Taste Buds

“Don’t tell me how to eat my candy.” I ignored Mae as she tried to get me to suck on the dark chocolate rather than chew it.

“My taste-buds are in my teeth. I am enjoying it my own way.”

People are always trying to get me to slow down when I eat – especially when I eat candy or ice-cream. It might seem like, from another person’s perspective, this is something I can choose to do.

It isn’t.

I can’t help eating my candy or ice-cream fast. It just tastes better that way. It doesn’t bother me if other people still have things left when I am already finished; I have enjoyed it my own way. It is just the way I am.

Mae says I didn’t even give her a chance to fuss at me, I argued as soon as she scolded me for eating fast.

Ok, let’s say she’s right…. Does that make me a bad person? 

Italian dark chocolate is wonderful – especially when the first two bites are chewed quickly. They coat the inside of your mouth, get stuck between your teeth and make you taste the chocolate long after it is gone.

Yum… I think I’ll go have another piece.