That, or I'm coming down with something and am losing my sense of smell and taste.

To end 2007 on another off-note, I had to go to the store last night to get a jar of pickled herring. jmaynard had bought a jar for me, but when I opened it I asked if he went out of his way to pick the grungiest jar. He hadn't. It was just the last jar that Hy-vee had that wasn't the sour cream variety. Unfortunately it was also sticky and leaked. Thus it was replaced.

Now, every year Jay stinks up the house with black-eyed peas, which he then - against all reason - eats. I fully expected that to happen again this year and when I woke up from a nap and smelled something not quite right, got fully dressed, including boots as I expected I'd want to take a long walk and maybe wash a nasty taste out of my mouth.

This year the smell wasn't overpowering. I tried some of the result. To my astonishment it was edible. Evidently with sufficient treatment, probably mainly the Tabasco, black-eyed peas can be made edible.

I hope I'm not just coming down with something.

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