NOT so Super BOWL

I’m not a huge football fan but I do like the Super Bowl. Maybe it’s just for the halftime show. Maybe the snacks. Maybe just spending the afternoon and evening with friends.

This year we went to a great Super Bowl party.

A few friends. A couple of dogs. Super Bowl commercial Bingo. A football pool (of which I won the pot for the first quarter!!!). And tons of food!!

We were watching the game in the rec room and, of course, it was evening so it wasn’t super bright in the room. (This is the first part of my excuse).

All of the appetizers and snacks were generously laid out on the top of the bar for everyone to enjoy while we watched the game. There was a cheese ball. A bowl of guacamole. Chips and salsa. A football shaped bowl with almonds in it. Chips. Lots of great choices.

At one point before dinner, I (still think I) heard the hostess talk about the smoked nuts that she had. I made a mental note to try them out the next time that I was over by the bar.

Please remember that I did refer to the dim-ish lighting in the rec room. (Excuses excuses).

I went over to the bar to look for the nuts. I didn’t really know what I was looking for except she had mentioned almonds so I knew that they were separate from the football shaped bowl by my elbow. To my left was a small Tupperware bowl full of tiny brown nuts. Because it was not overly bright I didn’t pay much attention and didn’t really take a good look. I thought I would let my taste buds be the judge.

Well, judge they did.

In fact, scream at me they did.

I took one bite of one tiny little nut and took a quick look around to see if anyone was looking at me. It was the absolute worst tasting snack I had ever put in my mouth.

What the hell had she done to these nuts?

The predicament that I found myself in was whether I should quickly chew and swallow this catastrophe on my tongue or if I should run over to the sink and spit it out.

I chose the latter.

I ran behind the bar to the sink and spit out the nut and proceeding to rinse out my mouth, all the while laughing at myself. By this time, the hostess had caught my eye and made a face before asking me what was wrong.

Suddenly, it dawned on me.

I knew exactly what type of nuts they were.

Purina peanuts.

Alpo almonds.

Call them what you will but I realized that I had put dog kibble in my mouth.

Yup! You heard me. Dog kibble.

Yes.

I agree that I am an idiot to not have looked more closely at the bowl before shoveling it into my mouth. However, who leaves a little bowl of kibble amidst all of the snack food on the table?

Side note, a dog lover does. In fact, I have probably done it myself as well.

It took a lot of rinsing of my mouth at the bar sink to get rid of the taste of salmon Purina ProPlan. I have a much better understanding now why Clark is a bit of a fussy eater.

Lesson learned? Always look closely at what you are putting into your mouth, especially when it is served buffet style…in a room full of dog lovers!!