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Feb 10Trickeration.
A few days back, Caroline and I were discussing coffee’s deceitful nature. It smells amazingly rich and comforting, but tastes watery and burnt. I was trying to come up wih similar examples, but aside from cheddar Sun Chips (a reverse case–they smell awful but taste delicious) I am mostly drawing a blank. Can anyone help me out here?
February 18th, 2010 at 1:18 am
coffee is fucking delicious most of the time.
February 18th, 2010 at 8:53 am
Ditto with Ed.
I love fried chicken but always feel a bit disappointed when i stop smelling and start eating, particularly when it’s overcooked. Same goes for pretty much anything fried or anything meat; it all smells uniformly good but can range in taste from orgasmic to inedible.
Another reverse example, but i think you’d never know the virtues of many soft cheeses by smell alone. Gorgonzola, my favorite, smells precisely like three days of dank feet.