What makes some foods taste delicious and others horrendous?
This is Professor Mordy Maven, Thinker, Wonderer, and Figure-Outer of all things Science-ish. Which basically means that I try really hard to figure stuff out. I do the hard work so you don’t have to!
On Sunday, my sister decided to organize a Chopped competition. I was really excited because I love chopping things! Then she explained that it was actually a cooking competition to see who could make the best-tasting meal. Sigh.
I’m a natural competitor, though, so I started grabbing ingredients and got to work. For my meal, I chose a square white plate. I smeared chopped garlic over two caramel wafers and made a sandwich with dill pickle dip. I garnished it with salami.
My mother, who was the judge, took one look at my concoction and turned a very interesting shade of green.
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