I've been considering eating a bean.

     Garbanzo beans, to be exact. I don't like beans as a rule of thumb. I try to, but the texture kind of grosses me out. I can take it for a few spoonfuls, but I usually end up not liking bean-made things before I get halfway through. This is a terrible sin, though! Lots of amazing-sounding things are made with beans. Like chili! Chili sounds awesome in theory, but I just can't do it. I've had a bean breakthrough recently, however. Hummus. Local to DC, Whole Foods carries the Cava Mezze brand of Hummus, and their regular and roasted garlic versions are delicious. It's considerably better than the Whole Foods house brand, and tastier than versions I've ordered in restaurants. It's the best, and I eat it every day while I'm making dinner. I figure there are worst dips to frequent.

So, hummus is made from garbanzo beans. Could I like garbanzo beans? I recently watched Giada make a frito misto, and she included deep-fried garbanzo beans, and to listen to she and her guest, they were an extra special treat. Are garbanzos the magic bean that I've been looking for? (Side bar, my spell checker says garbanzos is "garbanzos" and not "garbanzoes". But isn't potatoes "potatoes" and not "potatos"? Does the consonant-vowel-ES rule not apply here? If so, why not? Pronunciation issues? Do we fear that people will start calling them "garbanz-ZOOEYS"? Like Zooey Deschanel? End side bar.)

Last night, I had a dream, possibly a nightmare. I ate garbanzo beans, and they were just as distasteful to me as other legumes. This morning, I woke with my continued prejudices against all beans including garbanzo. I thought, "Remember that time I ate them and didn't like them?" and then I realized that I dreamt that and it NEVER HAPPENED.

Conclusions? (1) I worry about silly things too much that they break into my subconscious. (2) Dream tastes are not the same as real tastes, and I should go out and try garbanzos. (3) Hummus is still awesome.