(While mundane and pointless, it’s food related, so I’m putting it here. If the mundanity and pointlessness are of such a level as to require a move, feel free.)
So I’ve decided to try to reduce the role of meat in my diet, particularly red meat. (This, I’ve discovered, is difficult.) And I’ve not had a good salad from Chop’t in a while, so I decided to look 'em up on seamless and see what their seasonal selections are at the moment. One they’re calling the “Silk Road Vegan” has mesclun, kale, carrots, apples, sunflower seeds, and miso tahini dressing. I think, “Hey, I like mesclun! I like carrots and apples and sunflower seeds! And I love me some miso soup and tahini, though I’ve never really considered mixing the two. :dubious: Kale… um, well, I’ve never had that outside of southern-style “greens”, and I hate those as much for their cooked-to-death texture as their taste. And anyway, worst case scenario, I’ll just drown it in the dressing.” So I take a chance and order.
Salad comes. Pretty tasty, especially the dressing. I’m not really digging the kale when I notice it, texturally or taste-wise, but whatevs, its just one off-note in the symphony, so to speak. Until I spear a big ol’ hunk of it with almost no dressing and nothing else and pop it in my mouth. I am definitely not liking this. Not one bit. Nope. chew chew Still not liking it. And then… oh, here comes the gag reflex. Try to fight it, but that’s not happening and I do want to keep what of my lunch I’ve been able to eat so far, so I spit it out. The rest of the salad… well, I tried eating around the kale, but it was pretty much a loss.
So, I took a gamble and I lost (other than that dressing, which was really pretty yummy). But now I know I don’t like kale, at least.
