Ready to eat

I don't always take pictures of our meals, especially when we're having the same thing several times a month. This barbecue turkey burger looked so good when I held it up for a bite, so I reached for the camera.

It's actually very difficult to hold the camera up at the right angle in the right lighting and try to get a good picture while holding a very large sandwich that is threatening to fall apart on me! :|

Several of you commented on my last burger post and said that your husbands don't like turkey burgers. I think the key is to not think of turkey burgers as "like beef", but to expect something different. Many times I have tried a food expecting it to taste a certain way, and when it tasted different than I expected, I was disappointed -- even if it was a good food. (My faux apple crisp is one such food.)

What do you think? Have you ever disliked a food because it was different from what you expected and then later decided you liked it after all -- if eaten with the right mindset? Or am I making things up?



Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2008-08-26 04:12.

I've definitely expected one thing, gotten another, and was unhappy because of it .. only to later realize that I really liked what I'd eaten and was merely disappointed.

Regarding turkey burgers: don't treat them like hamburgers. They're NOT. When I assemble a good turkey burger, I only use BBQ sauce, lettuce and Swiss or Jarlsburg cheese. Simply fantastic that way.

Submitted by Anonymous on Tue, 2008-08-26 12:02.

I made a lamb stew once that had a lighter, sweeter flavor than the traditional beef stew to which I'm accustomed. With nearly every bite, the flavor caught me off guard---it wasn't bad, just different. Despite finishing off the entire pot by myself (I'm single and eat a lot of leftovers), I don't think I ever quite got used to the taste.

Michael Culbertson

Submitted by tesslouise on Thu, 2008-08-28 20:56.

I like carob as candy just fine. But it doesn't taste anything like chocolate. Not bad, just different.

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