Licorice

It took five days, but he is now grudgingly eating the pea flakes. He has silently promised me that he will never, ever perform a trick for one, but he will take it in his mouth and chew it instead of dropping it on the ground. It’s a small step forward in getting rid of 8 ounces of pea flakes.

The first time I tried licorice as a kid, I didn’t like it. I don’t know if I actually didn’t like it, or if I heard enough people say that they didn’t like it that I decided that I needed to dislike it, too. But soon after, I decided it was one of my favourite flavours. And to this day, I save my licorice jelly beans for last.

I am hoping that Quentin’s pea flake journey will take a similar route. From dislike to tentative curiosity to gusto.