Mike's 29th

Happy Birthday Brother!!!

.... in October, but really did you expect it to be up in the blogsphere that same month? Psh, I didn't think so! Here is a recap of all the fun we had that night with your Basket O' Strange Foods!!

Okay, so for the run down of fantastic foods we taste tested: Shredded squid, some really sketchy beef jerky, jelly sticks, chocolate and honeydew filled bears (separate, not together, sicko), Pennywort drink, Cocoza, Prawn Crackers, yogurt drink, and Aloe Vera dessert. Mmmmmmmmm..... so delish!!

So the first up were the Prawn Crackers and yes, he ate the whole bag. Not right there that night, but eventually. No one else liked them, surprise. The yogurt drink was next and it was not that bad, not that good but we kept it down. After that came the Pennywort drink. So if you've ever wondered what the smell of cut grass would taste like just grab yourself a can of Pennywort drink and you'll know.

Next up, shredded squid and "beef" jerky. Fishy and strangely white both were not the best (and yes, he ate them both.. all of them.)

Taylor wanted to try everything.. "Some! Some! Peeeess?!" so she got to try just about everything while Brooklyn was a little more selective in her choices like her mom was. My mom on the other hand didn't really want to try anything but was forced... and she hated every thing she tried.

The Cocoza tasted like liquid cotton candy and was gross, unless you like that sort of thing... which we did not. The chocolate and honeydew filled bears were pretty good and the girls really liked them. The jelly straws were a little strange, but Brooklyn loved them. I don't know if it was because they came in a purse or because most of them were pink, but she wanted to take them to school in her lunch.

Last, but not least we tried the Aloe Vera dessert. Now we saved this till last because it looked and sounded the grossest of them all. This was the very first thing I found in the store when I was buying all this stuff and I just knew it would make a great grand finale. It did not disappoint.

It. Was. Awesome.

I'm not kidding people! This stuff was like a blast from the part when we used to try and fake sick to get Grape flavored Dimetapp, you know what I'm talking about... the good stuff. Mom would hide it or tell you that if you took it and you weren't sick it'd make you sick... That's the stuff. You know you loved it too and now you can have it as a grown up and not even fake sick!! Aloe Vera dessert is great and healthy(?) Okay, I could be making the healthy part up. It has artificial muscat flavour and we all know that artificial muscat flavouring isn't very good for you but there's not fat!! Woo Hoo!!

Brother, I love you so much!! You are one of my best friends and such a great daddy! I'm glad I got stuck with you. Thanks for being so adventurous and having an unforgettable birthday taste test with us!!

Happy Birthday!!!