Entry #3: Bad Breath?

Entry #3: Bad Breath?

What do you do when you've had a little too much onion on a date? Forget to brush your teeth? Need something to calm your roaring stomach in a place with no food? What is the solution?

 

These treats are commonly found in restaurants, usually on top of the check when finished with a meal. Possibly most favorable in my opinion, rather small in comparison with a tootsie roll. A thin plastic rapper crinkles under the slightest touch, the seal nothing too complicated. If you have strong fingers it's easy to pry open from the top making a *snap*, or teeth will work. It feels as if it's a gum-ball at first, but its soft complexion of red swirls blended in white says otherwise. 

The first taste isn't a surprise as it looks and tastes like any other of its kind, however the first chew, is a whole new ball game. It easily scatters in your mouth, disbursing a familiar icy sting in every corner. Not like a gum or fruit gusher, but pebbles of foamy tasty sugar that only intensify as it melts effortlessly on your tongue *sizzle*. With each breath a cold draft of air fills your mouth making it a flavor of its own. As it settles down a layer of rich sugary film blanket over your tongue, leaving the sensation last longer after it is gone.

I'm not sure if these guys have the strength to prevent your date from wrenching at onion breath, but I love seeing them when I go out to eat. I can admit I ask for a few more, because they are sort of rare, but their uniqueness is definitely what has me wanting more. Stay tuned for a future posts.