Funny thing happened to me heading into my PC room just a few minutes ago. My wife's best friend returned from a trip to Scotland on which she did Scotch tastings at several distilleries. She enjoyed herself quite a bit and even brought my wife a couple of tasting glasses. Naturally, my wife wanted to try them out with a little tasting of her own, but you can't do that on an empty stomach - this was the conversation:
My sweetie: | "Hey PZ, can you share some of your smoked goodies with us?" (yes, even my wife calls me PZ) |
Me: | "Sure hon... let me cut you a little something |
Naturally, always looking for a way to help my wife increase her appreciation of the smoked delicacies, I was delight to prepare them a plate consisting of:
- Smoked Gouda
- Smoked meunster
- Smoked cheddar
- Smoked goat cheese
- Smoked Canadian Bacon
- Homemade crusty bread crusts
Of course, it being for my wife and her friend, I piled the thinly-sliced Canadian bacon high in the center of the plate, and then ringed it with the properly sliced cheeses. I gotta admit that I was almost salivating as I was preparing the plate - however, this is serious business getting my wife and her friend liking my stuff.
When I took the plate out to the conversing duo, they looked up with delighted, expectant faces, and eyes were wide as I described the delicious treats they were about to consume - I quickly left the scene so that the magic could take place.
I can almost hear the conversation:
Wife's friend: | "Wow, this looks great!" |
My sweetie: | "Just wait until you taste it; it's marvelous! [with pride in her voice] |
The take home lesson: I've been using this technique a few times now, and it mostly pays off - I did not get one word of complaint when I ordered a Char-Broil The Big Easy Propane Gas Smoker Roaster and Grill last night
... and yes... I'm properly ashamed of myself for stooping to these kinds of tactics.
