I just took a bite of reheated leftover zucchini that tasted like fish. And… I don’t like fish.
It wasn’t straight zucchini, and it was only that one bite that made my taste buds freak out. The original meal was a Hawaiian Teriyaki rice bowl from Rumbi Island Grill that I had no problems with yesterday. (I order the full-size bowl so that it feeds me for 2-3 lunches–hooray!) The ingredients in the rice bowl are: brown rice, mixed vegetables (carrots, zucchini, celery, maybe a hint of onion or other squash), tofu and Hawaiian Teriyaki sauce.
Normally yum-yum. But why the fish taste today?
What natural or artificial chemicals are found in fish that make me gag, anyway? And is it possible that one of those checmicals is also found in zucchini, which I’m not particularly fond of anyway? I might be able to look this up on the interwebz, but I’m wondering if anybody who is reading this blog entry might have some special insight for me.
I hate the fact that I am picky about certain foods. But what am I to do when certain foods induce a gag reflex?
Any help with this scientific mystery is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
If you’re in the San Francisco area, I hope that you’re going to WonderCon for me. I’m really hoping to make it to the San Diego Comic Con this year for the first time. I’ve never lived closer to California, and yet after 2.5 years in Utah I still haven’t visited.
I may be going to San Francisco for a couple of days to see the big sights (Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman’s Wharf, Pacific Ocean, etc.) while my Norwegian visitors are here in March. The only other time I’ve been in California was in San Francisco, but I don’t have any memories because I was only a year old. Bummer.
How’s this for weirdness: as I was typing that last “San Francisco,” Shirley Simms was singing the name through my computer speakers–I’m listening to the Magnetic Fields’ 69 Love Songs: Part 1 and I didn’t realize that track number seven “Come Back From San Francisco” had started playing.
Now here’s something that we all have to wait for, no matter where in the world we live: the film adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline. I like the novella (though it’s not my favorite Neil Gaiman book), but the movie looks like it will be absolutely delicious… it’s an animated stop-motion film done by the same people who brought you that little cult classic called Nightmare Before Christmas. The Soundtrack will be by They Might Be Giants. Squeeeee!
Neil Gaiman just announced this little (official) teaser trailer:
January 2009 is very far away. I’d put it on my calendar, but I don’t have a 2009 calendar yet!
and I didn’t realize that track number seven “Come Back From San Francisco” had started playing.
