FOOD FOOLED, "NOT THE MINI'S!"

Ever been food fooled?  

Sure you have!

You ask the waitress for a Pepsi, and she sets the glass in front of you, full of caramel colored iced liquid, you bring it to your lips, your nose sends out an "Alert!" "Warning!" the instant before that awful moment when taste buds meet...iced tea!  "Phfffttt!"

Chuckle!

A whole group of us were food fooled at a large family reunion a few years back.  The granddaughter of the president and her husband watched carefully, bumped shoulders, and gave each other knowing giggling looks as we ladled the sweet smelling sauce covered ground meat onto our opened-faced buns.  The barbecue ground beef was teasing our senses as we added baked beans, potato salad, and Fritoes to our plates.  Ut oh, it wasn't ground beef.  The couple took great glee in later confessing to all that they'd served up venison.

Even so, it was tasty.

Darling Hubby food fooled me the other day.  Since he's begun to watch his sodium intake he's scoped out the best potato chip for us.  It's Wal-Mart's Great Value brand of low-sodium potato chip in the blue bag.  He buys 3 bagfuls, one for him, one for me, and one for the next week.  Ah, we sit down to watch an episode of Midsomer Murder, I grab the bag, tug it open at the seam, reach in, grab a chip that's a bit poofy, my favorite, and pop it into my mouth.  Gag!  Cough!  Spew!  Spit!  I jumped up out of my seat.  He'd accidentally purchased Salt & Vinegar!

Both were blue.  It was murder.

I was never so disappointed, though, when on vacation I opened a box of banana flavored moon pies.  I sat in the back seat of the truck, flipped the flaps, pulled out the cellophane package, anticipation of the sweet and fruity riding high when ...

They laughed at me.  My companions dared to laugh at me!  "Can't you read?  It says it right on the box!"

Oh boy, no, I didn't read.  I just assumed there would be 4 in the box.  It was appropriately that sized.

I was so upset.

I shared those traitors! My craving still unsated!  Why?  Because they were bite size, they were minis!!!

NO SNACK BITE MOON PIE FOR ME !!!!!!

I'm a full-sized gal.  I want a full moon!