The box consisted of a cardboard sleeve that
showed the caramels (each of which had a distinctive top decoration) in order. A
cardboard tray slid out of the sleeve and the caramels sat in individual
compartments of a plastic insert. The outer sleeve listed the twelve flavors: vanilla,
maple, double espresso, toffee apple, strawberry black pepper, butterscotch,
fig & honey, chili, himalayan salted, blood orange & balsamic, coconut,
and stem ginger. The answers as to which caramel was which were on the
underside of the cardboard tray—no peeking!
As the instructions suggested, we cut each caramel
into quarters (this part was a bit messy). Since there were three of us, this left
an extra piece to be eaten later after we’d checked the answers. One by one we
sampled each caramel and wrote down our guesses. In some cases, the top
decoration gave a bit of a hint as to what it was.
I was amazed at how difficult it was to guess some
of the most familiar flavors. I got completely befuddled by vanilla, maple, and
butterscotch caramels. A few of the flavors were quite clear and all three of
us immediately said, “Oh, yes, I know this one!”, but there were others where
one or two people felt certain of the answer and the other two or one remained
utterly confused.
In the end, I got the lowest score: 6 out of 12
right. Only 50%. I’ve always thought I was pretty good at distinguishing
smells, and should therefore be good at distinguishing tastes, but apparently I’m
not nearly as good at this as I thought.
Maybe I need to eat more flavored caramels this
year, just for practice?
Till next post.
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