Diana, Jimmy, Sarah, Monkeyboy, Little Bear, Pufferfish and I went to the mall tonight, because the little girls needed new winter jackets, and Monkeyboy wanted to buy a Sweetest Day gift for his girlfriend. Somehow, out of the deal, Little Bear scored a Tasty Science Chemistry In The Kitchen Set. Later on in the evening, Diana and Jimmy went to drive Monkeyboy to the city, where he's going to spend the weekend with our former foster kids, Marcus and Britni. (Britni is now Monkeyboy's girlfriend, by the way!) While they were gone, Sarah and I agreed to try out the Tasty Science Chemistry In The Kitchen Set with Little Bear.
Little Bear wanted to make the fizzy soda drink first, which was fine with me because I love soda! I was really looking forward to learning how to make my own! The "experiment" involved mixing citric acid, sugar, flavoring, water and baking soda.
Stop right there. Baking soda. That should have tipped us off, don't you think?
We carefully mixed the ingredients together. Little Bear was appropriately amused when the baking soda and citric acid caused the water to get fizzy. She chose grape flavoring. Sarah carefully measured the soda into four cups, so we and the little girls could each have a taste.
I took a sip.
OMG, it was the most disgusting thing I'd ever tasted! Imagine slightly salty grape flavored Dimetapp. As I forced myself to swallow it, all I could think about was spitting it out!
I looked over at Little Bear. She stared blankly at me, as if comatose, and the black liquid began to drool out of her mouth. It was like a scene from The Exorcism or something!
"This is disgusting!" I yelped. Little Bear and I ran frantically to the kitchen. I filled a glass of water from the faucet and pushed it into Little Bear's hands, then filled myself a glass and began frantically rinsing my mouth out. Sarah and Pufferfish ran into the kitchen with their tongues hanging out. I started handing out some of the sugar cookies we'd made that day. We gobbled them down, to get the nightmarish taste out of our mouths.
It. Was. Horrible.
This isn't a product review, dudes. This is a warning. If you buy the Tasty Science Chemistry In The Kitchen Set, do not drink the fizzy flavor-ade!
In other news, Little Bear and Pufferfish are asleep on the couch. Diana and Jimmy left for the city about three hours ago and haven't returned yet. Sarah is lighting her Slurpee lid on fire. Maybe I'd better go.
