworm?"

Comments

[gilana]

Focus groups, heck, I want to see the blind taste comparisons. "Which one is the jelly bean and which is the real earthworm?"

[plumtreeblossom.livejournal.com]

Hehe. That flavor made me think that someone would have had to taste real earthworm to aproximate the flavor. I've smelled eetrhworms, which smell like fishy dirt (sort of), but the idea of chewing one....

[infinitehotel.livejournal.com]

A popular book from my childhood was "How to Eat Fried Worms" which was about a bet where a kid ate nothing but worms for some period. Worm soup, worm sandwich, wormbread, coconut worm, pineapple worm, boiled worm, baked worm...

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

The texture is the giveaway, there.

Er. I hope, at least. :-P