Ahhhhhhh, memories of childhood revisited...

What did you eat as a kid that you remember fondly and with a smile and then tried to recapture the "flavor" as an adult?

<bleh> Cherry Kool-Aid and Oreo cookies - don't know why as a kid I thought that combo was the greatest thing on earth!

A couple years ago I went to a farmer's market and there was a stand that was selling gooseberries. I walked by the stand a couple of times remembering as a kid I used to hide in the alley between houses and "sneak" gooseberries from the bushes of the neighborhood grandma - boy, those were good!

I was trying to "recapture" the joy of that memory when I purchased a pint of gooseberries from the stand. With eager anticipation I made my way to the car and unloaded the goodies I bought into the back seat - all except for that pint of gooseberries. I got behind the wheel of the car and opened up the pint and picked out a fat juicy looking gooseberry and popped it into my mouth...

Do you all know what an unripe gooseberry tastes like? Furthermore... do you all know what a ripe gooseberry tastes like? <bleh>

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