Disappointing cookies.
We went to a Dem social gathering last night here in death red coastal Alabama
Sort of a cocktail party, BYOB and an hors d'ouvres to share.
There was a plate of chocolate chip cookies.
I bit into one.
Cinnamon? And raisins!
SHIT!
Oatmeal raisin.
I hate oatmeal raisin.
I quickly warned others around the food table.
THOSE AREN'T CHOCOLATE CHIPS...THEY'RE RAISINS!
Many thanked me.
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IF there was a plate of them, and I KNEW they were oatmeal raisin cookies, I'd probably eat a couple.
(They're not that bad.)
But reluctantly.
(Damn, I wish these were chocolate chip cookies.)
But if they LOOK like chocolate chip cookies, and you LOVE chocolate chip cookies, and you have your mouth set for a really good chocolate chip cookie....
Can you see where I'm going with this?
I'm pretty sure even The Cookie Monster would be pissed.
(Oscar The Grouch would be outraged and possibly use the 'F' word.)
So...this is not a diatribe against a particular cookie.
It's just about expecting one thing and getting another.
(I wish I could have seen the kerfuffle around the cookie tray: with you standing tall and warning people away, and the rest of the crowd shuffling closer and squinting suspiciously at the imposter cookies...)
It's like grabbing a paper cup of soda and expect Coke but instead get Dr. Pepper.
Now, I love both. But when your expecting one taste and get another, it's a shock to the taste buds.
Recently I was offered an apple ale. I was expecting a beer taste with a hint of apple, but what I got was the taste of a fizzy apple juice. It wasn't bad but I was expecting a beer, not apple juice. I then made a mental note to keep it away from my four year old nephew who loves apple juice because he would probably drink it.